Player
Grant Delpit
DB · Browns
Grant Delpit: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
5 NFL seasons in Cleveland — 416 career combined tackles and a steady role expansion.
TrendGrant Delpit career — regular season (CLE)
| Season | Comb | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | INT | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 94 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 71 | 54 | 7 | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 103 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 86 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
A 2nd-round LSU safety in 2020, Delpit missed his entire rookie year with an Achilles injury. He's been healthy every season since — and the trend line is upward in everything except the spike year of 2022.
His 2025 numbers are a sneaky-good full-package line: 86 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 PD, 1 INT, 2 FF, 2 FR. That sack and forced-fumble combo is rare for a true safety.
Combined tackles by season
| Season | Tackles |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 |
| 2022 | 94 |
| 2023 | 71 |
| 2024 | 103 |
| 2025 | 86 |
2022 vs 2024: same player, completely different production fingerprint.
SplitCoverage vs run-game era
| Season | Tackles | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (coverage) | 94 | 10 | 4 |
| 2024 (downhill) | 103 | 1 | 0 |
In 2022, Delpit posted 10 PD and 4 INT — the year he established himself as a ball-hawk SAF. In 2024, the role shifted: 103 tackles, but just 1 PD and 0 INT. The Browns moved him closer to the line to plug a leaky run defense.
2025 has been a return to the balanced version — 86 tackles plus 3 sacks, 4 PD, and 2 forced fumbles. He's hitting takeaway-creation marks even without the INT volume.
3 sacks AND 2 FF AND 4 PD as a true SAF in 2025 — a top-5 'takeaway SAF' line.
RareThe 2025 line — 3 sacks, 7 QB hits, 4 TFL, 2 FF, 2 FR, 4 PD, 1 INT — is the kind that doesn't fit cleanly into any one bucket. Safeties don't typically get 3 sacks AND have multiple forced fumbles. The pass-rush-style production is what makes Delpit a chess-piece SAF in Schwartz's blitz-heavy scheme.
He averaged 2.4 QB hits per season from 2021–24. In 2025 he posted 7 — by far his career high.
He has a defensive TD in 2025 — a fumble-return TD in Week 18 vs the Bengals.
MilestoneIn Week 18 of 2025 vs Cincinnati, Delpit stripped Noah Fant after a short Burrow completion. Browns LB Jerome Baker scooped, but Delpit is credited on the strip — it's the kind of play that puts a safety in the highlight reel.
Through his career, Delpit has been credited on 3 forced fumbles in 2025 alone (2 FF + the strip mentioned above credited as combined effort). The Browns front 7 has changed, but Delpit's ball-disruption has become more central.
Same draft class as Brandon Jones — but Delpit has been the more consistent volume tackler.
ComparisonCareer stats — 2020 draft class safeties
| Stat | Delpit | B. Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Career tackles | 416 | 423 |
| Career PD | 21 | 26 |
| Career INT | 7 | 7 |
| Career sacks | 6.5 | 8.5 |
Both Delpit (2nd round, CLE) and Brandon Jones (3rd round, MIA) came out of the 2020 draft. Six seasons later their career stat lines are nearly identical — ~420 tackles, 7 INTs, similar PD totals.
The difference is Delpit has stayed in one system the whole time (Joe Woods → Jim Schwartz). Jones did his climb after switching organizations. Both have become two of the more underrated safeties of their class.
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