Grant Delpit at LSU
Photo: Tammy Anthony Baker from Louisiana, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Safety, LSU, 2017–⁠19

Grant Delpit

Number
No. 7
Height
6′3″
Weight
203 lb
Class (2019)
Junior
Hometown
Houston, TX
Born
Sep 20, 1998

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Grant Delpit played safety at LSU (2017–⁠19). He won the 2019 Jim Thorpe Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2018 and 2019. The Cleveland Browns took Delpit in round 2, No. 44 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
74
Tackles, 2018 (LSU, 10–⁠3)
Drafted
No. 44
Round 2, 2020 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Career highs

11tackles, career highat Mississippi State, 20192interceptions, career highvs. Mississippi State, 2018

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2019; SEC champions, 2019

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2017LSU60363.50181
2018LSU74469.55594
2019LSU65384.52271
Career19912017.578246

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2017LSU7SFr.
2018LSU7SSo.
2019LSU7SJr.6′3″203

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

2019 LSU 14 games, 65 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.Georgia SouthernW 55–⁠3421.5000
Sep 7atTexasW 45–⁠38330000
Sep 14vs.Northwestern StateW 65–⁠14310000
Sep 21atVanderbiltW 66–⁠38640001
Oct 5vs.Utah StateW 42–⁠6320010
Oct 12vs.FloridaW 42–⁠28860002
Oct 19atMississippi StateW 36–⁠131150000
Oct 26vs.AuburnW 23–⁠20520001
Nov 9atAlabamaW 46–⁠41220000
Nov 16atOle MissW 58–⁠37510.5001
Nov 30vs.Texas A&MW 50–⁠7320011
Dec 7vs.GeorgiaW 37–⁠10321100
Dec 28 ✦vs.OklahomaW 63–⁠28310.5001
Jan 13 ✦vs.ClemsonW 42–⁠25651100
2018 LSU 13 games, 74 tackles, 5 sacks, 5 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.MiamiW 33–⁠17632100
Sep 8vs.SE LouisianaW 31–⁠0431100
Sep 15atAuburnW 22–⁠211071011
Sep 22vs.Louisiana TechW 38–⁠21220001
Sep 29vs.Ole MissW 45–⁠16522.5111
Oct 6atFloridaL 19–⁠271020010
Oct 13vs.GeorgiaW 36–⁠16751001
Oct 20vs.Mississippi StateW 19–⁠31051120
Nov 3vs.AlabamaL 0–⁠29320000
Nov 10atArkansasW 24–⁠17661102
Nov 17vs.RiceW 42–⁠10530000
Nov 24atTexas A&ML 72–⁠74550003
Jan 1 ✦vs.UCFW 40–⁠32110000
2017 LSU 13 games, 60 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.BYUW 27–⁠0220000
Sep 9vs.ChattanoogaW 45–⁠10410001
Sep 16atMississippi StateL 7–⁠37420.5000
Sep 23vs.SyracuseW 35–⁠26530002
Sep 30vs.TroyL 21–⁠24300000
Oct 7atFloridaW 17–⁠16200000
Oct 14vs.AuburnW 27–⁠23861.5002
Oct 21atOle MissW 40–⁠24981011
Nov 4atAlabamaL 10–⁠24440001
Nov 11vs.ArkansasW 33–⁠10410.5000
Nov 18atTennesseeW 30–⁠10530001
Nov 25vs.Texas A&MW 45–⁠21220000
Jan 1 ✦vs.Notre DameL 17–⁠21840000

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2020Combine or pro day 2020
Height6′2½″
Weight213 lb
Arm length30⅜″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan74½″W
40-yard dash4.39 sW

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 82 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2021Cleveland Browns146211
2022Cleveland Browns179404
2023Cleveland Browns13711.51
2024Cleveland Browns1610310
2025Cleveland Browns178631
2026 (so far)Cleveland Browns52211
NFL career824387.58

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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