After the Chicago Bears traded back in the second round to acquire more picks, they moved up a few selections in the fourth round (112 overall) to select Alabama’s Eddie Jackson. Jackson is a talented safety that figures to push Adrian Amos for a starting position immediately and also could be the team’s punt returner in 2017.
Jackson may have been as high as a second round pick if he came out after his junior season, but he decided to return to Alabama for his senior season. Jackson suffered a broken leg on a punt midseason and missed the month of November, as well as the team’s postseason games.