Dane Belton

In three seasons with the Giants, Belton has played in 49 regular-season games with 13 starts and played in two postseason games…Career totals include 109 tackles (67 solo), 5 interceptions, 11 passes defensed, 3 fumble recoveries, 2.0 sacks, and 5 tackles four loss, plus 11 special teams tackles (7 solo)…In the playoffs, he has 2 solo tackles.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• In three seasons with the Giants, Belton has played in 49 regular-season games with 13 starts and played in two postseason games…Career totals include 109 tackles (67 solo), 5 interceptions, 11 passes defensed, 3 fumble recoveries, 2.0 sacks, and 5 tackles four loss, plus 11 special teams tackles (7 solo)…In the playoffs, he has 2 solo tackles.
• In 2024, played in all 17 games for the 2nd consecutive season, with six starts…Totaled 50 tackles (25 solo), 1 tackle for loss, 1.0 sack, 1 interception, 6 passes defensed and 1 forced fumble…Added 6 tackles (3 solo) and 1 fumble recovery on special teams.
• In 2023, Belton played in all 17 games with two starts…Tallied 29 tackles (19 solo), 2 interceptions, 2 passes defensed, 3 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, and 1 fumble recovery on defense, and 4 special teams tackles (3 solo)…Had a career-high 6 solo tackles, including his first career sack, a 14-yarder of Jalen Hurts, vs. Philadelphia (1/7/23).
• As a rookie in 2022, played in 15 regular-season games with five starts and played in two postseason games… Missed the season opener at Tennessee (9/11) with a clavicle injury suffered in training camp…Totaled 30 tackles (23 solo), 1 tackle for loss, 1 quarterback hit, 2 interceptions (tied for the team lead), 3 passes defensed, 1 fumble recovery, as well as 1 tackle and 1 fumble recovery on special teams.

NOTES TO KNOW

• Posted a career-high 14 tackles, including 1 for loss, 1 quarterback hit, 1 pass defensed and 1.0 sack vs. Baltimore (12/15/24)…Became the first defensive back to record at least 14 tackles, 1 pass defensed, and 1.0 sack in a game since Arizona's Budda Baker (at San Francisco, 10/7/18).
• Recorded 2 tackles, intercepted 2 passes, and recovered 1 fumble vs. the Rams (12/31/23)...He was the first Giants defender with 2 picks and 1 fumble recovery in the same game since Stevie Brown at Dallas on 10/28/12…Belton was the first Giant with 2 interceptions in a game since Xavier McKinney had 2 vs. Las Vegas on 11/7/21.
• In 2022, Belton was 1 of 4 NFL rookies and the only first-year safety with multiple interceptions and fumble recoveries, joining Detroit's Aidan Hutchinson (3 and 2), Jacksonville's Devin Lloyd (3 and 2) and Seattle's Tariq Woolen (6 and 3).

COLLEGE

• In three seasons at Iowa, Belton played in 30 games with 26 starts…Tallied 112 tackles (68 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss, 17 passes defensed and 5 interceptions (all in 2021).
• In 2021, Belton started all 14 games…Selected first-team All-Big Ten…His 5 interceptions tied for the 2nd-highest total both nationally and in the Big Ten…Posted career-high totals of 46 tackles, including 29 solo…Academic All-Big Ten…First-team All-Big Ten by league coaches and media and 2nd team by the AP.
• In 2020, started all 8 games in a season shortened by the pandemic…Recorded 33 tackles (19 solo), with 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, 5 pass breakups and 1 forced fumble…In 2019, played in eight games with four starts…Named Academic All-Big Ten.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

• Attended The Giants Foundation Golf Classic which raised more than $400,000 for The Giants Foundation… Distributed backpacks to young families ahead of the start of the school year at the Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic… Represented Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America during Week 13 of the NFL season for My Cause My Cleats… After the team practice in Germany prior to the Sunday game, met with the 120 students that participated in the NFL Flag clinic… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants.

PERSONAL

• Health and human physiology major… Four-year football letterman as a defensive back, wide receiver, return specialist and punter at Jesuit High School in Tampa…Named 2nd-team all-state as a junior after earning honorable mention recognition as a sophomore…First-team all-county as a junior and 2nd team as a sophomore…Team captain as a junior and senior…Helped the Tigers reach the state playoffs 4 straight years, when they were 43-8, including 12-1 in Belton's final season…As a senior, recorded 67 tackles, 4 interceptions and 7 pass breakups, while scoring 4 touchdowns…In his junior season, collected 56 tackles, with 4 interceptions, 5 tackles for loss, 4 pass breakups and 3 touchdowns…As a sophomore, had 49 tackles, 3 interceptions and 4 pass breakups as a sophomore…Intercepted his first pass as a freshman…
• Also a 2-year track letterman…Set personal bests of 11.49 in the 100 meters, 23.57 in the 200 meters, 19'7 in the long jump and 37'8.5 in the triple jump…Parents are Deanna and Danny Belton.

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Originally a 4th-round (114th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2022.