Browns draft LSU safety, former Lamar standout Grant Delpit

LSU Tigers safety Grant Delpit (7) reacts during the first half of the College Football Playoff National Championship Game between the LSU Tigers and the Clemson Tigers on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans LA. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)LSU safety Grant Delpit was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night.

The Browns took Delpit, a consensus All-American and the Jim Thorpe Award winner, with the 44th overall pick. He is a former Lamar High School standout who transferred to IMG Academy for his senior year.

As a junior in 2019, the 6-foot-2, 213-pound Delpit was named first-team All-Southeastern Conference and recorded 65…