Two-time Pro Bowl Bears cornerback out of Utah whose 2025 season was wrecked by groin injuries.
Jaylon Johnson is Chicago's top outside cornerback, a two-time Pro Bowler who emerged as one of the league's stingier man-coverage defenders. The 2025 season was a lost one, with two groin injuries and core muscle surgery limiting him to a single early appearance. He returned late in the year and remains the anchor of the Bears secondary heading into 2026.
Path to the league
Johnson played college football at Utah and was a second-round pick by the Bears in 2020. He developed into a high-end cover corner and earned a major extension to stay in Chicago, then made back-to-back Pro Bowls.
Career highlights
A two-time Pro Bowl selection, Johnson built a reputation as one of the NFL's better man-coverage corners with strong ball production at his peak. He has been the centerpiece of Chicago's pass defense for several seasons.
2025 season
Johnson made his season debut in Week 2 against Detroit but went down with a groin injury, the second of two groin issues that eventually required core muscle surgery. He returned to practice in mid-November, was activated off injured reserve, and was listed as questionable for the Black Friday game against the Eagles.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Jaylon Johnson
- ESPN: Jaylon Johnson player page
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
7 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | bears | 7 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | bears | 17 | 53 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | bears | 14 | 36 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022 | bears | 11 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | bears | 15 | 46 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020 | bears | 13 | 44 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Cornerback
- Group
- defense
- College
- Utah
- Hometown
- Fresno, CA, USA
- Age
- 27
- Status
- active
