Dayo Odeyingbo is a Vanderbilt-bred defensive end who signed a major free-agent deal with the Chicago Bears in 2025.
Dayo Odeyingbo emerged from Vanderbilt as a long, powerful edge prospect and spent his first four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. He cashed in as a free agent with Chicago in 2025. His first season with the Bears was cut short by a season-ending injury.
Path to the league
Odeyingbo played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores, earning second-team All-SEC as a senior with 8.0 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks in eight games. The Colts selected him in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. In 2024 he started a career-high 14 games for Indianapolis, recording three sacks and 17 quarterback hits.
2025 season
Odeyingbo signed a three-year, $48 million contract with the Chicago Bears in March 2025. He started eight games before a season-ending injury, finishing with 21 tackles, one sack, four quarterback hits and a pass defended in his first season in Chicago.
Sources
- Pro Football Reference: Dayo Odeyingbo
- ESPN: Dayo Odeyingbo player page
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
8 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | bears | 8 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | colts | 17 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | colts | 17 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | colts | 17 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | colts | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Defensive End
- Group
- defense
- College
- Vanderbilt
- Hometown
- Irving, TX, USA
- Age
- 26
- Status
- active
