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Jonah Jackson

Guard, Chicago Bears · #73.

Player facts

Team: Chicago Bears
Position: Guard
Number: 73
Born: Feb 5, 1997 (age 29)
Birthplace: Media, PA, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 319 lbs
College: Ohio State
Experience: 7 seasons
Status: Active

About

Jonah Jackson (born February 5, 1997) is an American professional football guard for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and Rutgers Scarlet Knights. He has previously played for the Detroit Lions.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jonah Jackson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Jackson grew up in Media, Pennsylvania. He started his football career at an early age playing for the Rose Tree Colts. He continued playing football into high school, attending Penncrest High School. He was named first-team All-Central Athletic League and first-team All-Delaware County as a senior.

College career

Jackson spent the first four seasons of his collegiate career at Rutgers University. He redshirted his true freshman season and played in all 12 of the Scarlet Knights games the next season, mostly on the field goal protection unit. Jackson played center as a redshirt sophomore, playing in six games and starting five contests before suffering a season ending injury. As a redshirt junior, Jackson started 11 games at right guard though he missed one game due to injury and was named honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference. Following the season, he announced that he would be leaving Rutgers as a graduate transfer, eventually choosing to attend Ohio State after visiting Oklahoma.

Jackson played his final season for the Ohio State Buckeyes, starting all of the Buckeyes games at left guard and garnering first-team All-Big Ten honors.

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