Mansoor Delane: CB · LSU · #4.
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Mansoor Delane
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Brent Pry and Frank Wilson. All-America (Consensus) in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Ole Miss — Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 11 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LSU | 45 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 54 | 34 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 52 | 29 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 38 | 17 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Career | 189 | 109 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 27 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10@ No. 4 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-7vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-10vs Florida | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24@ No. 13 Ole Miss | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs South Carolina | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ No. 17 Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-49vs No. 3 Texas A&M | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-20@ No. 4 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-22vs Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-17@ No. 8 Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 |
Week 12 · 2025
W 23-22
vs Arkansas
1 interception · 4 tackles · 2 pass breakups
A close one, won by 1 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
24%11 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
45tackles this season45 tackles · 11 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Wilson
Pass share
55.0%
443 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
462 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
First team on every major selector list.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #39 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2025
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
Career, closed
Gone at #6 overall.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Virginia Tech and LSU, 189 tackles, a Unanimous All-American season (2025) — drafted at #6 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
A stat line in 41 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2025)
Named to 9 first-team selectors
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Brent Pry, Brian Kelly and Frank Wilson.
Next stop · NFL
Kansas City Chiefs2026 NFL rookie season
Kansas City Chiefs2026 NFL rookie season
