UDFA Jack Sanborn had a dream start to his career in Chicago
While we did see some struggles during yesterday's game, we also saw some promises from a lot of young players! One of those players clearly is UDFA LB, Jack Sanborn. He had such a solid game, where he pilled up the stats during the little time he was on the field.
The undrafted rookie linebacker from Wisconsin, who was raised in suburban Deer Park and attended Lake Zurich High School, starred on defense and special teams in a 19-14 preseason-opening win over the Chiefs.Sanborn had an interception and a fumble recovery in the 3rd quarter!
The offense converted the two turnovers into a touchdown and field goal, helping the Bears score 19 unanswered points to erase a 14-0 halftime deficit.
"It's something that we harp on all the time in practice," Sanborn said. "Takeaways are the name of the game here in the NFL. We got a takeaway and then we got another one right after that and kind of built some momentum."
Sanborn's interception came on the third play of the second half on a Shane Buechele pass over the middle. He read it perfectly.
"We were in cover 2 and the receiver tried to stop in front of me," Sanborn said. "I made a decent break. The quarterback tried to thread it in and I kind of boxed him out a little bit and was fortunate enough to hold onto it."
Sanborn also had five tackles and one tackle-for-loss on defense and two tackles on special teams.
It's safe to say that he will remember this game for a long time.
"It was awesome," he said. "It was I think something a lot of kids want to do, especially from the area. So definitely a dream come true almost in a way. But 'let's go out there and play,' that was my mindset, and 'do whatever you're asked at your best and things will happen.'"
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