Nakobe Dean Health, Injury Updates & History

Will miss at least the first four games of the season as he will begin the 2025 season on the team's...

Dean tore the patellar tendon in his left knee during the Eagles' wild-card win over the Packers in January and is still working through a lengthy recovery process, he will miss the start of the season and once he returns mid-season we don’t expect him to be at 100% or as effective

Sustained a torn patellar tendon in his knee during the Wild Card matchup on Jan. 12, a long recovery is ahead and will likely miss the start of the 2025 season

Nakobe Dean began last season with a Lisfranc injury in Week 1 to his right foot, which landed him on IR. Although he played four weeks later, he only played four games upon his return before re-aggravating the same injury, which landed him back on IR, ending his season. Dean is slated to be the starting LILB for Philadelphia and is poised to have a breakout season as he has recovered from his foot injury.

Heading back to IR with Lisfranc sprain - unclear if same foot as previous Lisfranc sprain but not a good sign for his return this season

Missed 3 weeks with a Lisfranc injury in his right foot - no surgery is good news and returned W6 with slightly less mobility

Missed 3 weeks with a Lisfranc injury in his right foot - no surgery is good news and will return W6 with slightly less mobility

Analysis confirmed - will miss roughly 4 weeks with a Lisfranc injury in his right foot - no surgery is good news but still a chance he lands on IR and misses a minimum of 4 games

By video, appeared to suffer a Lisfranc injury in his right foot - hope is the injury is mild and doesn't require surgery but will miss at least several weeks and could land on short-term IR - left stadium in a walking boot