Browns, safety Grant Delpit agree to 3-year, $48 million extension: Source

The Cleveland Browns and safety Grant Delpit have agreed on a three-year, $48 million contract extension to keep one of the team’s best players and strongest leaders with the organization amid its ongoing roster rebuild, according to a league source. The deal includes $35 million in guaranteed money, per the same league source who was not permitted to publicly discuss a deal that was not yet finalized

Delpit, who turns 28 in September, was previously signed through 2026. However, after a breakout campaign in 2025, the Browns decided to offer Delpit a new deal, even though the organization is prioritizing their last two draft classes as the focal point of their roster.

The new deal will keep Delpit with the team that made him a second-round pick in 2020, Andrew Berry’s first draft as Cleveland’s general manager. The Browns previously extended Delpit late in the 2023 season.

Delpit has seven career interceptions, three forced fumbles and 6.5 sacks. He’s made impact plays both as a deep safety and as an aggressive tackler who can line up near the line of scrimmage. He will enter this season as the Browns’ second-longest tenured player after six more experienced players were either traded or had their contracts expire since the 2025 season.

In June, the Browns traded two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams for a package that included three future draft picks and 25-year-old defensive end Jared Verse.

Still, the team is choosing to keep the team’s 2025 nominee for the prestigious Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award for his work on the field and in the community. Delpit took on a larger leadership role last season for what was one of the NFL’s most disruptive defensive units.

The Browns also signed Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward to a two-year extension on Tuesday, per a team source.

For now, the safety group under new defensive coordinator Mike Rutenberg is led by Delpit, returning starter Ronnie Hickman and 2026 second-round pick Emmanuel McNeil-Warren.