Dayo Odeyingbo holds the RDE · Backup spot in Chicago Bears’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Dayo Odeyingbo played 8 games in 2025 with a 76% snap share.

Dayo Odeyingbo, a 6'5", 280-pound right defensive end, enters his sixth NFL season after playing college football at Vanderbilt from 2017 to 2020. The Colts selected him 54th overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. Over four seasons in Indianapolis (2021-24), he appeared in 69 games with 27 starts, accumulating 17.5 sacks, 126 tackles, and five forced fumbles. Odeyingbo signed with the Chicago Bears as an unrestricted free agent in March 2025. In his first Bears season, he started eight games before a season-ending injury, recording 21 tackles, one sack, and one pass defended.

Vanderbilt2017 – 2020

Colts2021 – 2024

Bears2025 — present

CollegeVanderbiltDraftRound 2 · No. 54 overall · 2021 · INDAcquiredAcquired from Indianapolis Colts · drafted thereHometownIrving, TX