Drew Dalman joined the Chicago Bears in the 2025 offseason after spending the first four years of his career with the Atlanta Falcons. In his lone season in Chicago, Dalman started all 19 games and played 100% of the Bears' offensive snaps in the regular season and playoffs, earning him Pro Bowl honours.
The 27-year-old center recorded the eighth-highest pass block win rate among all interior offensive linemen with 406 wins in 423 passing plays.
Playing alongside fellow 2025 acquisitions Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson, a revamped offensive line saw Bears QB Caleb Williams be sacked a stunning 44 times fewer in 2025 than in 2024, when he led the league in sacks taken with 68.
Dalman signed a three-year, $42 million contract in Chicago last year, but is now expected to retire from the NFL, according to NFL insider Adam Schefter.
Dalman was picked in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Falcons, who took the former Stanford Cardinal with the 114th overall pick.
In his five years in the league, Drew Dalman played 74 games (57 starts), missing 11 games due to injury in 2023 and 2024.