Grant Jacobs Delpit (born September 20, 1998) is an American professional football safety for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU, where he was a two-time consensus All-American selection and winner of the Jim Thorpe Award as a junior in 2019. He was selected by the Browns in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft.
 Delpit with the Browns in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | September 20, 1998 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | LSU (2017–2019) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2020 / round: 2 / pick: 44 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editBorn in New Orleans, Delpit and his family were displaced after Hurricane Katrina and eventually settled in Houston, Texas.[1] Delpit attended St. Thomas High School for two years before transferring to Lamar High School as a junior. For his senior season, he transferred to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, where he was teammates with Dylan Moses.[2] As a senior he had 47 tackles and five interceptions. He committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college football.[3]
College career
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As a true freshman at LSU in 2017, Delpit played in all 13 games with 10 starts, recording 60 tackles and one interception.[4] He returned to LSU as a starter in 2018.[1][5] Following a junior season where he won the Jim Thorpe Award and a national championship, Delpit announced that he would forgo his senior season and declared for the 2020 NFL draft.[6]
Professional career
edit| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | Wonderlic | |||||||
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| 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1.89 m) |
213 lb (97 kg) |
30+3⁄8 in (0.77 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.39 s | 27 | |||||||
| All values from NFL Combine/40 time from Pro Day[7] | ||||||||||||
Delpit was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round with the 44th overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft.[8] He suffered an Achilles tendon tear during training camp that required surgery, which ended his rookie season.[9] He was placed on the injured reserve list on August 25, 2020.[10]
In Week 12 against the Baltimore Ravens, Delpit recorded his first career interception off of Lamar Jackson in the 16-10 loss.[11]
On December 11, 2023, Delpit signed a three-year extension with the Browns worth $36 million.
NFL career statistics
edit| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | |||
| 2020 | CLE | did not play due to injury | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | CLE | 15 | 7 | 66 | 43 | 23 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | CLE | 16 | 15 | 103 | 71 | 32 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 22 | 169 | 114 | 55 | 1.0 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Kubena, Brooks. "Meet Grant Delpit: LSU's next great safety, a Louisiana kid playing with reckless abandon". The Advocate. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ Coleman, Adam (May 27, 2016). "Lamar's Grant Delpit transferring to IMG Academy". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ Smith, James. "LSU lands commitment from 4-star safety Grant Delpit". Archived from the original on October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ Mickles, Sheldon. "Drawing comparisons to Jamal Adams, LSU safety Grant Delpit aims to build on freshman season". The Advocate. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ Guilbeau, Glenn. "LSU safety Grant 'Baby Jamal' Delpit following in the footsteps of ex-Tiger Jamal Adams". Daily Advertiser. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ Cooper, Sam (January 15, 2020). "After national championship, Grant Delpit becomes first LSU underclassman to declare for NFL draft". Yahoo.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ "Grant Delpit Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ Embody, Billy (April 24, 2020). "Grant Delpit drafted No. 44 overall by Cleveland Browns". 247 Sports. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Trotter, Jake. "Browns rookie safety Grant Delpit tears his Achilles in practice, to have surgery". ESPN. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Browns claim DE Curtis Weaver, place Grant Delpit on IR". ClevelandBrowns.com. August 25, 2020. Archived from the original on August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ "Browns 10-16 Ravens (Nov 28, 2021) Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
External links
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- Grant Delpit on Twitter
- Career statistics from ESPN
- Cleveland Browns bio
- LSU Tigers bio
