Overview
- Jackson received the NFC Defensive Player of the Week honor for a career performance in Chicago’s 31-3 win over Cleveland that included his first NFL interception and first sack.
- Head coach Ben Johnson labeled Jackson’s third-quarter interception of Shedeur Sanders a turning point, coming one play before a Caleb Williams touchdown to DJ Moore.
- Claimed off waivers from the Saints in late August, Jackson entered the lineup in Week 12 due to injuries to Tremaine Edmunds, T. J. Edwards and Noah Sewell and opened with a 15-tackle game against Pittsburgh.
- Across 13 games with four starts, he has logged 41 tackles, one sack, three pass breakups, a fumble recovery and two tackles for loss in a career-best season.
- Chicago is 10-4 and atop the NFC North, and Jackson is the team’s fourth weekly award winner this year alongside Caleb Williams, Colston Loveland and Josh Blackwell; the Bears also note he is the first NFL linebacker since Week 8 to record a pick and a sack in the same game.