Myles Garrett
Model Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 17 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Six straight Pro Bowls plus four 1st-team All-Pros plus the 2023 DPOY plus back-to-back tier 1 (#1) STTM finishes locks Garrett in as the best edge defender of his generation. The 1st overall pick pedigree plus 100+ career sacks plus the multi-year STTM dominance puts him on a Hall-of-Fame trajectory regardless of how the late chapters close. The 2026 question is whether Garrett wins his second DPOY or whether the broader voting catches up to the multi-year STTM dominance.
Garrett came out of Texas A&M as the Cleveland Browns' 1st-round pick (1st overall) in 2017, the consensus top defensive prospect in his class. He has made six straight Pro Bowls (2018, 2020-2024), earned four 1st-team All-Pro selections (2021-2024), and won the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year. His career sack total has crossed 100 across nine NFL seasons. His STTM career runs tier 1 (#3) in 2021, tier 1 (#4) in 2022, tier 1 (#6) in 2023, tier 1 (#1) peak in 2024, and tier 1 (#1) in 2025.
Strengths
- Six straight Pro Bowls plus four 1st-team All-Pros plus the 2023 DPOY plus back-to-back tier 1 (#1) STTM finishes establishes the best edge defender of his generation.
- 100+ career sacks across nine NFL seasons puts him on the all-time top-30 leaderboard with multiple years still ahead.
Concerns
- Cleveland's broader offensive identity around QB instability plus the lack of postseason runs limits the playoff résumé that closes a Hall-of-Fame case.
- Age 30 plus nine years of pass-rush wear puts the late-prime structural decline question on every 2027 and beyond projection.
What to watch: Whether Garrett wins his second DPOY in 2026 plus crosses 110 career sacks, the threshold for closing the gap between the multi-year STTM dominance and the DPOY voting.
