DRAFTEDRound 2 · Pick #57Chicago BearsREACHB

Logan Jones

IOL #7 · Iowa · 6-3 / 300 lbs
R3
ACTUAL #57

Draft-Week Buzz

No verified pre-draft news items in the past 30 days for this prospect. See Day 2/3 Team Fits below for projected landing spots and /news.html for the cross-prospect timeline.

Scouting Nugget: Blocking pedigree

Expanded bio coming soon. This prospect is Interior OL (C/G #7 in the 2026 class.

Scouting Profile

Combine / Pro Day Measurables (reported)

40-yard dash5.08
Vertical jump (in)29.0
Broad jump9'0"
Bench press (225 reps)27 reps
3-cone drillN/A
20-yard shuttleN/A
Wingspan77.5"
Hand size10 1/8"

Numbers compiled from NFL Scouting Combine results, Pro Day box scores, and beat-writer reports. "Reported" means cross-referenced against multiple sources; verify on nfl.com/combine for definitive marks.

College Career Stats

Strengths

  • Rimington Award winner (2025 best C in CFB) — peer validation of elite position
  • Four-year starter — NFL-ready consistency
  • Former DL — understands leverage from both sides of the ball
  • Plus run blocker in Iowa's zone scheme — seals blocks cleanly

Weaknesses / Areas to Develop

  • Athletic ceiling capped — won't win space-blocker reps
  • Position is C only — no guard insurance upside
  • Age (23+) limits long-term ceiling

NFL Pro Comparison

Frank Ragnow — technique-first zone-scheme center who anchors a line for a decade with multiple Pro Bowls

Mock-Draft Consensus

ESPN (Jordan Reid) PFF Big Board Jeremiah Top 50 Consensus Avg Realistic Range
#67 #95 #81.0 Picks 50-100

30-day trend: Rising — Rimington winner

Ranks cross-referenced from ESPN's Jordan Reid top-500, PFF's 2026 Big Board top-200, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50 (NFL.com). Realistic draft-night range reflects projected team fit and trade scenarios, not just big-board placement.

Outcome Range

Scheme Fit

Zone-run base (Shanahan / McVay tree) with play-action bootleg concepts

Pre-Draft Visits

Top-30 visits with the Detroit Lions (Ragnow successor fit), Minnesota Vikings, and San Francisco 49ers

Signature College Game

2025 Big Ten Championship vs Oregon: anchored Iowa's OL in a 4Q game-tying drive

Sources

Our scouting profile is assembled from these primary sources + cross-checked against ESPN (Kiper / Reid / Miller), PFF's 2026 Big Board, Dane Brugler's The Beast 2026, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50. See our full methodology and citations.

Day 2 / Day 3 Team Fits

NFL teams that lost a same-position veteran this offseason — and could target Logan Jones as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

Confidence: "VERIFIED" departures cite a publication URL (Spotrac, OverTheCap, ESPN, NFL.com, team transactions page) confirming the move and date. "REPORTED" entries come from public free-agency trackers without a single canonical source we could attach. Fits are archetype-and-position based; we are not claiming the team has expressed interest in the prospect.

NFL Scheme Fit

NFL Scheme Fit

  • Zone-blocking C / mobile interior OL
    San Francisco 49ers · Detroit Lions · Atlanta Falcons · Miami Dolphins

Scheme matches are bucketed from the prospect's height, weight, and (for WRs) archetype tag against a static lookup of which NFL teams currently run each scheme family.

Rookie Contract & Landing-Spot Outlook

Projected Rookie Contract Value

~$5.0M – $8.0M (4-year deal) · Pick range: #65-96 · ~50% guaranteed

Mid-pick band — guarantee % varies pick-to-pick

Best-Case / Worst-Case Landing Spot

BEST CASE: Miami Dolphins · R3 pick
Why: IOL listed in their top-5 positional needs; runs a scheme that maximizes his profile.
Year-1 arc: Day-1 starter window with cap-controlled rookie-contract production.
WORST CASE: Las Vegas Raiders · R3 pick
Why: runs a scheme that doesn't naturally amplify his profile.
Year-1 arc: Depth-chart competition + special-teams reps as Year-1 baseline.

Contract band uses the 2026 NFL CBA rookie wage scale projected from the prospect's expected pick range; guarantee % is the slot-default at that pick. Landing-spot best/worst case is derived from TEAMS data (positional needs + scheme overlap minus same-position R1 conflicts) — not a claim that either team has expressed interest.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

Computed factually from the 2026 prospect class roster — height/weight percentiles benchmark this player against every other ranked prospect at the same position. Recruiting arc compares his high-school 247Sports/Rivals composite to his current projected round.

Logan Jones’s NFL Archetype: Creed Humphrey

Creed Humphrey (Kansas City Chiefs)

Closest IOL physical profile in the modern NFL: 6-3/300 lbs. Same frame, same role bucket — NOT a talent or career-arc projection.

Note: this is a physical-profile match — frame, position, role bucket. Not a talent or career-arc projection.

Similar Interior OL (C/G Prospects

Closest matches to Logan Jones (6-3 / 300 lbs, #7 IOL) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

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Iowa & The 2026 Class

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