No. 36 – Chicago Bears | |||||||||||||||
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Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born: | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | July 22, 1995||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | Christian Brothers College (MO) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Missouri Western (2013–2017) | ||||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Jonathan James Owens (born July 22, 1995) is an American football safety for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Missouri Western, and signed with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He has also played for the Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers.
Owens played high school football at Christian Brothers College High School (CBC) under coach Scott Pingel after attending middle school at Loyola Academy of St. Louis. During his high school career, Owens won CBC Linebacker of the Year. [1]
After his redshirt year during the 2013 season, Owens played defensive back for Missouri Western State University (MWSU). During his final season in 2017, Owens was MWSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year and earned second-team all-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) honors. Owens was on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll throughout the course of his college career. He majored in pre-physical therapy with the goal of becoming a doctor. [1]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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5 ft 10+3⁄4 in (1.80 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | 30+7⁄8 in (0.78 m) | 9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) | 4.43 s | 1.55 s | 2.56 s | 4.06 s | 7.00 s | 43.0 in (1.09 m) | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) | 18 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [2] |
Owens signed with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent following the 2018 NFL Draft. [3] During the last week of organized team activities before the 2018 season, Owens was waived due to an injury, and spent the entire season on injured reserve. [4]
On August 31, 2019, Owens was waived by the Cardinals. [5]
On September 30, 2019, Owens was signed to the practice squad of the Houston Texans. [6] He was promoted to the active roster on November 21, 2019, but waived two days later and re-signed to the practice squad. [7] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Texans on January 13, 2020. [8]
On September 5, 2020, Owens was waived by the Texans and signed to the practice squad the next day. [9] [10] He was elevated to the active roster on October 10 and 17 for the team's weeks 5 and 6 games against the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans, and reverted to the practice squad after each game. [11] [12] On December 12, 2020, Owens was signed to the active roster. [13]
On August 31, 2021, Owens was waived by the Texans and re-signed to the practice squad. [14] [15] He was promoted to the active roster on December 4. [16] On December 9, the Texans signed Owens to a two-year, $1.175 million deal that ran through the 2022 season. [17] On December 26, 2021, Owens had his first career interception and first fumble recovery in the Texans' upset win over the Los Angeles Chargers. [18] On January 3, 2022, Owens was placed on injured reserve after suffering a dislocated wrist in the team's week 16 loss against the San Francisco 49ers. [19]
On May 12, 2023, Owens signed with the Green Bay Packers. [20]
On March 13, 2024, Owens signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Bears. [21]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | ||
2019 | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | HOU | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | HOU | 7 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | HOU | 17 | 17 | 125 | 84 | 41 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | GB | 17 | 11 | 84 | 58 | 26 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Career | 48 | 30 | 227 | 152 | 75 | 2.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Source: pro-football-reference.com |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | ||
2023 | GB | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source: pro-football-reference.com |
Owens and Olympic medalist gymnast Simone Biles announced their engagement on February 15, 2022. [22] They married on April 22, 2023. [23]
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