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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2020-09-30</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2020-10-08</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001101396</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DELTA APPAREL, INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DLA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001826783</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Encalada Arjona Carlos Enrique</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>322 SOUTH MAIN STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GREENVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>SC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>29601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>V.P. of Manufacturing</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1500</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The ownership of Restricted Stock Units by the Reporting Person was inadvertently omitted from the original filing.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These Restricted Stock Units were granted prior to the effective date of the Reporting Person's appointment as an executive officer of Delta Apparel, Inc. These Restricted Stock Units vest on the date of the Company's filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ending October 2, 2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">One-half of these Restricted Stock Units convert into Delta Apparel, Inc. Common Stock on a one-for-one basis and the remaining half convert into a cash amount equal to the market value of one-half of the aggregate Restricted Stock Units that vest.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Lauren Satterfield, POA</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-10-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
