When the New York Giants drafted Dane Belton in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft, he became only the third safety on the team’s roster.
It’s a good thing Belton, who played collegiately at Iowa, is used to wearing multiple hats.
“In our base defense [at Iowa], I played a 2-high safety but any time the offense came out in 11 personnel, 10 personnel, basically passing formation, I went down to a nickel what we call cash, and really just a versatile player that has to guard slot receivers and play in the box, blitz off the edge, doing multiple things,” Belton said.