Jaylon Johnson

PRO CAREER: Enters his seventh season with the Bears in 2026...Selected in the second-round of the 2020 NFL Draft (50th overall) by the Bears...Has played in 77 career games (76 starts), owning 231 tackles (187 solo), 51 passes defensed, eight interceptions, 11 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery...Was named to both the 2023 and 2024 Pro Bowl Games and earned 2024 AP Second-Team All-Pro honors...Has played in two postseason games where he has posted six tackles (five solo) and two passes defended.

HONORS:

2023: Pro Bowl Selection; AP Second-Team All-Pro
2024: Pro Bowl Selection

2025 SEASON (BEARS): Appeared in seven games with six starts...Spent two stints on the reserve/injured list...Had 17 tackles (15 solo), one interception and two passes defended...Picked off Browns QB Shedeur Sanders in the endzone during the Bears Week 15 victory...Made his postseason debut playing in both Bears postseason games, contributing six tackles (fivesolo) and a pair of passes defended.

2024 SEASON (BEARS): Started in all 17 games...Recorded 53 tackles (42 solo), seven tackles for loss, seven passes defended and two interceptions on the season...His interception in the fourth quarter sealed the Bears Week 1 victory against the Titans...Earned his second Pro Bowl honor in as many seasons.

2023 SEASON (BEARS): Started all 14 appearances, earning his first career Pro Bowl nod and AP Second-Team All-Pro selection...Recorded 36 tackles (31 solo) with one tackle for loss, one forced fumble, 10 passes defensed and four interceptions...According to PFF, allowed only one catch on four targets for 13 yards against the Packers...Recorded two interceptions in Week 7 against the Raiders, returning one takeaway for a touchdown, his first-career INT returned for a TD, and became the first Bears defender to register two interceptions in a single game since 2020...Made third interception of season in Week 12...In Week 14 vs. the Lions, picked off Goff early in the second quarter, marking his fourth INT of the season and second in the last two games...According to PFF, only allowed more than 25 yards in single coverage in one game (Week 2).

2022 SEASON (BEARS): Played in and started 11 games before going on the reserve/injured list after Week 15...Started Week 1 at defensive back in the win vs. San Francisco; forced Chicago's first turnover of the 2022 NFL season, punching the ball out of WR Deebo Samuel's hands with 9:10 to go in the first quarter...Started and played every defensive snap in Week 2 at Green Bay...Recorded a career-best six solo tackles as well as three passes defensed against the Eagles in Week 15...Marked third time in career with three or more PD in a game, with the last time doing so coming on Sept. 9, 2021 vs. Cincinnati, where he had a career-best four PD.

2021 SEASON (BEARS): Started in 15 games, missing two due to COVID-19...Finished the season with 46 tackles (37 solo) and nine passes defended...Got his first career interception in the fourth quarter of the Week 2 win over the Bengals...Recorded a team-high and season-high six tackles (five solo) and forced his first career fumble in the Week 12 victory at the Lions.

2020 SEASON (BEARS): Started 13 games, missing the final three games and the Wild Card playoff game due to injury...Finished fourth in the NFC with 15 passes defended...His five passes defended in first two games were the second most by a NFL rookie in their first two games since the stat began being tracked in 1999 (Marcus Peters, seven, 2015)...Started at cornerback Week 1 at Detroit, making him the first Bears rookie to start at corner on opening day since Walt Harris in 1996; became the first non-first round draft pick to start at corner for the Bears in the opener since Mike Richardson in 1983...Broke up a Lions QB Matthew Stafford pass in the end zone on the final play to help secure a victory.

TRANSACTIONS:

07/21/2020: Signed by the Bears/draft choice (four-year contract through 2023)
03/07/2024: Re-signed with Bears (four-year contract through 2027)

COLLEGE: Spent three seasons at Utah (2017-19)...Played in 38 career games with 29 starts, logging seven career interceptions and 28 career passes defended...His 21 career pass breakups ranked tied for 10th all-time at Utah...2018 and 2019 First Team All-Pac-12; earned second-team All-America honors from Walter Camp and the Associated Press in 2019...Also earned second-team All-America honors from Sports Illustrated and USA Today and third-team honors from Pro Football Focus and Phil Steele...In 2019, ranked third in the Pac-12 and led Utah with 11 pass breakups and fourth in the league in passes defended (13)...Started all 14 games at corner in 2018, recorded four interceptions to lead Utah and tie for third in the Pac-12...Second in the Pac-12 and eighth in the nation with 126 interception return yards; recorded 41 tackles (2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack)...Named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after returning an interception 100 yards for a touchdown against Stanford...Played in all 12 regular season games as a freshman in 2017 with two starts.

PERSONAL: Attended Central High School (Fla.)...Named to the US Army High School All-American Bowl...2016 First Team USA Today All-USA California Football Team...Also lettered three years in basketball.