Danny Shelton with the Cleveland Browns, 2015
With the Cleveland Browns, 2015. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive line, Washington, 2011–⁠14

Danny Shelton

Number
No. 55
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Auburn, WA
Born
Aug 20, 1993, in Auburn, Washington

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Danny Shelton played defensive line at Washington (2011–⁠14). The Cleveland Browns took Shelton in the first round, No. 12 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2014
First-team All-Pac-12
Drafted
No. 12
Overall, 2015 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Honors

All-America: AP 2014; Sporting News 2014; USA Today 2014

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2011Washington2170

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUHur
2011629110020
20121320254540.502
2013N133623593.523–
On file58571157.52.55–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Washington55DL
2012Washington55DL
2013Washington55DL
2014Washington55DL6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Washington 1 game, 2 returns, 17 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsTD
Dec 29 ✦vs.BaylorL 56–⁠672170

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′2⅛″
Weight339 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size10¼″
40-yard dash5.64 s
10-yard split1.90 sW
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump7′11″
Bench press34 reps
3-cone drill7.99 s
20-yard shuttle4.65 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 91 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015Cleveland Browns143600
2016Cleveland Browns16571.50
2017Cleveland Browns123100
2018New England Patriots102000
2019New England Patriots165530
2020Detroit Lions123610
2021New York Giants11300.50
NFL career9126560

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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