32 college football players destined to be future first round picks

32 college football players destined to be future first round NFL Draft picks

SANTA CLARA, CA - JANUARY 07: Jerry Jeudy #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide scores a first quarter touchdown reception past Tanner Muse #19 of the Clemson Tigers in the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Levi's Stadium on January 7, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

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BATON ROUGE, LA – SEPTEMBER 08: LSU Tigers safety Grant Delpit (9) celebrates during a game between the LSU Tigers and Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 8, 2018. (Photo by John Korduner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

3. Grant Delpit – Safety, LSU

What Jerry Jeudy is to the wide receiver group, Grant Delpit is to the defensive back group. Delpit has been an impact player from day one as a freshman and is comfortably in line to be the next great defensive back to come out of LSU. There is nothing Delpit can’t do on the field, and despite Greedy Williams getting most of the praise in 2018, there was no doubt that Delpit was the best player on the LSU defense.

“He can rush, cover, play man-to-man,” head coach Ed Orgeron said of Delpit, per Cody Worsham of LSU Athletics’ official site. “It’s like having three players. That’s how much he means to our defense.”

Delpit had 74 total tackles, five interceptions, nine pass deflections, and five sacks this past season.

A player like Delpit instantly upgrades your secondary and expands what a defensive coordinator can do on the back end. Safety usually isn’t a position teams like to put a high priority on in the draft, but letting Derwin James slip to the 17th pick in 2018 should have woken teams up. So expect Delpit to have his name called very early.

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