From medical professionals to professional athletes in their own rights, the wives and girlfriends of the Chicago Bears are just as impressive as their Windy City significant others.
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00:00From medical professionals to professional athletes in their own rights, the wives and
00:05girlfriends of the Chicago Bears are just as impressive as their Windy City significant
00:09others.
00:11Cornerback Jalen Johnson was drafted by the Bears out of the University of Utah in 2020,
00:16and then in 2024, he scored a $76 million contract extension.
00:21Off the field, he's engaged to his girlfriend, Janessa McFadden, who works as a registered
00:25nurse.
00:26They announced their engagement on Instagram on May 30th, 2024.
00:30At the time, they were already expecting a baby.
00:33McFadden holds an associate's degree from Fresno City College and got her nursing degree
00:37from Aspen University.
00:39According to her LinkedIn, she works at Valley Children's Healthcare.
00:43She's also a critical care pediatric emergency and trauma nurse, so when she's not cheering
00:47her husband on from the sidelines, she's most certainly keeping herself busy.
00:53Heisman-winning quarterback Caleb Williams played college ball for Oklahoma, and then
00:57USC, before he was selected by the Bears as the first overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.
01:03His rookie contract amounted to just shy of $40 million, and he made his professional
01:08debut on September 8th against the Tennessee Titans, which the Bears won 24-17.
01:14At the draft, Williams' girlfriend, Alina Thurgood, was right there by his side.
01:19Their relationship wasn't confirmed until Thurgood posted a video of the two of them
01:22on TikTok in January 2024.
01:25The couple keeps most of the details of their union private, though they've leaked a few
01:29glimpses into their lives on social media.
01:32Williams and Thurgood attended high school together and dated then, but also broke up
01:36during that time before reuniting.
01:39During an appearance on The Pivot podcast, Williams revealed that Thurgood is Danish
01:43and that she moved to the States with her father, who had a job in Washington, D.C.
01:47That's cool, boy, you just heard some Chicago and L.A. women's feelings."
01:53Wide receiver DJ Moore's NFL career kicked off in 2018 with the Carolina Panthers.
01:58He was then traded to the Bears in 2023, and the following year, the team extended his
02:03contract for four years to the tune of $110 million.
02:08Moore is said to be one of the best-looking NFL players in the game today, but he's no
02:12longer on the market.
02:13On February 13, 2023, he proposed to his girlfriend Raven Battle, with whom he has
02:18two children together, a son and a daughter.
02:21That July, Battle told People magazine,
02:23"'We haven't begun planning a wedding.
02:25DJ and I aren't really traditional people, we'll probably elope with our babies.
02:29If DJ has anything to do with planning, it'll probably include Disney World.'"
02:34Most of Battle's social media focuses on her children, and it's clear that she also has
02:38an interest in fashion and travel.
02:41The couple appear to still be going strong, as they often post pictures of themselves
02:45with the kids.
02:46Safety Kevin Bayard started his NFL career when he was elected by the Tennessee Titans
02:51in the 2016 draft.
02:53In 2023, he joined the Philadelphia Eagles, and then the Bears picked him up for a two-year
02:57contract at the beginning of the 2024 season.
03:00As for his personal life, he's been off the market for a while now, as he married his
03:04wife Clark on July 8, 2018.
03:07The happy couple have two children together, a daughter and a son, who were born in 2019
03:11and 2020.
03:12Their daughter arrived a month early, while their son had to be delivered by Kevin on
03:16their bathroom floor, which Clark revealed during an appearance on the Out of Bounds
03:20podcast.
03:21He wakes up, he's like, are you okay?
03:22I'm like, no!
03:23I'm having a baby!"
03:27Clark is a graduate of Howard University, where she completed her degree in legal communications.
03:31She previously worked as a corporate account manager in Nashville, but after Kevin was
03:35traded to the Eagles, she left her position to join him.
03:38She's active on social media, though she keeps her account private.
03:41However, Kevin's social media is filled with pictures of his family, along with the many
03:45shots of him playing football.
03:48Running back Roshon Johnson spent his college days at the University of Texas, and then
03:52the Bears selected him in the fourth round of the 2023 draft.
03:56He had a successful rookie season, and the future of his pro career is looking bright.
04:01As for his personal life, his girlfriend is Ciara Hinson, whom he began dating, possibly,
04:06while they both attended UT.
04:08While her boyfriend is playing football, Hinson is also busy on a field of her own, as she's
04:12a striker for the USL Super League soccer club Dallas Trinity.
04:16She's been playing pro soccer since 2021, and before that, she played for the U.S. Under-19
04:21team.
04:22While there's plenty of publicly available information about both of these athletes,
04:26they haven't revealed much about their relationship.
04:28Hinson's Instagram is filled with football pics, although Hinson's posts are a little
04:32more revealing.
04:33In September 2021, she posted an Instagram snap of the two of them at a soccer game,
04:38along with a caption,
04:39"...had to show him what real football is."
04:42Defensive end Montez Sweat's NFL career kicked off when he was selected in the first round
04:48of the 2019 draft by Washington.
04:50He remained in the nation's capital until he was traded to the Bears in October 2023.
04:55And then, just four days after that, he signed a four-year extension worth $98 million.
05:01Sweat's girlfriend is Tiana Smith-White, who earned a bachelor's degree in economics in
05:052021 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
05:09Her most recent listed experience was for Chanel as a customer service specialist.
05:14Smith-White's TikTok is pretty revealing, including a montage for March 2022 celebrating
05:18the gender reveal and pregnancy announcement of her and Sweat's son, Shiloh.
05:23Some of Smith-White's other TikToks consist of her being a doting mother to Shiloh, while
05:27he does what little kids do.
05:29"...Mr. Shiloh wanna stretch forever."
05:33Wide receiver Rome Adunze played college ball for the Washington Huskies before the Bears
05:37selected him as the ninth pick of the 2024 NFL draft, and then signed him for a $22.7
05:44million rookie contract.
05:45Clearly, he's shown a great deal of promise on the gridiron, and his personal life isn't
05:49too shabby either, as he's been dating his girlfriend Alana Davidson for a while.
05:54On March 13, 2022, Adunze posted some pictures of Davidson on his Instagram to celebrate
06:00their one-year anniversary.
06:02Then on their three-year anniversary, she posted a series of pictures of the two of
06:05them doing all sorts of things that happy couples do.
06:08As for what Davidson has been up to besides hanging out with her boyfriend, she graduated
06:12from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in linguistics and a minor in anthropology.
06:17Her LinkedIn profile lists her current occupation as a freelance film photographer.
06:23Linebacker T.J.
06:24Edwards played for the University of Wisconsin, but then went undrafted following his final
06:28season in Madison.
06:29However, he was then signed by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019.
06:33His stint in Philly lasted until the 2022 season, and included a trip to Super Bowl
06:3857.
06:39Then, in March 2023, he signed with the Bears, which was a bit of a homecoming as he grew
06:44up in Illinois.
06:45-"Hey, now we turn up.
06:47Now we turn up."
06:48In 2022, Edwards became engaged to Kelly Jo Edwards, and then they got married on March
06:5319th of the following year.
06:55They posted several images from the ceremony on Kelly Jo's Instagram, which is full of
06:59pictures of the happy couple doing all kinds of activities together.
07:02Kelly Jo reportedly works as a real estate agent for REMAX Ignite, though it's unclear
07:07if she continued doing so after T.J. moved to Chicago.
07:11Kelly Jo also attended the University of Wisconsin, where she studied rehabilitation psychology.
07:16She previously worked as a physical therapy aide while living in the Badger State.
07:20It's unclear when exactly the couple started dating, but based on Kelly Jo's Instagram
07:24posts, it appears that they've been together since at least March 2017.
07:28Safety Jonathan Owens played for Missouri Western State University and went undrafted,
07:33though he managed to be signed by the Arizona Cardinals in 2018.
07:37He then played for the Houston Texans from 2019 to 2022, and he followed that stint by
07:42signing with the Packers in 2023.
07:45After one season in Green Bay, he signed a two-year contract with the Bears in 2024.
07:50Unlike all the other players on this list, Owens is actually less famous than his significant
07:54other, who's none other than Simone Biles.
07:57Biles is the most successful American Olympic gymnast of all time, with 11 Olympic medals
08:02to her name as of 2024, seven of which are gold.
08:06Owens was with his record-breaking wife in Paris for the 2024 Olympics, where she took
08:10home three golds and one silver medal for Team USA.
08:14He took to Instagram to commemorate the trip, as he wrote,
08:17"...witnessing history, every time you step on the mat."
08:20Owens and Biles first met in March 2020 on the dating app, Raya.
08:25As Biles revealed to The Wall Street Journal in 2021,
08:27"...he would say, I slid into his DMs.
08:30I saw him and I was like, oh he's pretty cute, so I said hi.
08:33And then I saw that he was in the Houston area, so we started chatting a little bit,
08:37and then we went to hang out a week or two later."
08:39The couple went on to tie the knot on April 22nd, 2023.
08:43"...we both have goals that we want to achieve before we start a family, but yes, that's
08:47definitely in our future."
08:50Wide receiver Keenan Allen began his professional career with the San Diego Chargers, who now
08:54play in Los Angeles, and remained with them for a decade, during which time he made six
08:58pro bowl appearances.
09:00And in 2024, the Bears scooped him up in a trade.
09:04Outside of his time on the field, Allen had a stint as Gargoyle on the ninth season of
09:09the American version of The Masked Singer.
09:11"...growing up, always been in choir, mama made me sing all the time."
09:15And as it turns out, singing played a big part in Allen meeting his future wife, Ciandra
09:19Monique.
09:20They met while attending the University of California, Berkeley, in 2010, and began dating
09:25soon after.
09:26As Monique revealed to ESPN in 2023,
09:29"...he was posting videos of him singing in college at the time.
09:32That's what attracted me.
09:33I'm like, wow, he's not only cute, but he can sing."
09:36Allen and Monique tied the knot on June 18th, 2022, and now they're raising four children
09:42together.
09:44Offensive lineman Tevin Jenkins was selected by the Bears out of Oklahoma State in the
09:48second round of the 2021 NFL Draft, and as of 2024, he's remained in Chicago every season
09:54since.
09:55Tevin is 50-year-old.
09:56He's been married to his wife, Sydney, since 2023.
09:58Sydney initially attended Louisiana State University, where she studied human resources and management
10:03services, before transferring to Oklahoma State.
10:06She's also an athlete in her own right, as she played Division I-level softball.
10:11She and Tevin met at OSU and began dating in November 2019.
10:15He took to social media to confirm their relationship status in March the following year.
10:19Tevin proposed in November 2021, and they got married in June 2023.
10:25They've since welcomed a daughter named Olivia in January 2024.
10:29Backup quarterback Tyson Bajent played Division II college football for Shepherd University.
10:34He went undrafted for the 2023 season, but was picked up by the Bears as a free agent
10:38that year.
10:39He went on to play five games, during which he threw three touchdown passes and rushed
10:44for another two.
10:45He hasn't been particularly vocal about his dating life, but the same can't be said about
10:49his girlfriend.
10:50In a since-deleted series of pictures on Instagram in 2023, Maggie Lidzinger confirmed that she
10:55and Bajent were dating.
10:57They haven't revealed publicly when they got together, but they likely met while they were
11:00both in school.
11:01She started a pre-nursing program at the University of South Carolina before eventually transferring
11:06closer to home at West Virginia University.
11:09She switched her focus to become a physician's assistant as she pursues a master's degree.
11:13While Maggie is a prolific poster on Instagram, she hasn't shared much about her boyfriend,
11:18save for those now-deleted pics.
11:20The same is true of her TikTok, which is filled with videos that mostly have nothing to do
11:24with Bajent.
11:25Similarly, Bajent's Instagram is also devoid of any mention of Lidzinger.