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Myles Garrett Is 2017 NFL Draft’s Slam-Dunk Prospect
- Updated: October 19, 2016
Myles Garrett has been on the NFL’s radar since he was 16 years old.
Then—when he was a junior at Martin High School in Arlington, Texas—the talk started about this freak defensive end.
Garrett was an all-state honorable mention, made the all-district first team and was a member of the “Super Team”—a kind of all-star squad from the state of Texas.
“Living in the Dallas area and being a scout, people try to hype up their high school kids to you all the time,” said an NFL scout who saw Garrett in high school. “Ninety-nine percent of the time, it’s bulls–t, but this kid was the real deal. He looked like Jevon Kearse as a junior.”
That freak skill set allowed Garrett to post 27.5 sacks in his final two seasons—19.5 as a senior—at Martin and earned him a Parade All-American selection.
Garrett wasted no time making an impact in College Station. As a true freshman, he posted 11.5 sacks, leading the team in the category while breaking the school and SEC records for a freshman. The guy who Garrett took the SEC freshman record from? Jadeveon Clowney, who had eight sacks in his debut for South Carolina.
The follow-up to his MVP freshman season was just as good. Garrett dominated SEC opponents while going for 12.5 sacks, 19.5 tackles for a loss and a ridiculous five forced fumbles. Those numbers allowed Garrett to win first-team All-American honors and saw him mentioned as a Lombardi award finalist. The hype Garrett showed as a junior in high school was fully on display at Texas A&M, and his rare physical gifts allowed him to rag-doll offensive tackles.
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The knock on Garrett leading up to the 2016 season from football analysts was that he feasted on lesser competition to generate the eye-popping sacks that made him famous. Was Garrett capable of answering the call against top-tier offensive …
