Former LSU DB Grant Delpit lands multi-year extension with Browns
By David Wasson
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Former LSU defensive back Grant Delpit jumped tax brackets Tuesday, as the Cleveland Browns signed him to a three-year extension worth a reported $16 million a year that also includes $35 million guaranteed.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported that Delpit and the Browns inked the deal through Delpit’s agent, David Mulugheta of Athletes First. It marks Delpit’s third NFL contract and it ties him to the Browns through the 2029 season.
Delpit, a second-round selection via the No. 44 overall pick by the Browns in the 2020 NFL Draft, was an integral part of LSU’s national championship team in 2019 – a season that saw him win the Jim Thorpe Trophy for the nation’s best defensive back.
Delpit signed a four-year, $7.46 million contract that includes $3.93 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2.98 million prior to his rookie season in 2020, and then inked a 3-year, $36 million extension that included $23.6 million guaranteed, $14.1 million on signing and another $6 million signing bonus in 2023.
Depit has played 78 career games with the Browns over five seasons with 68 starts. He has compiled 451 tackles with 294 solo stops, 21 pass deflections, seven interceptions, 6½ sacks, four recovered fumbles and three forced fumbles.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
