#15

Myles Garrett

Former defensive lineman at Texas A&M. 2016: 8.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Texas A&M · #15

6′5″ · Arlington, TX

Cleveland — drafted 2017, No. 1 overall

Recruiting

5★

WDE recruit

No. 2 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M

Statement game8 tackles · 4.5 TFL · 4.5 sacksvs UTSA (FBS) · W 23-10

Top 0.1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Texas A&M. 2016: 8.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2014.
Drafted round 1 by the Cleveland in 2017.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at No. 1 overall.

How it ended

Two seasons at Texas A&M, 8 sacks — drafted at No. 1 overall by Cleveland.

His career

2014

Signed with Texas A&M5-star out of Martin

2017

Drafted by Clevelandround 1, pick 1

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#2 national

CFB

College

Texas A&M

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #1

Cleveland · 2017

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Featured in The Canon

#22

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 10th NFL season

#1Rd 1 · Pick 1

ClevelandEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Kevin Sumlin — 16-10 over that span.

2015Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#25 / 2668 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#36 / 2668 · 99th pct

15.0

Sacks#37 / 2668 · 99th pct

8.5

Passes defended#754 / 2668 · 65th pct

Tackles#1239 / 2668 · 53rd pct

Solo tackles#1293 / 2668 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.1	1.3	0.9	0.3
Road3g	3.7	2.0	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	1.0	0.7	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	2.2	1.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Texas A&M	33	18	15.0	8.5	2	--	--
2015	Texas A&M	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		33	18	15.0	8.5	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2016

W 45–38

vs Tennessee

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Tennessee at home in a shootout.

With T. Knight — 239 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 79.0 · 110 rush yds (15 car) · 3 TD · S. Tripucka — 41 AVG · 55 LONG · 10 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week