PRO CAREER:Â Selected by the Bears in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft (No. 71 overall)...Has played in 27 games, making two starts, with 12 receptions for 135 yards and one receiving touchdown in addition to 19 rushes for 165 yards with a 42-yard rushing touchdown...Has recorded 39 kickoff returns for 1,042 yards (26.7 avg.) in his career.
2024 SEASON (BEARS): Has played in one game and has one catch for eight yards and two carries for 11 yards (5.5 avg.)…Has one kickoff return.
2023 SEASON (BEARS): Made season debut in Week 2 against the Buccaneers...Has played in offensive and special teams snaps in 14 games ... Recorded first rush of the season in Week 4 against the Broncos for 10 yards...Logged a career-high 110 scrimmage yards in Week 6 against the Vikings...Returned the opening kickoff 37 yards, marking his longest kick return on the season and fifth-longest of his career...Returned two kicks for 49 yards in Week 7...Returned one kick for 28 yards in Week 12...Hauled in an 11-yard reception from QB Justin Fields in the Bears' 28-13 victory over the Lions in Week 14...Rushed the ball for 23 yards on two carries (11.5 avg.) at Cleveland in Week 17...Recorded 16 kick returns for 435 yards (27.4 avg).
2022 SEASON (BEARS): Appeared in 12 games (two starts)...Made his NFL debut in Week 4 at New York, working primarily on special teams...In Week 5 at Minnesota, took a nine-yard touch-pass into the endzone to bring the score to 21-16 (10:31)...The reception was the first offensive touch of his career, and he becomes the second offensive skill player in franchise history to score a touchdown on the first offensive touch of their NFL career, the last player to do so being Adam Shaheen on Sept. 24, 2017 at Cincinnati (STATS LLC)...Finished with one reception for 10 yards and one rush for eight yards against the Commanders in Week 6...Saw game action on offense and special teams in Week 7 at New England...In Week 8 at Dallas, took an end around rush for 18 yards with 4:45 remaining in the first quarter...That stands as the longest offensive play of his career to date...Finished with two rushes totaling 33 yards and one reception for five yards...In Week 11 at Atlanta, took the Bears' first kickoff return 55 yards to the Falcons' 44-yard line...It was the longest kick return since former Bears returner Cordarrelle Patterson had a 104-yard return vs. the Minnesota Vikings on Nov. 16, 2020...Rushed twice for six yards against the Jets in Week 12, and also played in over half the snaps on special teams...Rushed one time for one yard against the Packers in Week 13, and also returned four kicks, including one return of 42 yards...Caught one pass for three yards and had one rushing attempt against the Eagles in Week 15...Finished with two receptions and a team-best 52 yards against Buffalo in Week 16...Caught a 44-yard pass from Fields to set the Bears up in Buffalo territory , which is the longest offensive play of his career...Also had four kick returns totaling 113 yards, including a long of 40 yards...Had one rush for 13 yards and also had a career-best 63-yard kickoff return at Detroit in Week 17...In Week 18 vs. Minnesota, caught one pass for 28 yards and had one rushing attempt that went for a 42-yard touchdown, the second score of his rookie season...Also had four kick returns, with a long of 25 yards...In doing so, he becomes the first Bears player to record a reception, rush and return all above 25+ yards in the same game since Walter Payton on Dec. 21, 1975...Became first NFL player to do so since Chase Edmonds on Oct. 11, 2020.
COLLEGE: 2021 SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Year and All-SEC First Team...Spent first four seasons at Southern Cal from 2016-19 before transferring to Tennessee in the spring of 2020...Played in 61 career games with 21 starts (23 games and 15 starts at Tennessee)...Including his time at USC, hauled in 120 passes for 1,434 yards and 11 touchdowns for his career...At UT, caught 84 passes for 1,087 yards and 10 scores...In three seasons at USC, logged 36 receptions for 347 yards to go along with 1,947 kickoff return yards on a school-record 81 attempts...Finished career as the FBS' active leader in kickoff return yards with 2,973 and averaged 24.4 yards per kick return...As a senior at UT in 2021, played in all 13 games with nine starts...Was the only player in the nation with over 800+ receiving yards, 200+ punt return yards and 600+ kickoff return yards...Finished his USC career second all-time in school history in kickoff return yards, 194 behind record-holder Adoree' Jackson...Scored 14 touchdowns three different ways at the college level – receiving (11), rushing (1) and kick return (2)...Owned three 100-yard receiving games with all three occurring at UT...Racked up 4,738 all-purpose yards in his career, including 2,416 at UT and 2,322 at USC...Logged 272 career punt return yards – all at UT – and averaged 15.1 yards per return...Finished ninth in UT career kick return yards (1,026), sixth in school history in kick return average (25.0) and ninth in kick returns (41)...Selected to play in the Reese's Senior Bowl in February 2022...As the leading receiver for the American Team, catching four passes for 53 yards, including a long of 32...Invited to the 2022 NFL Combine in March.
PERSONAL: One of the top prospects out of the state of Alabama for the Class of 2016...Made 2015 Prep Star All-Southeast Region, USA Today All-Alabama first team, AL.com Super All-State first team, Alabama Sportswriters Association All-State Class 6A first team and All-Coastal Alabama first team as a senior wide receiver at Saraland High School...Hauled in 48 receptions for 945 yards (19.7 avg) with 10 touchdowns in 2015...Added 172 rushing yards with two touchdowns on the ground and two touchdowns on special teams that same season...As a junior in 2014, earned all-state and all-region after collecting 51 receptions for 1,118 yards (21.9 avg) with nine touchdowns...Helped lead Saraland to the 2014 Class 6A state championship game...Son of Velus Jones Sr. and San'tae White...Earned bachelor's degree in sociology from Southern California in December 2019...Earned master's degree at Tennessee in agricultural leadership, education and communications in December 2021.
