Joe Thuney

PRO CAREER

• In his tenth season in the NFL and first in Chicago in 2025
• Has played in and started 150 regular season games with the New England Patriots (2016-20), Kansas City Chiefs (2021-24) and Chicago Bears (2025)
• He has also played in and started 21 postseason games, tied for the second most by an offensive lineman in NFL history
• In his nine year NFL career he has started in six Super Bowls and won four (LI, LIII, LVII, LVIII)
• Has been named to three Pro Bowl teams and earned AP All-Pro honors on four occasions
• Originally entered the NFL as a third-round pick (78th overall) by the Patriots in the 2016 NFL Draft

HONORS

• 2019: AP Second-Team All-Pro
• 2022: Pro Bowl Selection; AP Second-Team All-Pro
• 2023: Pro Bowl Selection; AP First-Team All-Pro
• 2024: Pro Bowl Selection; AP First-Team All-Pro

2025 SEASON (BEARS)

• Started in all four games at left guard
• Recorded snaps on special teams in Week 1
• Helped an offensive line that gave up zero sacks in Week 3 against the Cowboys

2024 (CHIEFS)

• Started all 17 regular season games (14 at left guard, three at left tackle), helping the Chiefs claim the AFC's number one seed and ninth consecutive AFC West title
• Started all three postseason games at left tackle helping the Chiefs reach their third consecutive Super Bowl
• Was named to the Pro Bowl team, the AP First-Team All-Pro team and was the recipient of the Chiefs 2024 Derrick Thomas Team MVP Award

2023 (CHIEFS)

• Started all 17 regular season games at left guard, helping the Chiefs claim their eight straight AFC West title
• Started in the Chiefs first two postseason games before exiting with an injury
• Was named to the Pro Bowl team and earned AP First-Team All-Pro honors

2022 (CHIEFS)

• Started 15 regular season games at left guard, helping the Chiefs claim the AFC's number one seed and their seventh straight AFC West title
• Started all three of the Chiefs postseason games helping them win Super Bowl LVII
• Was named to the Pro Bowl team and earned AP Second-Team All-Pro honors

2021 (CHIEFS)

• Started all 17 regular season games at left guard, helping the Chiefs claim the AFC's number one seed and win their sixth straight AFC West title
• Started all three of the Chiefs postseason games en route to the team's fourth straight AFC Championship game appearance

2020 (PATRIOTS)

• Started all 16 games including 14 at left guard and a pair of starts at center

2019 (PATRIOTS)

• Started all 16 regular season games at left guard, helping the Patriots claim their 11th straight AFC East title
• Started the Patriots Wild Card Round game against the Titans
• Earned AP Second-Team All-Pro honors

2018 (PATRIOTS)

• Started all 16 regular season games at left guard, helping the Patriots claim their 10th straight AFC East title
• Started all three postseason games helping the Patriots reach their eighth straight conference title game and capture a victory in Super Bowl LIII
• Became the first player in NFL history to start in the Super Bowl in each of his first three seasons

2017 (PATRIOTS)

• Started in all 16 regular season games at left guard, helping the Patriots claim the AFC's number one seed and ninth consecutive AFC East title
• Started all three postseason games for the Patriots helping them reach their seventh straight conference title game and second straight Super Bowl

2016 (PATRIOTS)

• Started in all 16 regular season games at left guard as a rookie, helping the Patriots claim the AFC's number one seed and eight consecutive AFC East title
• Started all three postseason games for the Patriots helping them reach their sixth straight conference title game and a dramatic come from behind victory in Super Bowl LI
• Was named to the 2016 PFWA All-Rookie Team

TRANSACTIONS

• 05/06/2016: Signed/draft choice to the Patriots
• 03/19/2020: Re-signed/franchise tag with Patriots
• 07/17/2021: Signed/UFA with the Chiefs
• 03/12/2025: Traded to Bears (for 2026 fourth-round pick)

COLLEGE

• Played in 41 career games along the offensive line at North Carolina State
• Named a first-team All-American by USA Today, the first Wolfpack offensive lineman to earn All-America honors since Outland Trophy winner Jim Ritcher in 1979
• Also a first-team All-ACC performer on the media team, he was the first Wolfpack offensive lineman to earn that honor since 2003
• Started games at four of the five positions on the offensive line: left tackle, left guard, right guard and right tackle
• Earned Academic All-ACC honors and named to the 2014-15 Academic Honor Roll
• Did not allow a sack in 589 snaps during 2015 ACC play from his left tackle spot

PERSONAL

• Was a member of two D4 state championship teams at Archbishop Alter High School
• Voted Greater Catholic League Lineman of the Year as a senior in 2010
• Also played basketball, where he started for two years and led his conference in rebounding as a junior