Joe Thuney holds the LG · Starter spot in Chicago Bears’s offensive line room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Joe Thuney played 19 games in 2025 with a 100% snap share.

Joe Thuney, a 6'5", 301-pound left guard, enters his 11th NFL season and second with the Chicago Bears. The N.C. State product was selected 78th overall in the 2016 draft by New England, where he started all 16 games as a rookie and appeared in three postseason contests en route to Super Bowl LI. Over ten seasons across the Patriots, Chiefs, and Bears, Thuney has appeared in 175 total games including 187 combined starts, the most by any player in their first decade. He started all 17 games for Chicago in 2025 on an offensive line that allowed 24 sacks, third-lowest in the NFL. Thuney has earned five All-Pro selections and four Pro Bowl nominations, won four Super Bowls, and received the inaugural NFL Protector of the Year Award.

N.C. State2011 – 2015

Patriots2016 – 2020

Chiefs2021 – 2024

Bears2025 — present

CollegeN.C. StateDraftRound 3 · No. 78 overall · 2016 · NEAcquiredAcquired from New England Patriots · drafted thereHometownCenterville, OH