After spending most of the 2024 and 2025 campaigns on the New York Jets practice squad, Jackson Sirmon made his NFL debut for the Jets in a 13-6 Week 7 home loss to Carolina. He contributed one tackle in his first regular-season NFL game.
Some other top Week 7 highlights for Pro Bears included …
Keenan Allen recorded season highs of 11 receptions and 119 yards receiving along with one touchdown grab in the Los Angeles Chargers’ 38-24 Week 7 home loss to Indianapolis.
Nohl Williams contributed three tackles while playing in career highs of 40 snaps and 24 defensive snaps in Kansas City’s 31-0 Week 7 home win over Las Vegas.
Some of the top things to look forward to from Pro Bears in Week 8 include …
Aaron Rodgers and Pittsburgh hosting Rodgers’ former Green Bay Packers squad in a Sunday Night Football game in the Iron City.
Winning matchups
Pro Bears are winning lots of NFL games and through Week 7 of the 2025 campaign there are a dozen former Cal players on active rosters of teams with winning records. The list includes WR Keenan Allen (Los Angeles Chargers, 4-3), RB Chris Brooks (Green Bay, 4-1-1), S Camryn Bynum (Indianapolis, 6-1), OL Jake Curhan (Carolina, 4-3), QB Jared Goff (Detroit, 5-2), DB Elijah Hicks (Chicago, 4-2), S Jaylinn Hawkins (New England, 5-2), OL Patrick Mekari (Jacksonville. 4-3), WR Nikko Remigio (Kansas City, 4-3), QB Aaron Rodgers (Pittsburgh, 4-2), TE Jake Tonges (San Francisco, 5-2) and DB Nohl Williams (Kansas City, 4-3).
A total of 25 former Golden Bears are currently affiliated with NFL teams with 20 on active rosters, one on injured reserve, and four as members of coaching staffs. The latest updates on each of your fellow Golden Bears are below. Click on each name to access the primary Pro Football Reference page for players and team bios for coaches.
ACTIVE ROSTER (20)
Keenan Allen – WR, Los Angeles Chargers (4-3, No. 6 AFC, T2nd AFC West): Allen had season highs of 11 receptions and 119 yards receiving along with one touchdown catch in a 38-24 Week 7 home loss to Indianapolis. His 11 receptions were his most since he had 14 in a home game against Baltimore on Nov. 26, 2023. Allen now has 44 receptions (T8 NFL) for 435 yards and four scoring grabs (T11th NFL) in his 13th NFL season overall and 12th with the Chargers in 2025 during a campaign that included becoming the fastest player in NFL history and the 16th overall to reach 1,000 or more career receptions during a Week 5 home loss to Washington.
Week 8 – Thu., Oct. 23, 5:15 pm – vs. Minnesota (3-3) – Prime Video
Bryan Anger – P, Dallas (3-3-1, No. 10 NFC, 2nd NFC East): Anger punted three times for 128 yards (42.7 avg, 40.0 net) with a long of 49 on his first punt in a 44-22 Week 7 home win over Washington. He also pinned the Commanders inside their own 20-yard line twice and forced two fair catches. Anger has punted 23 times for 1069 yards (46.5 avg, 40.7 net) in 2025, including eight punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and seven fair catches.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 1:25 pm – at Denver (5-2) – CBS
Chris Brooks – RB, Green Bay (4-1-1, No. 1 NFC, 1st NFC North): Brooks had one special teams tackle in a 27-23 Week 7 road win at Arizona. He has contributed five receptions for 30 yards, two rushes for two yards and a career-high six tackles while playing in all six contests off the bench in 2025.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 5:20 pm – at Pittsburgh (4-2) – NBC, UNIVERSO
Teddye Buchanan – LB, Baltimore (1-5, No. 13 AFC, 4th AFC North): Buchanan had a Week 7 bye following his team-high-tying nine tackles, 0.5 sacks (2.5 yards), one tackle for loss and one quarterback hit in a 17-3 Week 6 home loss to the Los Angeles Rams, and a career-high 15 tackles and his first career tackle for loss in a 44-10 Week 5 home loss to Houston. Buchanan has played in all six games with starts in each of the last five as a 2025 NFL rookie and leads the Ravens with 49 tackles while adding 0.5 sacks (-2.5 yards), two tackles for loss and one quarterback hit.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 10 am – vs. Chicago (4-2) – CBS
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Camryn Bynum – S, Indianapolis (6-1, No. 1 AFC, 1st AFC South): Bynum had a season-high eight tackles in a 38-24 Week 7 road win at the Los Angeles Chargers. In his first six games of 2025 all starts, he has 31 tackles, as well as two interceptions that he has returned 14 yards and four pass defenses. Bynum is tied for 10th in the NFL with his two interceptions, while his four pass defenses are tied for the best on the team.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 1:25 pm – vs. Tennessee (1-6) – CBS
Jake Curhan – OT, Carolina (4-3, No. 9 NFC, 2nd NFC South): Curhan played in his third straight contest for Carolina in a 13-6 Week 7 road win at the New York Jets as he saw action on three special teams snaps. Curhan made his Panthers’ debut in a 27-24 Week 5 home win over Miami after Carolina had claimed him from the Arizona practice squad. Curhan also played in one game for the Cardinals in 2025 in a 16-15 Week 3 loss at San Francisco..
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 10 am – vs. Buffalo (4-2) – FOX
Ashtyn Davis – S, Miami (1-6, No. 14 AFC, 3rd AFC East): Davis had a season-high seven tackles and a season-high-tying one tackle for loss while making his fifth consecutive start in a 31-6 Week 7 loss at Cleveland. Davis has 26 tackles, two tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one pass defense over seven games played and five starts in 2025.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 10 am – at Atlanta (3-3) – CBS
Jared Goff – QB, Detroit (5-2, No. 5 NFC, 2nd NFC North): Goff completed 20-of-29 passes for 241 yards with one touchdown and one interception for a 91.3 rating in a 24-9 Week 7 home win over Tampa Bay on Sunday Night Football. Goff leads the NFL in rating (career-high 116.5), while ranking second in completion percentage (career-high 74.9%, 152-of-203), third in touchdown passes (15) and ninth in passing yards (1631) with just three interceptions over his first seven games. His 2025 season has featured an NFC Offensive Player of the Week performance in a 52-21 Week 2 home win over Chicago when he was 23-of-28 for 334 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions for a 156.0 rating, with his five touchdown passes equaling a career high and the rating his third-best ever in a game.
Week 8 – Bye
Cameron Goode – LB, Miami (1-6, No. 14 AFC, 3rd AFC East): Goode had one special teams tackle in a 31-6 Week 7 loss at Cleveland. He has played in all seven games of the 2025 season off the bench and contributed a career-high eight tackles.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 10 am – at Atlanta (3-3) – CBS
Marcus Harris – CB, Tennessee (1-6, No. 15 AFC, 4th AFC South): Harris played 17 special teams plays and downed two punts in a 31-13 Week 7 home loss to New England. Harris has played in six of seven games in 2025, primarily on special teams, where he has played in 115 of his 117 plays on the season. He has three tackles and one blocked extra-point recovery.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 1:25 pm – at Indianapolis (6-1) – CBS
Jaylinn Hawkins – S, New England (5-2, No. 2 AFC, 1st AFC East): Hawkins has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury with the Patriots a 25-19 Week 6 road winner at New Orleans and a 31-13 Week 7 road winner at Tennessee to extend their win streak to four but was a full participant in practice on Oct. 22 and is expected to return for a Week 8 home game against the Browns. Hawkins had started each of the first five games in 2025 alongside fellow safety and former Golden Bear Craig Woodson, contributing 23 tackles, along with one interception that he returned one yard, 1.5 sacks (-9 yards), two tackles for loss, two quarterback hits, one pass defense and one fumble recovery.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 10 am – vs. Cleveland (2-5) – FOX
Elijah Hicks – S, Chicago (4-2, No. 8 NFC, 3rd NFC North): Hicks participated in 16 plays all on special teams and contributed one tackle in a 26-14 Week 7 home win over New Orleans. The Bears have won their past four games after starting the 2025 season with two losses. Hicks has played in all six games off the bench in 2025 and contributed five tackles.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 10 am – at Baltimore (1-5) – CBS
Cameron Jordan – DE, New Orleans (1-6, No. 16 NFC, 4th NFC South): Jordan contributed three tackles in a 26-14 Week 7 road loss at Chicago. He has started each of the first seven games of the 2025 season, his 15th in the NFL all with New Orleans, and compiled 19 tackles, 2.5 sacks (21.5 yards), four tackles for loss, five quarterback hits, one pass defense and one fumble recovery during a season in which he has passed Drew Brees as New Orleans’ all-time leader in both games played and games started.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 1:05 pm – vs. Tampa Bay (5-2) – FOX
Patrick Mekari – OL, Jacksonville (4-3, No. 7 AFC, 2nd AFC South): Mekari started at right guard for the seventh consecutive game and played in all 77 offensive snaps in a 35-7 Week 7 loss to the Los Angeles Rams at Wembley Stadium in London.
Week 8 – Bye
Nikko Remigio – WR/RET, Kansas City (4-3, No. 8 AFC, T2nd AFC West): Remigio had three punt returns for 15 yards and recovered his own fumble on one of them, while also playing in a season-high 12 offensive snaps, in a 31-0 Week 7 home win against Las Vegas. Remigio has played in all seven games off the bench in 2025 and is second on the team with 430 combined yards on 11 kick returns for 292 yards, 12 punt returns for 106 yards (both team highs), one reception for 21 yards, and one rush for 11 yards.
Week 8 – Mon., Oct. 27, 5:15 pm – vs. Washington (3-4) – ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN DEPORTES
Aaron Rodgers – QB, Pittsburgh (4-2, No. 4 AFC, 1st AFC North): Rodgers completed 23-of-34 passes for 245 yards with a season-high-tying four touchdowns and two interceptions for a 103.7 rating in a 33-31 Week 7 loss at Cincinnati on Thursday Night Football. Rodgers has started each of the first six games of the 2025 season and completed 118-of-172 passes for 1270 yards with 14 touchdowns and five interceptions for a 105.0 rating that is ninth in the NFL and his highest since posting a 111.9 mark the season he earned his fourth and most recent Associated Press MVP honor in 2021 while still with Green Bay. In his Steelers’ debut in Week 1, Rodgers led Pittsburgh to a 34-32 comeback road win in the house of his other former team, the New York Jets, by completing 22-of-30 passes for 244 yards with a season-high-tying four touchdowns and no interceptions for a 136.7 rating that was his best in a game since the 2022 campaign.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 5:20 pm – vs. Green Bay (4-1-1) – NBC, UNIVERSO
Jackson Sirmon, OLB, New York Jets (0-7, No. 16 AFC, 4th AFC East): Sirmon made his NFL debut and contributed one special teams tackle in a 13-6 Week 7 home loss to Carolina after being elevated to the active roster the day prior to the game. Sirmon had spent the first six weeks of the 2025 season and a portion of the 2024 campaign on the Jets’ practice roster. The Jets have dropped seven straight games to begin the 2025 season.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 10 am – at Cincinnati (3-4) – CBS
Jake Tonges, TE, San Francisco (5-2, No. 2 NFC, T1st NFC West): Tonges did not have any stats other than participation and saw his action on offense reduced to eight snaps with the return of starting tight end George Kittle in a 20-10 Week 7 home win over Atlanta on Sunday Night Football. He also played in 10 special teams snaps. Tonges’ 2025 season has been full of accomplishments and highlights that include his first career start in a 16-15 Week 3 win over Arizona, a heroic performance in a 17-13 Week 1 victory at Seattle when he made a game-winning acrobatic four-yard touchdown catch in the end zone on the 49ers’ final drive, six catches for a career-high-tying 58 yards in a 30-19 Week 6 loss at Tampa Bay, and a career-high seven receptions for 41 yards, including a six-yard touchdown catch for the game’s opening score, in a 26-23 Week 5 win at the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football. Tonges has all 25 of his career receptions this season to rank tied second on the team, 224 yards receiving that is fourth, and three touchdown receptions that are tied for first on the squad.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 10 am – at Houston (2-4) – FOX
Nohl Williams – CB, Kansas City (4-3, No. 8 AFC, T2nd AFC West): Williams contributed three tackles while playing in career highs of 40 snaps and 24 defensive snaps in a 31-0 Week 7 home win over Las Vegas. In the first seven games of his 2025 NFL rookie season all off the bench, Williams has 15 tackles, three pass defenses and a downed punt inside the 5-yard line.
Week 8 – Mon., Oct. 27, 5:15 pm – vs. Washington (3-4) – ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN DEPORTES
Craig Woodson – S, New England (5-2, No. 2 AFC, 1st AFC East): Woodson played all 53 defensive snaps and contributed one tackle in a 31-13 Week 7 road win at Tennessee. He has started each of his first seven games as a 2025 NFL rookie, totaling 34 tackles that rank third on the team, four tackles for loss, one fumble recovery and one pass defense.
Week 8 – Sun., Oct. 26, 10 am – vs. Cleveland (2-5) – FOX
INJURED RESERVE (1)
Daniel Scott – S, Indianapolis (6-1, No. 1 AFC, 1st AFC South)
COACHES (4)
Austin Clark – Defensive Line Coach, Miami (1-6, No. 14 AFC, 3rd AFC East)
Matt Giordano – Assistant Defensive Backs And Safeties, Chicago (4-2, No. 8 NFC, 3rd NFC North)
Bryon Storer – Assistant Special Teams Coach, Green Bay (4-1-1, No. 1 NFC, 1st NFC North)
Davis Webb – Quarterbacks Coach, Denver (5-2, AFC No. 3, 1st AFC West)
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