Danny
Shelton.
Danny
Shelton.
Washington· 6'2"· 339 lb· 5.64s 40
Shelton projects best in a hybrid 3-4 front that asks its defensive linemen to control gaps and attack downhill.
Year 1 starter as a nose tackle, eventually a Pro Bowl caliber anchor of the defensive line.
A penetrating 4-3 front that prioritizes quickness and lateral agility over raw power.
Shelton possesses the rare size and strength to dominate interior linemen and control the line of scrimmage.
Selected #12 overall in Round 1 of the 2015 NFL Draft by Cleveland Browns out of Washington.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 5.64sp50
- Vertical
- 30.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 95inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.99sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.65sp50
- Bench
- 34repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Washington | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | Washington | 13 | 45 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Washington | 10 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | Washington | 14 | 93 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 50 | 199 | 10.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Parsed from Sports-Reference CFB career page via Firecrawl.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Danny Shelton was a defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, and New York Giants. He was primarily a run-stuffing nose tackle, contributing to the Patriots' Super Bowl LIII victory.
Data note: Imported from Wikipedia 2015 NFL draft player selections table.