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Grant Delpit

Delpit with the Browns in 2021
No. 9 – Cleveland Browns
Position:	Safety
Personal information
Born:	(1998-09-20) September 20, 1998 (age 26) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school:	IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida)
College:	LSU (2017–2019)
NFL draft:	2020 / round: 2 / pick: 44
Career history
Cleveland Browns (2020–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
CFP national champion (2019) Jim Thorpe Award (2019) Jack Tatum Trophy (2018) Unanimous All-American (2018) Consensus All-American (2019) 2× First-team All-SEC (2018, 2019)
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Total tackles: 251 Sacks: 2.5 Pass deflections: 16 Interceptions: 6 Forced fumbles: 1 Fumble recoveries: 1 Stats at Pro Football Reference

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.

Early life

Born in New Orleans, Delpit and his family were displaced after Hurricane Katrina and eventually settled in Houston, Texas. 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. As a senior he had 47 tackles and five interceptions. He committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college football.

College career

As a true freshman at LSU in 2017, Delpit played in all 13 games with 10 starts, recording 60 tackles and one interception. He returned to LSU as a starter in 2018. 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.

Professional career

2020

The Cleveland Browns selected Delpit in the second round (44th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft. He was the third safety drafted in 2020.

On July 15, 2020, the Cleveland Browns signed Delpit to a four-year, $7.46 million contract that includes $3.93 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2.98 million.

Throughout training camp, Delpit competed against Andrew Sendejo and Karl Joseph for a role as a starting safety. On August 24, 2020, Delpit sustained an injury during practice and was carted off the practice field. On August 25, 2020, it was announced that Delpit was officially placed on injured reserve after it was confirmed he had torn his Achilles tendon the previous day and would have to undergo surgery while missing his entire rookie season.

2021

During training camp, Delpit competed against Ronnie Harrison to be the starting strong safety after Karl Joseph became a free agent. On August 18, 2021, Delpit reaggravated his hamstring injury and was sidelined for Week 1. Head coach Kevin Stefanski named Delpit the primary backup safety behind starters John Johnson and Ronnie Harrison.

On September 19, 2021, Delpit made his long-awaited professional regular season debut and recorded six combined tackles (three solo), forced a fumble, and earned his first career sack in a 21–31 win against the Houston Texans in the home-opener. Delpit's first career sack was for a 7-yard loss and forced a fumble by backup quarterback Davis Mills in the fourth quarter. In Week 3, he made his first career start as the third safety or fifth defensive back, making one tackle during a 6–26 win over the Chicago Bears. On November 28, 2021, Delpit made two combined tackles (one solo), a pass deflection, and had his first career interception on a pass by Lamar Jackson to tight end Mark Andrews in a 10–16 loss at the Baltimore Ravens. During the game, strong safety Ronnie Harrison sustained an ankle injury that sidelined him for the rest of the season. In response, defensive coordinator Joe Woods selected Delpit to takeover at starting strong safety for the rest of the season. On November 12, 2021, Delpit earned his first start at strong safety and collected a season-high 11 solo tackles during a 24–22 win against the Baltimore Ravens. He was inactive for a 14–16 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 15 due to COVID-19. He completed the 2021 NFL season with a total of 66 combined tackles (43 solo), three pass deflections, one sack, a forced fumble, and an interception in 15 games and seven starts. Pro Football Focus had Delpit finish the season with an overall grade of 63.8 and a coverage grade of 83.1.

2022

Delpit and Ronnie Harrison competed for the job as the starting strong safety in training camp. Defensive coordinator Joe Woods chose Delpit to start at strong safety alongside John Johnson with Ronnie Harrison as the third safety or fifth defensive back.

2023

On December 10, 2023, the Cleveland Browns signed Delpit to a three–year, $36.00 million contract that includes $23.60 million guaranteed, $14.09 million guaranteed upon signing, and a signing bonus of $6.00 million.

NFL career statistics

References

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19. "Early breakout candidates for all 32 NFL teams in 2022". PFF.com. January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
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External links

• Grant Delpit on Twitter
• Career statistics from ESPN
• Cleveland Browns bio
• LSU Tigers bio

• 1998 births
• Living people
• Players of American football from Houston
• American football safeties
• St. Thomas High School (Houston, Texas) alumni
• Lamar High School (Houston) alumni
• IMG Academy alumni
• LSU Tigers football players
• All-American college football players
• Cleveland Browns players