Clemson offers top-25 overall defender


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Nakobe Dean - Linebacker
TigerNet: (4.48)

Height: 6-0   Weight: 220   Hometown: Horn Lake, MS (Horn Lake HS)   Class: 2019
ESPN:
#24 Overall, #3 LB, #2 MS
Rivals:
#31 Overall, #1 LB, #2 MS
24/7:
#21 Overall, #2 ILB, #2 MS

4-star linebacker Nakobe Dean (Horn Lake, Miss.) announced a Clemson offer Thursday evening.

“Tremendously blessed to receive and offer from Clemson University,” Dean posted on Twitter.

Dean, who is rated as a 247Sports Composite 5-star as the No. 24 player in the country, totaled 147 tackles (25 for loss) with nine sacks and a caused fumble last season.

He also holds offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State and Ole Miss, as well as Florida State, Nebraska, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.

Dean will play in the Under Armour All-American game.

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