James Daniels

PRO CAREER

• Has played in 86 games (80 starts) over his six-year NFL career (Chicago 2018-21; Pittsburgh 2022-23)
• Has registered 55 starts at left guard, 17 at right guard and eight at center
• Named to the 2018 ESPN.com All-Rookie team
• Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2018 (at Green Bay)
• Made NFL starting debut in Week 8 of 2018 (vs. N.Y. Jets)

PRO CAREER

• Has played in 86 games (80 starts) over his six-year NFL career (Chicago 2018-21; Pittsburgh 2022-23)
• Has registered 55 starts at left guard, 17 at right guard and eight at center
• Named to the 2018 ESPN.com All-Rookie team
• Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2018 (at Green Bay)
• Made NFL starting debut in Week 8 of 2018 (vs. N.Y. Jets)

2023 (STEELERS)

• Started 15 regular-season games at right guard
• Allowed one sack and whistled for three penalties all season, according to Pro Football Focus
• Blocked for RB Najee Harris to run for 1,000-plus yards on the season, including a season-high 122 yards in Week 17 at Seattle
• Helped a Pittsburgh rush offense rank in the top five after Week 9 in rushes (323, 1st), rush yards (1,452, 2nd), longest rush (74t, 2nd), yards after contact/rush (3.37, 2nd), 10+ yard rushes (39, 4th), first downs by rush (79, 3rd), rush TDs (13, t-2nd), rushes/game (32.3, 2nd), rush yards/game (145.2, 2nd) and 10+ yard rushes/game (3.90, 5th)
• Part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack in two games and just one sack in four games
• Played all 1,160 offensive snaps

2022 (STEELERS)

• Started all 17 regular-season games at right guard
• Blocked for a 1,000-plus-yard rusher for a second consecutive season
• Blocked for RB Najee Harris to run for 111 yards in Week 17 at Baltimore
• Part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack in two games and just one sack in four games

2021 (BEARS)

• Started at right guard in all 17 regular-season games
• Helped pave the way for Chicago to rush for 188 yards and three rushing TDs in the Week 4 win over the Lions
• Blocked for a Bears' running game that amassed 176 yards on the ground in Week 8 vs. San Francisco

2020 (BEARS)

• Started the first five games of the season at left guard; suffered a season-ending pectoral injury in Week 5 vs. Tampa Bay
• Helped the Bears rush for 149 yards in the Week 1 win at Detroit

2019 (BEARS)

• Started all 16 regular-season games (eight at center, eight at left guard)
• Switched from center to left guard in Week 10 vs. Detroit

2018 (BEARS)

• Appeared in all 16 regular-season games (10 starts at left guard)
• Made his first career start at left guard in Week 8 in a win over the N.Y. Jets
• Part of an offensive line that allowed just 33 sacks, tied for the third fewest in the NFC
• Started the Wild Card playoff game vs. Philadelphia (1/6/19)

COLLEGE

• Played in 37 games over three seasons at Iowa
• 2017 Academic All-Big Ten and Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by league coaches and media

PERSONAL

• Played football at Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio
• Earned all-state honorable mention honors as a junior and senior
• First-team All-Northeast Ohio as a junior and senior, along with first team all-conference and all-county
• Three-year football letterman as offensive and defensive lineman
• Also lettered in track, tossing shot put and discus
• Father, LeShun Sr., played at Ohio State and for the Minnesota Vikings in 1997
• Older brother, LeShun Jr., spent time with three NFL teams