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Eagles sign Nakobe Dean to his rookie contract

Eagles sign Nakobe Dean to his rookie contract

• Dean has a playing style that wins – he’s fast, he’s physical, and he is relentless. Dean was able to play that way at Georgia in part because he took the classroom – watching film as well as gaining a 3.55 GPA in mechanical engineering – very seriously.

“I feel like for the most part, me studying, the studying aspect of what I have to do off the field translates to me in a football sense, having to put in the hours and hours to watch the film to make sure I’m going watch the film until I feel like I’m ready is never a set time,” Dean said. “It’s always you’re going to watch the film and you’re going to work until you feel like you’re ready as far as the playbook, you know, I’m ready to dive into it. I feel like that helps me the most.”

• A leader for the Georgia defense, Dean was a starter during his sophomore and junior seasons before opting to forgo his senior year and enter the NFL Draft. He led the Bulldogs in tackles in 2020 as the middle linebacker in Georgia’s 3-4 base scheme. In the Bulldogs’ national semifinal win over Michigan in the Orange Bowl, Dean racked up a team-high five solo tackles, including two tackles for a loss and a sack.

“I’m not the biggest rah-rah guy. I’m going to say what’s on my mind or whatever gets the job done,” Dean said. “At the end of the day, I feel like the only thing that matters is winning games. It’s the only thing that matters. I feel whatever we got to do to win games is what I’m for.”

• The 21-year-old is a native of Horn Lake, Mississippi, located 20 miles outside of Memphis. He was a five-star recruit out of Horn Lake High School, ranked as the No. 2 linebacker in the country and the No. 1 player in the state of Mississippi out of the 2019 class. He received offers from every single SEC school.

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