Garrett shatters NFL sack records, dominating offenses and rewriting defensive history. Aggies legend eyes Defensive Player of the Year and immortality.
At this point, it almost feels overdue.
Texas A&M Hall of Famer and future Pro Football Hall of Famer Myles Garrett is widely expected to be named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year, and unlike some past award races, this one barely feels debatable.
By midseason, most analysts had already sharpened the metaphorical pen.
Playing for a Cleveland Browns squad that rarely sniffed the postseason, Garrett somehow became the most unavoidable player in the league.
Offensive coordinators spent entire weeks designing protection schemes around him, only to watch them fail by the second quarter. Double teams didn’t matter. Chips didn’t matter. Silent counts didn’t matter. Garrett still showed up in the backfield like he had a parking pass.
The headline moment was historic: 23 sacks, a new single-season NFL record, surpassing both T.J. Watt and Michael Strahan. That alone would earn most players a spot in the conversation. Garrett treated it like a starting point.
Beyond the sacks, he posted career highs across the board with 60 tackles, 33 tackles for loss (most in the NFL), and three forced fumbles.
He collected AFC Defensive Player of the Month honors in November, earned his seventh Pro Bowl, and locked up his fifth First-Team All-Pro selection in just his ninth season.
What makes it even more impressive - and more “Aggies” - is how routine Garrett makes the absurd look. No excessive celebrations. No stat-chasing theatrics. Just relentless violence at the point of attack, snap after snap.
If this trajectory continues for another few seasons, the conversation may quietly shift. Not just “best defender in football.” Not even “best pass rusher of his era.”
Something bigger.
From Kyle Field to Canton isn’t guaranteed - but Myles Garrett is making it feel inevitable.