Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez has etched his name into Red Raider history, becoming the program’s first-ever recipient of the prestigious Butkus Award.

Nakobe Dean is back at the center of an Eagles defense that has revealed it can be dominant. Mitchell Leff / Getty Images PHILADELPHIA — Nakobe Dean is in his comfort zone, which is to say it is ...

Since returning from their bye, the Philadelphia Eagles have been utterly dominant on defense. The Eagles have taken on the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions over the last two weeks, and they have ...

Jordan Davis first realized Nakobe Dean’s skill as a blitzer when they were teammates at Georgia. That skill has followed Dean to the NFL and has been on display this month. “It’s just always been ...

Dean recorded five tackles (two solo), including 1.0 sacks and one tackle for loss in Sunday's 24-21 loss to the Cowboys. Dean had been limited to around a 60 percent defensive snap rate since ...

Those who love high-flying offenses likely were not a big fan of Sunday night’s showdown between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. But the ...

Psssst. You wanna see Nakobe Dean nuke somebody? Of course you do. Take a look. Yup, that's absolutely Dean on Sunday night, blowing up Lions RB David Montgomery on his way to sacking QB Jared Goff on ...

Vic Fangio’s defense is coming off two incredible games against the Packers and Lions and it’s probably not a coincidence that the defense is taking off as Nakobe Dean rounds into form. Dean, 24, ...

There are few defenses in football as layered, interconnected, and talent-rich as Philadelphia's. They win by suffocating teams with depth, versatility, and waves of pressure from all three levels, ...

The Denver Broncos took a shot at fixing their inside linebacker woes this offseason when they signed former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw to a 3-year, $31.5 million free agent contract.