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Logan Hall is set to hit free agency.
When 2026 free agency officially begins on March 11, one rather unassuming name the Chicago Bears might be eyeing is defensive lineman Logan Hall.
A 6-foot-6, 283-pound defensive tackle who turns 26 in April, Hall is coming off a solid season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and he’s got some low-key buzz going right now.
“According to a variety of folks across the league whom I chatted with this week, Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Logan Hall is projected to have a robust market in free agency,” Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune wrote on February 27.
“It reminds me of conversations I had a year ago in which people gave a heads up that defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo would do very well for himself in free agency.”
Some Background on Logan Hall
GettyBucs DL Logan Hall could be a top free agent target for the Chicago Bears.
Bears fans likely don’t want to hear many references to Odeyingbo, who had a rough Year 1 with Chicago, punctuated by a season-ending injury.
But Hall is a completely different player.
Hall’s NFL career began in 2022, when the Buccaneers selected him with the 33rd overall pick. Over four seasons in Tampa, he played in 66 games (39 starts) and amassed 101 total tackles and 10 sacks — including a 2024 campaign that served as his statistical best, when he finished with 5.5 sacks 28 tackles and 10 QB hits.
“I don’t know if the Bears will be in on Hall, Biggs added. “They would need to create some cap space, but a guy from another NFC team told me point blank: ‘Logan Hall is going to have a huge market.’ He won’t be the hottest player when free agency opens and he’ll be far from getting the largest contract, but after some additional poking around, yes, there’s buzz about Hall.”
Biggs: DT Logan Hall Is ‘Kind of Guy’ Chicago Bears Could Sign in Free Agency
The Bears’ current defensive tackle landscape is a mix of impending free agents, aging veterans and hopeful youngsters. With veterans like Andrew Billings entering free agency and younger options like Shemar Turner coming off injury, it would be wise for Chicago to add a few other DTs to the mix.
Biggs thinks Hall is worth monitoring where Chicago is concerned.
“Some teams will be looking at him as a tackle, and that’s where he had 5½ sacks in 2024,” Biggs added about Hall. “He’s best as a rusher when he’s on the inside. He’d probably be an end for Dennis Allen, but again, I don’t know how the Bears will stack up their wish list. If they have the cap space, Hall looks like the kind of guy they might take a run at.”
Hall has played at least 51% of Tampa Bay’s defensive snaps in each of the last two years. PFF has him ranked 39th out of 134 qualifying interior linemen and 32nd in total pressures (32).
He isn’t going to be an All-Pro right away — maybe ever — but he could immediately bolster a D-line that is in need of some dependable rotational players.
So, what might Hall’s market be?
“Something approaching $10 million per season wouldn’t be a surprise,” Biggs noted. “We’ll see how things shake out for him in less than two weeks.”
Whether Chicago pursues Hall aggressively remains to be seen, but he seems like one of the more interesting options for them on the interior. Stay tuned.
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