CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns have added a national champion to their secondary.
They selected LSU’s Grant Delpit with the No. 44 overall pick in the NFL draft.
Delpit won the Jim Thorpe Award as college football’s best defensive back last season, helping the Tigers to the NCAA title.
He will be reunited in Cleveland with former LSU teammate Greedy Williams, a cornerback taken by the Browns in the second round last year.
The Browns made two trades and also added Missouri defensive tackle Jordan Elliott in the second round and LSU linebacker Jacob Phillips.