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Dane Belton (born December 7, 2000) is an American professional football safety for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Iowa.
_(cropped).jpg) Belton in the 2021 Big Ten Football Championship Game | |||||||||||||||
| No. 24 – New York Giants | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born: | December 7, 2000 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Jesuit (Tampa, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Iowa (2019–2021) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2022 / round: 4 / pick: 114 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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Belton grew up in Tampa, Florida and attended Jesuit High School.[1] Belton was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Iowa from over 25 scholarship offers.[2]
Belton played in eight games with four starts during his freshman season.[3] As a sophomore, he had 33 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack, five passes broken up, and one forced fumble.[4] Belton was named first-team All-Big Ten Conference as a junior after recording 46 tackles with three tackles for loss and breaking up seven passes with five interceptions.[5] After the end of the season, he declared that he would be entering the 2022 NFL draft.[6]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 0+5⁄8 in (1.84 m) |
205 lb (93 kg) |
31 in (0.79 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.43 s | 1.51 s | 2.52 s | 4.06 s | 6.74 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | 18 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[7][8][9] | ||||||||||||
2022 season
Belton was drafted by the New York Giants with the 114th pick in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft.[10] On August 1, 2022, Belton broke his collarbone during training camp.[11] In Week 10 against the Houston Texans, Belton recorded his first career interception on quarterback Davis Mills in the 24–16 win.[12]
2023 season
In a Week 17 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams in 2023, Belton recorded 2 interceptions and 2 passes defensed against quarterback Matthew Stafford. He also recorded a fumble recovery.[13] In a Week 18 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023, Belton sacked quarterback Jalen Hurts in the 27–10 win.[14]
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