Charles Leno Jr.

Charles Leno Jr

Chicago Bears - No. 72
Offensive tackle
Date of birth: October 9, 1991
Place of birth: Oakland , California
Height: 1.91 m	Weight: 138 kg
NFL debut
2014 for the Chicago Bears
Career
College : Boise State
NFL Draft : 2014 / Round: 7 / Pick: 246
Teams: Chicago Bears ( 2014- today)
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowl ( 2018 )
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Games	86
as a starter	78
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Charles Leno Jr. (* 9. October 1991 in Oakland , California ) is an American American Footballer in the National Football League (NFL). He plays for the Chicago Bears as an offensive tackle .

college

Leno, who also performed well as a basketball player in high school , attended Boise State University and successfully played college football for their team, the Broncos . Between 2010 and 2013 he played 49 games. He was called up 39 times as a starting tackle, mostly on the left.

NFL

When NFL Draft in 2014 he was selected by the Chicago Bears selected in the seventh round as the 246th player overall and received a four-year contract 2.26 million US dollars .
In his rookie season he was used in 6 games, once even as a starter. In the following seasons he developed into a reliable support in the offensive line of the Bears. The club rewarded his consistently good performance by hiring Leno at an early stage. In 2017, he was awarded a new four-year contract worth $ 38 million, 21.5 of which was guaranteed.
In 2018 he was again a starter in all games and helped so that the Bears could reach the play-offs for the first time since 2010 and was appointed to the Pro Bowl for the first time .

Web links

• Chicago Bears player profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Player information on the Broncos homepage, accessed on May 4, 2019
2. ↑ Contract details on spotrac.com, accessed on May 4, 2019
3. ↑ Report on nfl.com from August 23, 2017, accessed on May 4, 2019