Player
Grady Jarrett
DL · Bears
Grady Jarrett: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
11 seasons, 41.0 sacks — 6th-most among DTs in the league since 2015.
TrendCareer DT sack leaders (2015-present)
| Player | Sacks |
|---|---|
| Aaron Donald | 108.0 |
| Calais Campbell | 73.5 |
| Denico Autry | 71.0 |
| Arik Armstead | 49.0 |
| Geno Atkins | 44.5 |
| Grady Jarrett | 41.0 |
| Ndamukong Suh | 40.0 |
Among defensive tackles whose careers fall inside the play-by-play era (2015 onward), Jarrett ranks 6th in sacks — wedged between two Pro Football Hall of Fame-trajectory names (Campbell, Atkins) and the Suh/Armstead tier. The names above him are virtually all multi-time All-Pros.
He's done it from the interior, against double teams, in a defense that rarely produced league-leading pass-rush numbers across his prime years.
Three different 6+ sack seasons (2016, 2018, 2022) — interior production at a Pro Bowl bar.
SplitJarrett by season
| Season | Team | Comb | TFL | Sacks | QBH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ATL | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | ATL | 57 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| 2017 | ATL | 54 | 15 | 4.0 | 15 |
| 2018 | ATL | 51 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 2019 | ATL | 66 | 12 | 7.5 | 16 |
| 2020 | ATL | 49 | 8 | 4.0 | 21 |
| 2021 | ATL | 49 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 2022 | ATL | 56 | 12 | 6.0 | 17 |
| 2023 | ATL | 21 | 2 | 1.5 | 8 |
| 2024 | ATL | 48 | 9 | 2.5 | 12 |
| 2025 | CHI | 45 | 1 | 1.5 | 9 |
The 2019 line (7.5 sacks, 12 TFL, 16 QB hits, 66 combined tackles) is the career peak. The four-year stretch 2016-2019 produced 23.5 sacks and 42 TFL — Pro Bowl bar production from a 305-pound interior anchor.
The 2023 dip (7 starts, 21 combined) is the knee injury year. The 2024 bounce-back at age 31 (48 combined, 9 TFL, 2.5 sacks) is what got him a roster spot in Chicago for 2025.
Sacks per season
| Season | Sacks |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 7.5 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 1.5 |
148 career QB hits — the hit rate of a designated pass-rusher, from a 0-tech run-defender body.
RareJarrett has piled up 148 career QB hits across 11 seasons — averaging ~13.5 per year. For a player listed as DT/IDL (not a designed edge), that's a hit pace usually reserved for full-time pass-rushers. His best single-year QB-hit total: 21 in 2020, when the Falcons gave him plenty of obvious pass-rush snaps.
The combination of 41.0 sacks + 148 QB hits + 79 TFL is the resume of a 1990s/2000s-style three-down DT — they don't make that profile anymore.
2025: first season outside Atlanta — landed on the Bears at age 32 and is still on the field every week.
MilestoneJarrett 2025 with the Bears
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Combined tackles | 45 |
| TFL | 1 |
| Sacks | 1.5 |
| QB Hits | 9 |
| PDs | 4 |
| Forced Fumbles | 1 |
The 2025 Bears line at age 32 is a rotational-vet contributor: 45 combined tackles, 9 QB hits, 1.5 sacks, plus a forced fumble. Not a star season, but the kind of season that justifies a one-year prove-it deal — pressure rate steady, run-defense plays still being made.
Fun side note: he had 0 PDs in his first 6 seasons and now has 4 in his first Bears year — Chicago's defense is dropping him into more zone-spy looks than Atlanta ever did.
From 2015 through 2024 he had ZERO career PDs in 7 of 10 seasons. In 2025 he has 4.
AnomalyPDs by season
| Season | PDs |
|---|---|
| 2015-2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 |
Six straight seasons (2015-2020) of zero pass-defenses. That's normal for a DT — interior linemen don't get into throwing lanes much. Then a slow accumulation (1 → 3 → 2 → 0), and now 4 PDs in his first season as a Bear at age 32.
Chicago is using him in different alignment looks than Atlanta did. It's a small number, but the profile change is real — most DTs his age are getting fewer snaps, not new responsibilities.
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