Player Dossier

2019-2021

Georgia

Nakobe Dean

LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Horn Lake, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nakobe Dean shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

63%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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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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5★

Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9907

Horn Lake · Horn Lake, MS

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.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
168
TFL
13.5
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
8
Touchdowns
2
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2021 · Georgia · Player Highlight

Nakobe Dean college highlights at Georgia.

Season
2021
Type
Player highlight

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%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonGeorgia11210--014.4
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia11230.50-2014.4
2020 PostseasonGeorgia107-0--031.3
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia10641.51.52-031.3
2021 PostseasonGeorgia151121-1064.2
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia15618.5555264.2

Related Context

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.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Georgia paired 29.5 primary output with 39.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 32.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Postseason · Georgia

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

32.5

Usage

7.9

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Alabama

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 0. Arkansas: 1. Auburn: 0. Tennessee: 0. Alabama: 3. Kentucky: 1. Florida: 0. Mississippi State: 0. South Carolina: 0. Missouri: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cincinnati: 7 by 29.2. Arkansas: 7 by 39.2. Auburn: 4 by 16.7. Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Alabama: 5 by 50.8. Kentucky: 14 by 60. Florida: 15 by 50. Mississippi State: 12 by 50. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 8 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 2 · +1.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Alabama

Best efficiency game

60 vs Kentucky

Result
Fri 1/1vs CincinnatiW 24-2176000
Sat 12/12@ MissouriW 49-1410000
Sun 11/29@ South CarolinaW 45-1621000
Sun 11/22vs Mississippi State10+ tacklesW 31-24126000
Sat 11/7vs Florida10+ tacklesL 28-441510000
Sat 10/31@ Kentucky10+ tacklesW 14-3144000
Sun 10/18@ AlabamaSplash gameL 24-4154110
Sat 10/10vs TennesseeW 44-2144000
Sat 10/3vs AuburnW 27-641000
Sat 9/26@ ArkansasW 37-10730.500.500

Player Story

Nakobe Dean 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 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Nakobe Dean's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Georgia

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonGeorgia3.512.72.5
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia3.512.72.50
2020 PostseasonGeorgia532.57.91.5
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia532.57.90
2021 PostseasonGeorgia29.539.79.524.5
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia29.539.79.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Alabama

Week 14 · L 24-41 · Conference game

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Tennessee

Week 11 · W 41-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Alabama

Week 7 · L 24-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Clemson

Week 1 · W 10-3

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Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Arkansas

Week 5 · W 37-0 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Georgia

29.5 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · 9.5 usage

64.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · Georgia

64.2

29.5 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 9.5 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Georgia

31.3

5 primary · 32.5 efficiency · 7.9 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

8

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games