Myles Garrett
| Texas A&M Aggies No. 15 | |
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| Position | Defensive end |
| Class | Junior |
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| High school | Arlington (TX) Martin |
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| Date of birth | December 29, 1995 |
| Place of birth | Arlington, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 270 lb (122 kg) |
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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 4.25 seconds in the 40-yard dash and bench-pressed 160 pounds.
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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| Myles Garrett DE |
Arlington, Texas | James Martin HS | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 247 lb (112 kg) | 5.08 | Oct 18, 2013 |
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| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 1 (DE) Rivals: 1 (DE) ESPN: 1 (DE) | ||||||
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College career
Freshman year
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), 53 total tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 10 quarterback hurries, and a blocked kick (which teammate Deshazor Everett returned for a touchdown against Auburn).[5][9] 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.[10]
Sophomore year
Garrett would follow up his stellar freshman campaign by leading the SEC with 12 sacks as a Sophomore.[11] He would record 57 total tackles (36 of them solo), 18.5 tackles for loss, 7 quarterback hurries, 5 forced fumbles, and 1 blocked punt (which came against Alabama).[12][13] In addition, Garrett recorded his first interception off of his own-tipped ball in the game against Ole Miss.[14] The season earned Garrett a first-team All-American selection by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.[15]
Personal
Garrett's brother, Sean Williams, was a standout basketball player for Boston College and was selected 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.[16]
During the 2015 offseason, Garrett decided to stop using his social media account on Twitter, citing: “There’s a lot of negativity on there I don’t need in my life. I felt like If I want to move forward as a person and as a football player, I don’t need other people’s opinions and other things to stick with me or be in my mind when I have other things to keep doing."[17]
References
- ↑ "Aggies aiming for instant relief from prized DE". San Antonio Express-News.
- ↑ "Myles Garrett".
- ↑ "DE Myles Garrett of Arlington Martin commits to Texas A&M". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "Myles Garrett – Stats". Texas MileSplit.
- 1 2 "Texas A&M and Five-Stars: The History". Gigem247.
- ↑ Texas A&M freshman, former Arlington Martin standout Myles Garrett already creating havoc
- ↑ "Texas A&M Aggies freshman DE Myles Garrett living up to the hype – SEC Blog- ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "Myles Garrett breaks Jadeveon Clowney record". NFL.com.
- ↑ "2015 SEC College Football Individual Statistics Leaders for Defense – ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "Texas A&M standout Myles Garrett requests prayers for Tuesday surgery". Sports Update.
- ↑ "2015 Player Statistics".
- ↑ "cfbstats.com – Myles Garrett 2015 Player Statistics – Texas A&M Aggies".
- ↑ Andy Hutchins (17 October 2015). "Myles Garrett can do everything, including blocking punts". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ↑ Fox Sports. "Texas A&M DE Myles Garrett tips ball to himself for incredible interception (VIDEO)". FOX Sports.
- ↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation – 126th Walter Camp All-America Teams Announced".
- ↑ Arlington Martin alum, fearsome Texas A&M pass-rusher Myles Garrett much more than backfield buster
- ↑ "Aggie star Myles Garrett cancels Twitter account because of negativity | Statesman U". Retrieved 2015-11-12.