Versatile and unselfish. Those are the two traits that best describe Cleveland Browns' safety Grant Delpit. And it's those two traits that have him poised to produce the best season of his career. 

"I thought he was playing, really, at a high level before he got his injury in 2023," defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said of Delpit in Week 8. "He’s doing a lot of things for us, and he’s doing it all well. He’s playing with great effort; he’s playing with physicality. He can play in the box, he’s been blitzing, man-to-man coverage, zone coverage. We ask a lot from him, from all our different personnel groups."

Through seven games, Delpit is already on pace to surpass his career high in tackles (40). He has one sack, has broken up three passes, intercepted one, forced a fumble and recovered one. 

That versatility Schwartz eluded to was on full display during the team's Week 7 win over the Miami Dolphins. At one point early in the fourth quarter, Scwartz send Delpit on a blitz off the left side and he wound up having a free rush Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa. With the pressure bearing down on him, Tagovailoa threw the ball right to fellow safety Rayshawn Jenkins, who returned the ball to the two yard line for an easy touchdown one play later. 

The play was Delpit's doing. But that's just one example of the different ways Schwartz has tried to deploy the 27-year-old. His options have really been endless, depending on what type of package he deploys on any given play. 

"We have an extra backer, sort of short yardage package," Schwartz added. "He plays like a corner position, base, will play a safety position, we have a big nickel that he plays the big nickel, we have nickel where he’s playing safety, dime where he’s playing a dime linebacker. Like, that’s not easy to do, that’s very difficult to do. But he has the skill set to do it, and intelligence and the work ethic to. He’s making a lot of plays for us.”

Those plays aren't reserved for the defensive side of the ball either. Delpit has been making an impact on special teams as well, including just last weekend against Miami. 

After the Browns took a 10-3 lead early in the second quarter, Delpit flew down the field on ensuing kickoff and punched the ball out of Dolphins' returner D'Wayne Eskridge's grip for a fumble. Ironically, Jenkins was on the receiving end of that turnover as well, covering the ball at the Miami 33. 

That one also led to a touchdown for Cleveland as Grant's efforts single-handedly fueled 14 of the Browns' 31 points. It also helped him earn AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. 

"I don’t even know what year this is for Grant," special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone said. "Whatever it is. You’re seeing a guy that is a defensive starter, that’s a Pro Bowl caliber like player at his position, factoring for us in multiple phases." 

Delpit has shown he'll do whatever he's asked to help the team win and that unselfishness is valuable in the Browns locker room. 

"A young guy, young undrafted guy, he’s going to see Grant Delpit setting the example and just be like, “Wow, this guy’s willing to do anything, going to take," added Ventrone. "So you just get that, it just trickles on down." 

It's something Delpit takes great pride in. 

"Honestly, I think this is the most special teams I've probably played in my career, and it's year six," he said. "So I think setting a good example for the guys seeing me do it and it's really elevating my game as well." 

The 2020 second-round pick has embraced a larger leadership role with the franchise over the years. Culminating in this 2025 campaign where he's more involved in things than ever before. There's a reason for that. 

"I think I said this when we got signed him to an extension of years ago," said Schwartz. "And I told him, like, I want our defense to play with your personality. And I think that’s a great compliment to a player, and that’s a great compliment to him, that he has a personality that you would like to be contagious." 

It's a responsibility that Delpit doesn't take for granted. 

"I think just kind of earning Jim's trust, being able to put me in certain positions, expand my role a little bit, knowing that I have a pretty good, complete understanding of the defense," Delpit said. "So that comes with time and hopefully more successful plays as well."