Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean was far and away considered on the two best linebacker prospects in the 2022 NFL Draft, behind only Utah’s Devin Lloyd. After a mysterious tumble through the first and second rounds, Dean finally heard his name called midway through the third round at No. 83 overall.
Dean led the National Champion Bulldogs in tackles for loss and was second on the team in both tackles and sacks this past season. Dean watched plenty of his teammates fly past him in the past two days due to multiple rumored medical issues. Many teams looked into his medical history and believed surgery would be on the horizon for the 21-year-old.
Dean will join a linebackers room in Philadelphia that lost leading tackler Alex Singleton, Genard Avery, and Eric Wilson. The Eagles return T.J. Edwards, Davion Taylor, and Shaun Bradley while also bringing in Haason Reddick and Kyzir White. This should give Philadelphia enough depth to allow Dean to get healthy while still giving him ample opportunity to earn a starting job once he’s ready.
Eagles have been killing it. Even if Dean misses time he still has the tools to be a great 3down LB.
I think they’re having a great draft.
Huge W for the Eagles.
Our defence will be solid with Cox and Davis up front and with a completely new group of LBs.
Our offence will be improved with AJ Brown.
Need to get another edge for depth but other than that I’m happy. Jalen Wyndermyer I think is being majorly slept on and hopefully we can get him in the 7th. He’s a beast
Eagles got lucky as anything here.
Got lucky? He slid because the rest of the league didn’t want to grab a guy high and have him sit out a redshirt year. But Howie being Howie always like to avoid immediate needs to shop in the damaged goods section and hope he gets value.
Smart GMs draft like future years and needs also exist. It’s not like they used one of their firsts on him.
Polish Hammer seems like a sad dude.
Seems like a future leader in the middle, something we haven’t had in a while. Fine with him missing next season as I think our window opens in 2023.
1st of all the eagles need a quarterback with an arm all this kid can do is run and it’s not very smart. He was waved in the college with an SAT of 754 you get 500 just for writing your name
They have two first round picks next year, when people actually like the QB options. But also you’re way too negative on Hurts.
Dean claims he will miss no time with this injury. Doctors say it will heal naturally with no operation needed.