Dane Belton: DB · Iowa · #4.
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Dane Belton
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Third year in the same secondary at Iowa. First career honor, 2021: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Purdue — Week 7, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 7 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
KCCI Oct 28
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-6vs No. 17 Indiana | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-17@ No. 9 Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-7vs Kent State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-14vs Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 51-14@ Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-20vs No. 4 Penn State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 7-24vs Purdue | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-27@ Wisconsin | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-12@ Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-22vs Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-23vs Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-21@ Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-42vs No. 2 Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 28 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%3 TFL46 tackles · 3 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
3 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 26-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| 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
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
45.0%
404 pass / 494 run
Plays / game
69.1
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
434 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #261 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Iowa, 112 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #114 overall by the New York Giants.
A stat line in 29 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirk Ferentz.
Next stop · NFL
New York GiantsEntering 5th NFL season
New York GiantsEntering 5th NFL season
