.jpg)
Community hub
Recent from talks
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Grant Delpit
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 for the LSU Tigers, earning consensus All-American honors twice and winning the Jim Thorpe Award as a junior in 2019. He was selected by the Browns in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft.
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.
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.
NFL.com lead analyst Lance Zierlein had Delpit ranked as the second best safety prospect (33rd overall) available in the draft. Former NFL executive Gil Brandt had him ranked as the top safety in the draft (25th overall). NFL draft analysts from Sports Illustrated and USA Today had Delpit ranked as the best safety prospect in the 2020 NFL Draft. Michael Renner of Pro Football Focus had him ranked as the top safety in the draft (15th overall). NFL analyst Daniel Jeremiah had Delpit listed as the second best safety prospect available (40th overall). NFL draft analysts projected Delpit to be selected as early as late in the first round to possibly the second round.
The Cleveland Browns selected Delpit in the second round (44th overall) of the 2020 NFL draft. He was the third safety drafted in 2020.
"Grant Delpit, excited to add him to the team. We really viewed him as a big versatile playmaker. He has been a really kind of an impact player for LSU over the past two seasons. Our appeal to Grant is the fact of his coverage abilities. He is a guy who can play the post. He can play you at the line of scrimmage. He can cover tight ends and walk over a slot and hold his own against receivers. He has been a consistent ball producer throughout his career at LSU. The other thing that stood out to us about Grant is just his toughness. He played through this season and really a lot of the year with a high-ankle sprain that would have put a lot of players out of commission for a longer period of time."
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.
Hub AI
Grant Delpit AI simulator
(@Grant Delpit_simulator)
Grant Delpit
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 for the LSU Tigers, earning consensus All-American honors twice and winning the Jim Thorpe Award as a junior in 2019. He was selected by the Browns in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft.
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.
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.
NFL.com lead analyst Lance Zierlein had Delpit ranked as the second best safety prospect (33rd overall) available in the draft. Former NFL executive Gil Brandt had him ranked as the top safety in the draft (25th overall). NFL draft analysts from Sports Illustrated and USA Today had Delpit ranked as the best safety prospect in the 2020 NFL Draft. Michael Renner of Pro Football Focus had him ranked as the top safety in the draft (15th overall). NFL analyst Daniel Jeremiah had Delpit listed as the second best safety prospect available (40th overall). NFL draft analysts projected Delpit to be selected as early as late in the first round to possibly the second round.
The Cleveland Browns selected Delpit in the second round (44th overall) of the 2020 NFL draft. He was the third safety drafted in 2020.
"Grant Delpit, excited to add him to the team. We really viewed him as a big versatile playmaker. He has been a really kind of an impact player for LSU over the past two seasons. Our appeal to Grant is the fact of his coverage abilities. He is a guy who can play the post. He can play you at the line of scrimmage. He can cover tight ends and walk over a slot and hold his own against receivers. He has been a consistent ball producer throughout his career at LSU. The other thing that stood out to us about Grant is just his toughness. He played through this season and really a lot of the year with a high-ankle sprain that would have put a lot of players out of commission for a longer period of time."
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.