Linebacker, Georgia, 2019–21
Nakobe Dean
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Class (2021)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Horn Lake, MS
- Born
- Dec 13, 2000
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Nakobe Dean played linebacker at Georgia (2019–21). He won the 2021 Butkus Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2021. The Philadelphia Eagles took Dean in round 3, No. 83 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
15tackles, career highvs. Florida, 20202sacks, career highvs. Clemson, 2021Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2021
Defense
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
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
2021 Georgia 15 games, 72 tackles, 6 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Clemson | W 10–3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. UAB | W 56–7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs. South Carolina | W 40–13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | at Vanderbilt | W 62–0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs. Arkansas | W 37–0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | at Auburn | W 34–10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs. Kentucky | W 30–13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Florida | W 34–7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 6 | vs. Missouri | W 43–6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | at Tennessee | W 41–17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 56–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 27 | at Georgia Tech | W 45–0 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | vs. Alabama | L 24–41 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Michigan | W 34–11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 10 ✦ | vs.Alabama | W 33–18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2020 Georgia 10 games, 71 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | atArkansas | W 37–10 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs.Auburn | W 27–6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs.Tennessee | W 44–21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | atAlabama | L 24–41 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | atKentucky | W 14–3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs.Florida | L 28–44 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Mississippi State | W 31–24 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | atSouth Carolina | W 45–16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 12 | atMissouri | W 49–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Cincinnati | W 24–21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Georgia 11 games, 25 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | vs. Murray State | W 63–17 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | atTennessee | W 43–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs.South Carolina | L 17–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs.Kentucky | W 21–0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Florida | W 24–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs.Missouri | W 27–0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | atAuburn | W 21–14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Texas A&M | W 19–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | atGeorgia Tech | W 52–7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 7 | vs. LSU | L 10–37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Baylor | W 26–14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2022 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11¼″ |
| Weight | 229 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 76⅛″W |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 42 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Philadelphia Eagles | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 26 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Eagles | 15 | 120 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | Philadelphia Eagles | 9 | 55 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Las Vegas Raiders | 5 | 44 | 1.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 42 | 258 | 9 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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