5′11″ · Newton, TX
DJ Dean: DB · Arkansas · #2.
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DJ Dean
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent three seasons in the Arkansas secondary. On tape: 6 tackles against Mississippi State, Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 42-3vs Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-10vs Alcorn State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-49vs No. 1 Alabama | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-30vs No. 12 Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-56@ No. 21 Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-10vs No. 10 Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38vs No. 19 LSU | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-42@ Mississippi State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 24-28@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL24 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
3 seasons under Bret Bielema — 22-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
44.4%
406 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
70.4
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Arkansas, 24 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bret Bielema.
