CB · Pittsburgh Steelers · #35
Jamel Dean
RCB1Questionable · Anklewk 6 report- College
- Ohio State
- Height
- 6'1"
- Weight
- 206 lb
- Experience
- 8th season
Passer rating allowed
68.6▲ 6.9 vs '25
18th of 86 CBs
Y/TGT
7.6▲ 0.5 vs '25
51st of 86 CBs
Completion % allowed
55.3%▲ 7.0 vs '25
32nd of 86 CBs
Passes defended
8▼ 1 vs '25
4th of 86 CBs
Tackling
25 tkl
5 stops · 2 mtkl · 3 ff
Ranks compare against the 86 qualifying cornerbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Targets allowed by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs ATLW | 59 | 98.3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ NEL | 47 | 85.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 80.0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs CINW | 47 | 82.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.7 | 8.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 4 @ CLEL | 16 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | 6.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 6 @ TBW | 65 | 87.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 | 3.4 | 1 | 6 |
| Wk 7 @ NOW | 55 | 96.5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 75.0 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 289 | 78.7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 55.3 | 7.6 | 1 | 8 |
How he compares
2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Steelers
$36.8Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $12.3M
- Guaranteed
- $13.5M 37%
- 2026 cap hit
- $5.5M 1.7% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2028
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 1 of 3 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 289 | 78.7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 68.6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 660 | 75.9 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 61.8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 697 | 89.1 | 57 | 22 | 0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 91.2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 712 | 84.6 | 58 | 20 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 111.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15 | 885 | 90.5 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 86.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15 | 685 | 66.8 | 48 | 17 | 2 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 50.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 708 | 78.1 | 61 | 24 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 85.4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 11 | 370 | 53.2 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 72.4 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 100 | 5,006 | 77.4 | 368 | 122 | 6 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 471 | 78.7 | 12 | 69 | 6 | 2 |