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Myles Garrett, former Texas A&M standout, became the all-time sack leader for the Cleveland Browns during their Week 6 tilt with the New England Patriots.
The 2 sacks brought Garrett’s season total to 5, and his career total to 63.5. The previous record-holder was Clay Matthews Jr., who collected 62 sacks over his 232 games with the Browns.
#Browns Myles Garrett sacks Bailey Zappe and now has the most sacks in franchise history.
Beat Isaiah Wynn for the strip-sack.pic.twitter.com/LB8Lp2PcYH
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 16, 2022
Garrett accomplished the feat in about 150 fewer games than Matthews, cementing his place in Cleveland history. Garrett is now 1 1/2 sacks ahead of the 2nd-place Matthews and 12 ahead of 3rd-place Michael Dean Perry.
Garrett had a successful 3-year career for Texas A&M, where he collected 32.5 sacks, good for 6th all-time in Aggie history.
Garrett’s big day was not enough to get Cleveland the win. The Browns fell to the New England Patriots by a score of 38-15.
Bryce Lazenby covers college football for Saturday Down South. A Nashville native, his previous stops include FanSided, Dimers, and The Leaf-Chronicle.
