Myles Garrett

Myles Garrett
Texas A&M Aggies No. 15
Position Defensive end
Class Freshman
Career history
College
High school Arlington (TX) Martin
Personal information
Date of birth December 29, 1995
Place of birth Arlington, Texas
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight 255 lb (116 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-SEC (2014)
Stats at ESPN.com

Myles Garrett (born December 29, 1995) is an American football defensive end for the Texas A&M Aggies. He holds the SEC freshman record for sacks.

High school career

Garrett attended Martin High School in Arlington, Texas, where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track. In football, he had 19.5 sacks as a senior.[1] Garrett was a five-star recruit by Rivals.com and was ranked as the second best overall player in his class.[2] He committed to play college football at Texas A&M University in October 2013.[3] In track & field, he was a state qualifier in the throwing events, with top-throws of 16.01 meters in the shot put and 50.84 meters in the discus throw.[4] In addition, he was timed at 4.6 seconds in the 40-yard dash and bench-pressed 360 pounds.

College career

Garrett came to Texas A&M as the #2 overall prospect in the nation, and the highest-rated defensive player the Aggies had ever signed.[5] As a true freshman in 2014, Garrett broke Texas A&M's freshman sack record of 5.5 in only six games.[6][7] In only nine games, he broke Jadeveon Clowney's SEC freshman sack record of eight.[8] Garrett would finish the season with 11.5 sacks (second in the SEC), 14 tackles for loss, 10 quarterback hurries, and a blocked kick (which teammate Deshazor Everett returned for a touchdown against Auburn).[9][10] He was a consensus Freshman All-American and Freshman All-SEC selection. After the conclusion of the season, Garrett announced that he would undergo surgery to repair torn ligaments in his hand, an injury that occurred in the sixth game of the season against Mississippi State.[11]

Personal

Myles comes from a family of stellar athletes. His brother, Sean Williams was a standout basketball player for Boston College and was number 17 in the first round of the NBA draft. He then played in the NBA from 2007 to 2010. Brea Garrett, his older sister, is a senior and runs track at Texas A&M. She is the reigning NCAA champion in the track & field weight throw category. She is the first Weight Throw champion in Aggie history.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Aggies aiming for instant relief from prized DE
  2. ↑ Rivals.com
  3. ↑ DE Myles Garrett opts for Aggies
  4. ↑ http://tx.milesplit.com/athletes/2046367-myles-garrett/feed#.VFYRvslAlx1
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Texas A&M freshman, former Arlington Martin standout Myles Garrett already creating havoc
  7. ↑ Aggies' Myles Garrett living up to hype
  8. ↑ Myles Garrett breaks Jadeveon Clowney record
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  12. ↑ Arlington Martin alum, fearsome Texas A&M pass-rusher Myles Garrett much more than backfield buster

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