Jack Sanborn holds the WLB · Depth spot in Chicago Bears’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jack Sanborn played 6 games in 2025 with a 56% snap share.

Jack Sanborn is a weak-side linebacker in his fifth NFL season with the Chicago Bears. The Wisconsin product signed with Chicago as an undrafted free agent in 2022 and appeared in all 17 games his rookie year, recording 59 tackles and two sacks before finishing on injured reserve. He earned the Brian Piccolo Award that season after leading the Bears defense with 15 tackles in Week 12—the most tackles by a Bears rookie in a single game. Through 54 career games (24 starts), Sanborn has accumulated 183 tackles, 4.5 sacks, and one interception. After spending 2025 with Dallas, appearing in six games with 34 tackles before going on injured reserve, he returned to the Bears in March 2026.

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