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LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears signed linebacker Brian Urlacher to a one-year contract extension Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Urlacher’s new contract runs through the 2012 season.
The six-time Pro Bowler has registered 1,299 tackles, 37.5 sacks, 15 interceptions, seven forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries and 71 tackles for losses in 121 career games.
The 2005 NFL Defensive Player of the Year has registered over 100 tackles in each campaign in his career, leading the team seven times, and his 1,299 tackles are the most ever for a Bears player in his first eight seasons. Urlacher also ranks sixth on Chicago’s career sacks list and first among Bears’ linebackers since the stat started being officially recorded in 1982.
In 2007, Urlacher started all 16 contests for the sixth time in eight NFL seasons and registered a career-high seven takeaways (five interceptions and two fumble recoveries). He became just the second linebacker in team history to record five interceptions and five sacks in the same season. Urlacher leads all NFL linebackers since the 2006 season with eight interceptions.
After the 2007 season, Urlacher became the sixth player in team history to be honored with the Brian Piccolo Award, which is voted by teammates, multiple times and the fifth to be honored as a rookie and as a veteran.
The six-time Pro Bowler has registered 1,299 tackles, 37.5 sacks, 15 interceptions, seven forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries and 71 tackles for losses in 121 career games.
The 2005 NFL Defensive Player of the Year has registered over 100 tackles in each campaign in his career, leading the team seven times, and his 1,299 tackles are the most ever for a Bears player in his first eight seasons. Urlacher also ranks sixth on Chicago’s career sacks list and first among Bears’ linebackers since the stat started being officially recorded in 1982.
In 2007, Urlacher started all 16 contests for the sixth time in eight NFL seasons and registered a career-high seven takeaways (five interceptions and two fumble recoveries). He became just the second linebacker in team history to record five interceptions and five sacks in the same season. Urlacher leads all NFL linebackers since the 2006 season with eight interceptions.
After the 2007 season, Urlacher became the sixth player in team history to be honored with the Brian Piccolo Award, which is voted by teammates, multiple times and the fifth to be honored as a rookie and as a veteran.
