Despite some injury concerns for Dean, Eagles GM Howie Roseman gets what he sees as a uniquely talented player.
The Georgia linebacker arrived at the red carpet in Las Vegas on Thursday donned in a blush suit with a white harness and wide-brim caramel-colored hat tilted just-so to his left.
And the responses mostly centered on his medical chart, specifically the pec injury that he reportedly “declined” to have surgery on before the draft. The Eagles, however, wouldn’t allow Dean to bypass them once again and selected the 21-year-old with the 83rd overall pick. Dean returned for his final season and seemingly played without lingering issues. But he has battled through knee tendinitis and various soft tissue injuries for years. And the concern, two league sources from other teams said, was that the shoulder and knee were chronic and related to various muscle strains.
“I think I called our doctors three, four times to see [if I’m] missing something … because obviously this guy is way higher on our board, and we were considering taking him at 51,” Roseman said. Jones missed most of his rookie season and when he finally got on the field never fulfilled the investment. Dickerson returned by Week 2, became the starter a week later, and didn’t miss a game the rest of his promising first season.
NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah had him ranked as his 17th-best overall prospect heading into the draft.In terms of size, he’s unique in that he’s on the smaller side. Dean finished below the 35th percentile among linebackers in every measurement, including his 5-11-¼-inch height , 229-pound weight , 31-⅞-inch arm length, and 9-⅛-inch hand width .
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