Linebacker, TCU, 2019–⁠22

Dee Winters

Number
No. 13
Height
6′1″
Weight
230 lb
Class (2022)
Senior
Hometown
Brenham, TX
Born
Oct 17, 2000

Dee Winters played linebacker at TCU (2019–⁠22). The San Francisco 49ers took Winters in round 6, No. 216 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
74
Tackles, 2021 (TCU, 5–⁠7)
Drafted
No. 216
Round 6, 2023 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Career highs

12tackles, career highvs. West Virginia, 20212sacks, career hightwice; last vs. Texas Tech, 2022

Honors

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2019TCU28194.52012
2020TCU65409.52020
2021TCU745351222
2022TCU583311.57.5127
Career22514530.512.53711

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019TCU13LBFr.
2020TCU13LBSo.
2021TCU13LBJr.
2022TCU13LBSr.6′1″230

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 TCU 14 games, 58 tackles, 7.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2atColoradoW 38–⁠13542.5101
Sep 10vs.Tarleton StateW 59–⁠17100000
Sep 24atSMUW 42–⁠34520.50.500
Oct 1vs.OklahomaW 55–⁠24832200
Oct 8atKansasW 38–⁠31330000
Oct 15vs.Oklahoma StateW 43–⁠40732100
Oct 22vs.Kansas StateW 38–⁠28640000
Oct 29atWest VirginiaW 41–⁠31410000
Nov 5vs.Texas TechW 34–⁠24432.5200
Nov 12atTexasW 17–⁠10330000
Nov 19atBaylorW 29–⁠28541000
Nov 26vs.Iowa StateW 62–⁠14620000
Dec 3vs.Kansas StateL 28–⁠31111100
Dec 31 ✦vs.MichiganW 51–⁠45000011
2021 TCU 12 games, 74 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 4vs.DuquesneW 45–⁠3741000
Sep 11vs.CaliforniaW 34–⁠32851.5100
Sep 25vs.SMUL 34–⁠42430010
Oct 2vs.TexasL 27–⁠32310001
Oct 9atTexas TechW 52–⁠311091000
Oct 16atOklahomaL 31–⁠52310000
Oct 23vs.West VirginiaL 17–⁠291290000
Oct 30atKansas StateL 12–⁠31551000
Nov 6vs.BaylorW 30–⁠28860000
Nov 13atOklahoma StateL 17–⁠63630.5000
Nov 20vs.KansasW 31–⁠28870010
Nov 26atIowa StateL 14–⁠48000001
2020 TCU 10 games, 65 tackles, 2 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 26vs.Iowa StateL 34–⁠37850001
Oct 3atTexasW 33–⁠31510000
Oct 10vs.Kansas StateL 14–⁠21420000
Oct 24vs.OklahomaL 14–⁠33650000
Oct 31atBaylorW 33–⁠23851101
Nov 7vs.Texas TechW 34–⁠18762.5000
Nov 14atWest VirginiaL 6–⁠24630.5000
Nov 28atKansasW 59–⁠23543.5100
Dec 5vs.Oklahoma StateW 29–⁠221041000
Dec 12vs.Louisiana TechW 52–⁠10651000
2019 TCU 8 games, 28 tackles, 2 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.Arkansas–Pine BluffW 39–⁠7430000
Sep 14atPurdueW 34–⁠13332100
Sep 21vs.SMUL 38–⁠41740001
Sep 28vs.KansasW 51–⁠14211.5100
Oct 5atIowa StateL 24–⁠49441000
Oct 19atKansas StateL 17–⁠24110000
Nov 2atOklahoma StateL 27–⁠34110000
Nov 23atOklahomaL 24–⁠28620000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2023 Senior Bowl (American team, lost 10–⁠27).

DrillCombine 2023Combine or pro day 2023
Height5′11″
Weight227 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size8⅝″
Wingspan75″W
40-yard dash4.49 s
10-yard split1.56 s
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press20 repsW
20-yard shuttle4.46 sW

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 44 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2023San Francisco 49ers91000
2024San Francisco 49ers134400
2025San Francisco 49ers179801
2026 (so far)Dallas Cowboys53400
NFL career4418601

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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