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DeShon Elliott

IR· Knee

S · PIT

29 yrs

Texas

Description

Position: S
Team: PIT
Status: ACT
Born: 1997-04-21
Age: 29
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 210 lb
College: Texas
Draft: 2018 · R6 · Pick 16 · BAL
Rookie yr: 2018

Contract

ACTIVE

APY: $6.3M/yr
Total: $12.5M
Guaranteed: $7.2M
% of cap: 2.2%
Term: 2025–2027 (2y)

Value#26/432

13.12DEF pts per $1M APY

Career Résumé

7 seasons

Seasons	7 2019–2025
Games	75
Tackles	403
Sacks	4.5
TFL	15
INT	5

2026 Projection

Stat	Floor	Median	Ceiling	vs ’25	Δ
Forced Fumbles	0.00	0.00	2.26	1.00	-1.00
Interceptions	0.00	0.99	4.30	1.00	-0.01
Passes Defended	0.56	5.68	10.4	2.00	+3.68
Solo Tackles	30.2	48.6	64.5	20.0	+28.6

Floor · Median · Ceiling · assumes a full 17-game season

Year	Tm	G	Solo	Ast	Comb	Sk	QBH	TFL	Int	PD	FF
2025	PIT	5	20	18	38	1.0	3	1	1	2	1
2024	PIT	15	61	35	96	0.0	2	5	1	6	2
2023	MIA	15	46	29	75	0.0	0	0	1	7	0
2022	DET	14	65	23	88	0.0	3	4	1	3	1
2021	BAL	6	18	4	22	1.0	3	2	1	2	0
2020	BAL	16	49	29	78	2.5	5	3	0	4	2
2019	BAL	4	6	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	1	0

College

Year	School	G	Car	Ru Yds	Ru TD	Rec	Rc Yds	Rc TD
2017	Texas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	Texas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	Texas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career Milestones

league finishes · all-time rank

Stat	Career	All-Time	Led	Top 5	Top 10
Sacks	4.5	1055th	—	—	—
INTs	5	529th	—	—	—
Solo Tkl	265	470th	—	—	—

League finishes among qualifying seasons (≥6 GP) · all-time rank since 1999

Stat Profile

2025 · vs 294 peers

Solo/g

4.196

INT/g

0.160

PD/g

0.459

FF/g

0.196

TFL/g

0.392

PlayerMedian (50th)

Postseason

team record · since 1999

Round	W	L
Playoffs	1	3
Conf. Championship	0	0
Super Bowl	0	0

NextGen Stats

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Career Highs

regular season

Stat	Game	When	Season
Tackles	13	2024 Wk14 vs CLE	96'24
Sacks	1	2020 Wk2 vs HOU	2.5'20
TFL	3	2022 Wk5 vs NE	5'24
INT	1	2021 Wk6 vs LAC	1'21

Athletic Profile

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Aging Curve

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Comparable Players

2025 · stat-profile similarity

Devin BushCHI27y
61 solo · 2.0 sk · 3 INT
91%
vs
Robert SpillaneNE30y
47 solo · 1.0 sk · 2 INT
87%
vs
Derwin JamesLAC29y
49 solo · 2.0 sk · 3 INT
86%
vs
Zack BaunPHI29y
63 solo · 3.5 sk · 2 INT
86%
vs
Jordan BattleCIN25y
60 solo · 0.0 sk · 4 INT
83%
vs
Daiyan HenleyLAC26y
52 solo · 3.5 sk · 2 INT
82%
vs
Bobby OkerekeNYG29y
75 solo · 1.0 sk · 2 INT
81%
vs
Evan WilliamsGB24y
46 solo · 0.0 sk · 3 INT
80%
vs

Year over Year

season trajectory

Yr	Tm	Tackles	Sacks	TFL	INT
20	BAL	78	2.5	3	0
21	BAL	22▼	1.0▼	2▼	1▲
22	DET	88▲	0.0▼	4▲	1
23	MIA	75▼	0.0	0▼	1
24	PIT	96▲	0.0	5▲	1
25	PIT	38▼	1.0▲	1▼	1

Game Trend

2025 · Tackles

WinLossTackles per game

Season Timeline

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Vs Defense Quality

2025 · per game

Faced	G	Tackles	Sacks	TFL	INT
Top-10 D	2	9	0.5	0.5	0.5
Bottom-10 D	3	6.7	0	0	0

defense rank by EPA/play allowed

Consistency

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