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Top 10: Bears ballhawks since 2000
With the Bears defense producing four takeaways and two touchdowns last Sunday in Buffalo, senior writer Larry Mayer ranks the team's top 10 ballhawks since 2000.
(10) Jerry Azumah
A Pro Bowl kick returner, Azumah had 10 interceptions in seven years with the Bears, and he returned a pick 39 yards for a touchdown in a 2001 playoff loss to the Eagles.
(9) Zackary Bowman
In his only season as a full-time starter with the Bears, Bowman led the team with a career-high six interceptions. He totaled 10 picks in six years with the club.
(8) Eddie Jackson
Jackson no doubt will climb this list. In just a season-and-a-half with the Bears, he has four interceptions, four fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and three touchdowns.
(7) Kyle Fuller
Since being selected by the Bears in the first round of the 2014 draft, Fuller has intercepted 12 passes in 56 games. He's currently tied for the NFL lead with four picks.
(6) Tim Jennings
In five seasons with the Bears from 2010-14, Jennings recorded 16 interceptions, five forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. He led the NFL with nine picks in 2012.
(5) Lance Briggs
In 12 seasons with the Bears, Briggs was voted to seven Pro Bowls while producing 16 interceptions, 16 forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries.
(4) Nathan Vasher
Nicknamed "The Interceptor," Vasher picked off 19 passes in six seasons with the Bears, including a career-high eight when he was voted to the Pro Bowl in 2005.
(3) Mike Brown
In 100 games with the Bears over nine seasons, Brown intercepted 17 passes, forced eight fumbles, recovered seven fumbles and scored seven touchdowns.
(2) Brian Urlacher
In 13 seasons with the Bears, the Hall of Fame middle linebacker generated 22 interceptions, 15 fumble recoveries and 11 forced fumbles.
(1) Charles Tillman
In 12 seasons with the Bears, Tillman forced 44 fumbles by introducing the "Peanut Punch" and recorded 38 interceptions, the most by a cornerback in team history.
