Player facts
- Team
Las Vegas Raiders- Position
- Linebacker
- Number
- 17
- Born
- Dec 13, 2000 (age 25)
- Birthplace
- Horn Lake, MS, USA
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 230 lbs
- College
- Georgia
- Experience
- 5 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
Among the NFL leaders, 2026 Regular Season:
- 9th in total tackles 44
2026 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 44 | 30 | 14 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 44 | 30 | 14 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 270 | 171 | 99 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19.5 | 28 | 0 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
@  NE | L 45-17 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  KC | L 30-27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  NO | W 35-27 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
@  LAC | W 26-14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  MIA | W 27-13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Nakobe Rashod Dean (born December 13, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs, winning the 2021 Butkus Award before being selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nakobe Dean, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Dean played high school football at Horn Lake High School. As a senior, he won the High School Butkus Award. As a five-star recruit, Dean committed to Georgia after receiving offers from Ole Miss and Alabama.
College career
As a true freshman for the Georgia Bulldogs football team, Dean recorded 25 total tackles despite battling injuries. In 2021, he won the Butkus Award given annually to college football's best linebacker and finished the season as a key member of the team that won the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship. On January 15, 2022, Dean declared for the 2022 NFL draft.
Personal life
Dean is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity and was initiated while at Georgia.
Dean's older brother, Nikolas, played tight end at Ole Miss. In 2022, Dean was named the Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nakobe Dean, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Raiders’ next games
Recent results
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikipediaNakobe Dean on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Nakobe Dean