Grant Delpit

Cleveland Browns

Pos S

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

86.7 MODEL

2021

75.1

2022

96.0

2023

77.3

2024

78.5

2025

82.2

2026

86.7

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

2019 LSU CFP National Championship plus 2019 Jim Thorpe Award plus 2022 tier 1 (#2) STTM peak as a 44th overall 2nd-round pick puts Delpit in the elite S career résumé class. The Cleveland chapter career arc volatility confirms the structural ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent. The 2026 question is whether Delpit returns to tier 3 territory or whether the structural mid-career instability returns.

Delpit came out of LSU as the Cleveland Browns' 2nd-round pick (44th overall) in 2020 after winning the 2019 CFP National Championship plus the 2019 Jim Thorpe Award. He delivered a tier 1 (#2) STTM peak in 2022. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#62) rookie, tier 1 (#2) peak in 2022, tier 5 (#33) in 2023, tier 8 (#58) in 2024, and tier 5 (#35) in 2025.

Strengths

2019 LSU CFP National Championship plus 2019 Jim Thorpe Award plus 2022 tier 1 (#2) STTM peak establishes elite S career résumé.
LSU 44th overall draft pedigree plus six years of NFL development gives him the rare championship-pedigree elite career foundation.

Concerns

Career STTM volatility (tier 1 in 2022, tier 5 in 2023, tier 8 in 2024, tier 5 in 2025) confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent.
Cleveland's broader defensive identity around Myles Garrett's primary pass-rush priority puts continued Delpit production partly dependent on team-fit.

What to watch: Whether Delpit returns to tier 3 (top 25) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the 2022 ceiling can be recaptured.