Selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round (1st overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.
· Three-time Pro Bowl selection (2018, 2020 and 2021), including starting honors in 2020 and 2021. First Browns DE to make three Pro Bowls since Bill Glass made four in the 1960s.
· Three-time All-Pro, earning first team honors in 2020 and 2021.
· Named to 2020 and 2021 PFWA All-NFL and 2017 PFWA All-Rookie teams.
· Sporting News All-Pro Team selection in 2020 and 2021.
· 2020 Browns Walter Payton Man of the Year.
· 2020 AFC Defensive Player of the Month of October.
· 2020 Week 4 AFC Defensive Player of the Week.
· 2021 Week 3 AFC Defensive Player of the Week.
· Voted the 2021 PFWA Dino Lucarelli Good Guy.
· Browns 2017 Maurice Bassett Award winner, given to team's most outstanding rookie during training camp.
· Set Browns single-season record with 16 sacks in 2021.
· Only Brown with multiple double-digit sack seasons, reaching the mark in each of the past four seasons (13.5 in 2018, 10 in 2019, 12 in 2020 and 16 in 2021). One of just three active NFL players (Aaron Donald and T.J. Watt) to record at least 10 sacks in each of the past four seasons.
· Only player to lead the Browns in sacks for five consecutive seasons.
· Currently ranks second on Browns' all-time sacks list with 58.5 (Clay Matthews, 62).
· Set Browns single-game record with 4.5 sacks against Chicago on Sept. 26, 2021.
· Recorded first NFL touchdown following a strip-sack fumble recovery for a 15-yard touchdown on Dec. 12, 2021. Also scored a touchdown following a 22-yard fumble return during the 2022 Pro Bowl.
· Registered 13.5 sacks in 2018, the third-most by a Brown in a single-season.
· Reached 50 career sacks (50.5) in Week 6 in 2021, becoming third-fastest to reach the mark (57 games) behind only Hall of Famers Reggie White (40) and Derrick Thomas (54).
· Set a Browns record with at least one sack in six consecutive games (Weeks 2-7) in 2020 and tied the mark in 2021 (Weeks 5-10).
· Owns 14 career games with multiple sacks, a Browns record.
· On first NFL play, dropped Josh McCown for an 8-yard loss on Oct. 8, 2017, and finished the game with two sacks to became first No. 1 overall pick with multiple sacks in first game and first Brown with at least two sacks in his NFL debut since 1988.
· Joined DT Tommy Kelly (2004 Raiders) and LB Barkevious Mingo (2013 Browns) as only rookies since 2004 with a sack in each of first three NFL games.
· Earned first-team All-America honors at Texas A&M.
· Led the SEC in sacks in 2015.
· Adopted a puppy, Gohan, in March 2019. Gohan is a black German Shepard and named after his favorite Dragon Ball Z character. Has arranged several puppy play dates for Gohan and Browns fans' dogs.
· Native of Arlington, Texas and attended Martin High School. Became first person in school history to be drafted into the NFL.
· Brother, Sean Williams, was selected No. 17 overall by the New Jersey Nets in 2007 and has professional experience in the NBA and internationally.
· Sister, Brea Garrett, was an NCAA champion weight thrower on Texas A&M's track and field team.
· Enjoys studying dinosaurs in his free time. His love of dinosaurs started as a kid after he first saw Jurassic Park.
· Writes his own poetry.
· Majored in architecture and minored in geology at Texas A&M.
· In his fifth year of serving on the Waterboys organization and his third as the active player captain. The foundation works to bring clean water to communities in need in East Africa. In his role as captain, Garrett leads a team of active NFL players committed to using their platform to engage their fans in the clean water crisis. Since its launch, Waterboys has funded 83 wells serving more than 438,000 people. Roughly 844 million people around the world are without basic water access -- more than twice the population of the United States. In 2020, traveled to Tanzania for a two-week trip to help install wells.
· In collaboration with local artist Glen Infante, unveiled a "Cleveland is the Reason" mural as part of Infante's #VoicesofCLE public art project, which was created in 2020 following civil unrest over social justice issues. The mural was inspired by Cleveland icons of sports, culture, and rock 'n' roll and features paintings of Jesse Owens, LeBron James, Jim Brown, Machine Gun Kelly, Tracy Chapman and Toni Morrison.
· In support of families that lost a loved one to police brutality, Garrett covered funeral costs for David McAtee, who was shot and killed by police in Louisville, Ky. in May, 2020.
· Teamed up with the Cleveland Hope Exchange and local businesses to provide more than 24,000 pounds of food and additional resources to those in need in 2020.
· Participated in My Cause, My Cleats supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 2018, which his grandmother, Pauline White Johnson, was diagnosed with. Supported the Maya Angelou Foundation in 2020. Supported Mission of Haiti in 2021, serving as an advocate of Haiti after spending time their on a mission trip in 2016.
