Player Dossier

2012-2016

Central Michigan

Jabari Dean

DL • 6'2" • Detroit, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jabari Dean shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Jabari Dean built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Detroit, MI wearing No. 52, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Jabari Dean's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7783

Renaissance · Detroit, MI

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Jabari Dean, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Central Michigan. Jabari Dean shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
24
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Jabari Dean quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
24
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 11 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Central Michigan
Top game
Tulsa
Recruit profile
2-star · Renaissance · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Renaissance · 16 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 52 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
24 tackles · DL 235th (top 34%) · Mid-American 163rd (top 31%) · National 1,730th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonCentral Michigan11311--046.5
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan11211.50.52-046.5

Related Context

Jabari Dean played DL for Central Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jabari Dean recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Central Michigan paired 6 primary output with 14.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Central Michigan

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14.5

Usage

6.7

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tulsa: 2. Oklahoma State: 0. UNLV: 0. Virginia: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Toledo: 0. Kent State: 1. Miami (OH): 0. Ohio: 1. Eastern Michigan: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulsa: 3 by 32.5. Oklahoma State: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Toledo: 5 by 20.8. Kent State: 1 by 14.2. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Ohio: 3 by 22.5. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Tulsa

Result
Mon 12/19@ TulsaSplash gameL 10-5533110
Wed 11/23@ Eastern MichiganL 21-2620000
Wed 11/16vs OhioW 27-2031000
Fri 11/4@ Miami (OH)L 17-3721000
Sat 10/29vs Kent StateL 24-27100.500.500
Sat 10/22@ ToledoL 17-3153000
Sat 10/15@ Northern IllinoisW 34-2822100
Sat 10/1vs Western MichiganL 10-4911000
Sat 9/24@ VirginiaL 35-4910000
Sat 9/17vs UNLVW 44-2122000
Sat 9/10@ Oklahoma StateW 30-2720000

Player Story

Jabari Dean story

Jabari Dean built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Detroit, MI wearing No. 52, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Jabari Dean's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Jabari Dean's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Central Michigan

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0
2013 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00
2016 PostseasonCentral Michigan614.56.76
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan614.56.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Tulsa

Week 1 · L 10-55 · Postseason

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Northern Illinois

Week 7 · W 34-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Ohio

Week 12 · W 27-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

42.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 13 · L 21-26 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

41.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Kent State

Week 9 · L 24-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

33.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Central Michigan

6 primary output · 14.5 efficiency · 6.7 usage

46.5

#2

2016 Regular Season · Central Michigan

46.5

6 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Central Michigan

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games