LB · Chicago Bears · #53
T.J. Edwards
LOLB1Doubtful · Hamstringwk 7 report- College
- Wisconsin
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 228 lb
- Experience
- 8th season
Tackles
15▼ 52 vs '25
100th of 123 LBs
Stops
12▼ 19 vs '25
90th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
4.0▼ 0.8 vs '25
90th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
23.8%▲ 18.2 vs '25
123rd of 123 LBs
Coverage
16 targets
68.8 cmp% · 5.6 y/tgt · 1 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ CARW | 68 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs MINL | 52 | 100.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75.0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs PHIW | 50 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | 2.2 | 1 | 3 |
| Wk 4 vs NYJW | 32 | 100.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ GBL | 23 | 37.7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 225 | 85.6 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 68.8 | 5.6 | 1 | 3 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2025 with Bears
$20Mover 2 years
- Avg. per year
- $10M
- Guaranteed
- $16.6M 83%
- 2026 cap hit
- $7.5M 2.4% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2026
2025
2026 · now
Year 2 of 2 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 5 | 225 | 85.6 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 23.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 56.8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 569 | 89.3 | 67 | 31 | 2 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 95.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,055 | 98.8 | 119 | 70 | 12 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 79.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,041 | 97.2 | 138 | 88 | 6 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 8 | 12 | 87 | 90.8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,041 | 94.1 | 143 | 73 | 8 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 5 | 9 | 76 | 82.1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 685 | 64.4 | 125 | 65 | 5 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 99.6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12 | 490 | 59.0 | 68 | 36 | 4 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 107.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12 | 112 | 14.7 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 106 | 5,218 | 76.7 | 705 | 391 | 39 | 7.1 | 12.0 | 27 | 40 | 366 | 88.7 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 1 |