Career Transactions: Selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round (1st overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Recorded 20.5 career sacks, the most by a Browns player in first two seasons. His 13.5 sacks in 2018, were the second-most by a Brown in a single-season (Reggie Camp 14 in 1984)…Named to first career Pro Bowl and earned second-team All-Pro honors in 2018…Earned first-team All-America accolades in 2015 and 2016 en route to becoming Texas A&M’s first-ever No. 1 overall selection in program history…Brother, Sean Williams, was selected No. 17 overall by the New Jersey Nets in 2007, and sister, Brea Garrett, was an NCAA champion weight thrower on Texas A&M’s track and field team…Writes his own poetry and has a love for ‘70s music.
Pro Bowl Selections (1): 2018
Recorded 20.5 career sacks, the most by a Browns player in first two seasons…Registered 13.5 sacks in 2018, the second-most by a Brown in a single-season (Reggie Camp 14 in 1984)…Named to first career Pro Bowl and earned second-team All-Pro honors in 2018…Named to 2017 PFWA All-Rookie team.
2018: Named to first career Pro Bowl…Second-team All-Pro selection...Voted captain by teammates...Led Browns with 13.5 sacks, sixth-most in NFL and second-most for Cleveland in one season...Recorded 20.5 sacks in 27 career games, most by a Brown in first two seasons...Forced career-high three fumbles on the season...Blocked first career FG in Week 12...Started all 16 games, compiling career bests with 44 tackles and three passes defensed.
2017: Named to PFWA All-Rookie team…Led the Browns with seven sacks, which was tied for second among all NFL rookies in 2017 and tied for third-most ever by a Browns rookie despite playing just 11 games…Recorded 31 tackles, one pass defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery...Joined DT Tommy Kelly (2004 Raiders) and LB Barkevious Mingo (2013 Browns) as only rookies since 2004 with sack in each of first three NFL games...Named team’s Maurice Bassett Award winner, given to team’s most outstanding rookie during training camp...(10/8) vs NYJ: On first NFL play, dropped Josh McCown for an 8-yard loss on third down...Added second sack on third down late in second quarter...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.
Played in 36 career games at Texas A&M, notching 145 total tackles and 32.5 sacks…Earned first-team All-American honors from Walter Camp, FWAA, Associated Press, AFCA and Sporting News…Finalist for the Rotary Lombardi Award and Bednarik Award in 2016…First-team All-American from Walter Camp and FWAA in 2015, as well as a Rotary Lombardi Award and Hendricks Award finalist…2014 freshman All-American, second-team All-SEC…Totaled 8.5 sacks and 15.0 tackles for loss in 2016…Finished the regular season as the SEC leader in sacks with 12.5 as a sophomore in 2015 and added 59 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, five forced fumbles and one INT…Holds the Texas A&M and SEC freshman record for sacks with 11.5…Named a consensus freshman All-American and All-SEC player in 2014, as well as his team’s Defensive MVP, after totaling 53 tackles and 14 tackles for loss…Set a program freshman record with 3.5 sacks vs. Louisiana-Monroe…Majored in university studies with a concentration in global arts, planning, design and construction…Minored in business administration and geology.
Given name is Myles Lorenz Garrett…Son of Audrey and Lawrence Garrett…Native of Arlington, Texas…His brother, Sean Williams, was selected No. 17 overall by the New Jersey Nets in 2007 and has professional experience in the NBA and internationally…His sister, Brea Garrett, was an NCAA champion weight thrower on Texas A&M’s track and field team.
High School: Attended Martin High School in Arlington, Texas…Became first person in school history to be drafted into the NFL…Received Texas Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year accolades following his final season…Also lettered in basketball and track in high school.
Community Involvement: Participated in My Cause My Cleats 2017, benefitting the Waterboys organization, which helps build wells in East Africa to provide the life-saving resource of clean water to communities who desperately need it… Participated in My Cause My Cleats 2018, benefitting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which is grandmother, Pauline White Johnson, was diagnosed with…Volunteered at numerous Cleveland youth football camps and visited local hospitals and schools…Stuffed USO care packages and deployment bags for service members.
Hobbies/Interests: Enjoys studying dinosaurs in his free time…Often reads and writes his own poetry…Enjoys listening to ‘70s music.
