2021 Pro Bowl guard who anchored one of the NFL's stingiest offensive lines with the Bears in 2025.
Jonah Jackson has been a steady interior presence since breaking out with the Lions, earning a Pro Bowl nod before injury slowed him in Los Angeles. A trade brought him to Chicago in 2025, where he helped anchor a Bears offensive line that allowed the third-fewest sacks in the league.
Path to the league
Jackson started his college career at Rutgers before transferring to Ohio State as a graduate student in 2019, where he started all 14 games at left guard and earned first-team All-Big Ten honors. The Detroit Lions drafted him in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft, 75th overall.
Career highlights
Jackson started all 57 games he played for Detroit from 2020 to 2023 and earned a Pro Bowl selection in 2021. He signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2024 but was limited to four games by a shoulder injury before Chicago traded for him in March 2025.
2025 season recap
Jackson started all 17 games at right guard for the Bears in 2025, helping an offensive line that allowed just 24 sacks all season, the third-lowest total in the NFL. He earned a 71.4 overall PFF grade, ranking among the better guards in the league that year.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Jonah Jackson
- Pro Football Reference: Jonah Jackson
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Guard
- Group
- offense
- College
- Ohio State
- Hometown
- Media, PA, USA
- Age
- 29
- Status
- active
