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Defensive back, Texas, 2015–17
DeShon Elliott
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Hometown
- Rockwall, TX
- Born
- Apr 21, 1997, in Dallas, Texas
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DeShon Elliott played defensive back at Texas (2015–17). He was a consensus All‑American in 2017. The Baltimore Ravens took Elliott in round 6, No. 190 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8tackles, career highat Baylor, 20172interceptions, career highthree times; last at Iowa State, 2017Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
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
2017 Texas 12 games, 63 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 6 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Maryland | L 41–51 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. San José State | W 56–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at USC | L 24–27 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sep 28 | at Iowa State | W 17–7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Kansas State | W 40–34 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Oklahoma | L 24–29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Oklahoma State | L 10–13 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Baylor | W 38–7 | 8 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at TCU | L 7–24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Kansas | W 42–27 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | at West Virginia | W 28–14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Texas Tech | L 23–27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2016 Texas 9 games, 30 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Notre Dame | W 50–47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs. UTEP | W 41–7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Oklahoma | L 40–45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Iowa State | W 27–6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atKansas State | L 21–24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Baylor | W 35–34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atTexas Tech | W 45–37 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 19 | atKansas | L 21–24 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | vs.TCU | L 9–31 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2015 Texas 1 game, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7 | vs.Kansas | W 59–20 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2018 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅞″ |
| Weight | 210 lb |
| Arm length | 32¼″ |
| Hand size | 10½″ |
| Wingspan | 77¾″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.58 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 sW |
| Vertical jump | 36″ |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.22 sW |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.46 sW |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 75 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Baltimore Ravens | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 78 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Baltimore Ravens | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Detroit Lions | 14 | 88 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Miami Dolphins | 15 | 75 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 96 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| NFL career | 75 | 403 | 4.5 | 5 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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