Dane Belton

Former defensive back at Iowa. 2021: 5 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

DB · Iowa · Jr. · #4

6′1″ · 205 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 30 · #261 of 321 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamNew York — drafted 2022, Rd 4, Pick 9, #114 overall

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 780 nationally · Signed with Jesuit

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Iowa. 2021: 5 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Jesuit in 2019.
Drafted round 4 by the New York in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Iowa, 112 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #114 overall by New York.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20198 games

Recruited3-star out of Jesuit

202113 games

All-Big Tenfirst

2022

Drafted by New Yorkround 4, pick 114

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#780 national

CFB

College

Iowa

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #114

New York · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Played his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 5th NFL season

#114Rd 4 · Pick 9

New YorkEntering 5th NFL season

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2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 26-9 over that span.

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

2020Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #261 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#4 / 824 · 99th pct

Passes defended#95 / 2743 · 96th pct

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#590 / 2743 · 78th pct

Tackles#703 / 2743 · 74th pct

Tackles for loss#1047 / 2743 · 58th pct

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Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.5	0.4	0.0	0.6
Road5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	0.4	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #261 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #261 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Iowa	46	30	3.0	0.0	7	5	--
2020	Iowa	33	19	1.5	1.0	5	--	--
2019	Iowa	33	20	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		112	69	6.5	1.0	12	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 27–22

vs Minnesota

1 PD · 2 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With C. Jones — 2 rec · 106 yds · 1 TD · T. Taylor — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-6vs Indiana	4	2	1.5	1	0
Wk 2	W 27-17@ Iowa State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 30-7vs Kent State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 24-14vs Colorado State	4	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 51-14@ Maryland	1	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 6	W 23-20vs Penn State	5	2	0.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	L 7-24vs Purdue	5	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 7-27@ Wisconsin	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 17-12@ Northwestern	2	2	0.0	2	1
Wk 11	W 27-22vs Minnesota	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 33-23vs Illinois	1	0	0.0	1	2
Wk 13	W 28-21@ Nebraska	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 3-42vs Michigan	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		43	28	3.0	5	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology