With the No. 190 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, the Baltimore Ravens have selected former Texas Longhorns safety DeShon Elliott.
A one-year starter at Texas, Elliot’s NFL Draft stock exploded throughout the second half of the season and as a result the Rockwall product struck while the iron was hot and departed from Austin a year early. Elliott capped his junior campaign as a Jim Thorpe Award finalist, which honors the nation’s top defensive back — he was the only safety named a finalist.
In 12 appearances in 2017, Elliott recorded 63 tackles, 8.