Texas A&M defensive lineman Myles Garrett (15) blocks a field goal attempt by Auburn at the end of the first half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, in Auburn, Ala. The Aggies’ Deshazor Everett returned the kick 65-yards for a touchdown. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) Myles Garrett burst onto the scene at Texas A&M and never looked back on the way to an SEC freshman sack record and a rookie campaign that has the defensive end projected to be the potential No. 1 pick in the 2017 NFL draft. Related In a recent feature by Sports Illustrated, author Pete Thamel reviewed the past with Garrett, including his fascination with the subject. Garrett’s father Lawrence tells SI that Myles began digging for fossils in the backyard “when he was four or five” and would claim that rocks he dug up were “dinosaur teeth.” In fact, Garrett’s fascination nearly made him an Ohio State Buckeye, where the university’s “highly regarded paleontology program” nearly won over the 6-5, 260 pound tank of an athlete. In the Aggies back pocket however was an advantage the Buckeyes could not claim. Brea Garrett, 2014 NCAA indoor champion and older sister to Myles, played a large role in helping Garrett feel comfortable in College Station from the beginning. During Garrett’s recruiting period, “the family finally told Terry Price, A&M’s defensive line coach, that he could cut back his phone calls to Garrett to one a week because Garrett felt at home at A&M,” wrote Kate Hairopoulos in September feature on Myles last year. Garrett had another sibling that played a large role in his life in stepbrother and former NBA first round pick Sean Williams. …
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