Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Georgia
Nakobe Dean
LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Horn Lake, MS, USA
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Nakobe Dean shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
77
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
97
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Georgia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Georgia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Player Story
Nakobe Dean built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a linebacker from Horn Lake, MS wearing No. 17, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Nakobe Dean's career was his defensive production: 168...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 19
- Overall
- No. 83
- NFL Team
- Philadelphia Eagles
Nakobe Dean, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Georgia. Nakobe Dean shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Nakobe Dean quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia · LB
- Career Tackles
- 168
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Georgia
- Top game
- Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Horn Lake · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Horn Lake · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 3 · Pick 19 · Philadelphia Eagles
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 72 tackles · LB 166th (top 14%) · SEC 39th (top 7%) · National 251st (top 5%)
Nakobe Dean played LB for Georgia. Across 3 tracked seasons, Nakobe Dean recorded 168 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Georgia.
Recognition
Honors
- 20212021 Coaches All-SEC · official_conference_selectionfirst
- 20212021 Consensus All-America · ncaa_consensusconsensus · unanimous
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