Sonny Styles

Ohio State

· age 21.4

Consensus Rank

Colors: elite (top 10%)·strong·weak·bottom 10%all within LB cohort (n=39)

NFL.com

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ACS

8.9

4.46

6'5"

244

Arm

32.9

PFF Col

88.6

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Flags

Visits

Bench —

Vert —

Broad —

3c —

Shut —

Hand 10.0

Age 21.4

visited by:CIN DAL NYJ WAS

Measurables

HT (in)77

WT (lb)244

Arm32.88

Hand10

404.46

Bench—

Vert—

Broad—

3-cone—

Shuttle—

By Source

acs-2026

overall8.95

pct_forty9.54

pct_heightInches9.68

pct_weightLbs6.42

brugler

age21.41

armInches32.88

forty4.46

handInches10

heightInches77

tenYardSplit1.56

weightLbs244

wingspanInches80.88

redflag-character

academic-33

redflag-injury

CTE-11

missed the season-22

Archetype

Plus athlete (top 25%) · ACS 8.9/10

Teams That Have Engaged (4)

CINLOC DALT30 NYJT30 WAST30

Red Flags (3)

Extracted from Brugler background/weakness sections.

character

He earned Academic All-Big Ten honors three times and graduated in December with a degree in sports industry.

injury

already was nicknamed “Son” and partly in honor of James Caan’s hot-tempered character in “The Godfather.
However, Sonny missed the season because of a broken left tibia suffered while playing basketball in the summer.

Athletic Composite (ACS)

8.9/ 10

position percentile vs 2006-2024 cohort (n ≈ 3,500+ historical picks)

forty
9.5
heightInches
9.7
weightLbs
6.4

Historical Projection

based on 2006-2024 draft outcomes (n≈234 per attribute · confidence medium)

Composite

0-100 scale

Expected career AV: 31.1

Attribute Contributions

Draft ager=+0.2221.41z=+1.23+2.7
40-yardr=+0.134.46z=+1.66+2.2
Weightr=+0.13244z=+0.37+0.5
Verticalr=+0.09—z=—+0.0
Heightr=+0.0677z=+2.33+1.3
Broad jumpr=+0.03—z=—+0.0
3-coner=+0.02—z=—+0.0
Shuttler=+0.02—z=—+0.0
Bench repsr=-0.01—z=—+0.0

PFF College — Opponent-Adjusted

Overall88.6

Pass Rush69.9

Run Defense87.4

Coverage86.9

Scouting Dossier

PFF

Styles is an attacking linebacker with excellent anticipation who thrives when playing downhill. His movement skills are strong, though his experience in coverage is still developing.

Strengths

● Tall, long and well put together with defined traps and quads ● Incredibly rangy because of his athleticism and body length (“Freaks List” alum) ● Outstanding pursuit speed to cut off outside run angles (reached 22.69 mph during his 40-yard dash at the combine) ● Diagnostic skills showed clear and obvious improvement the past two years at linebacker ● Doesn’t stick to climbers; uses lateral quicks and abrupt hands to shuck blocks ● Attacks runners with bend to face up, overwhelm and stone ball carriers cold ● Only two missed tackles in 2025 (and both came in the final game of the season) ● Can see his safety background in the way he hunts underneath zones or plays man-up against tight ends ● Able to match in man-to-man with slot receivers and tight ends ● Blitzes with power and burst to blow up backs in pass pro — his pass rush has yet to be weaponized ● Laidback personality but carries himself like a pro; described to NFL scouts as “the best leader in the program” by the Ohio State coaches ● Received standing ovation during a formal interview with an NFL team following his on-field combine performance ● Skipped senior year of high school, so he’s young for a four-year college prospect

Weaknesses

● Arrives high as a tackler at times because of his height, which will be tougher to get away with versus NFL runners ● Will take himself out of position when he misreads backfield action ● Quick to react in coverage but doesn’t play with top-tier anticipation to arrive before the ball ● Could do a better job ball searching to force incompletions or fumbles (only career interception was on a right-place, right-time deflection)

Projection

A three-year starter at Ohio State, Styles played weakside linebacker in defensive coordinator Matt Patricia’s 4-2-5 base scheme (and wore the green dot in 2025). After playing multiple safety roles for two seasons, he transitioned to linebacker as a junior and then became an All-American as a senior, combining for 182 tackles over his final two seasons. He was awarded the “Block O” jersey in 2025 and voted a senior captain (receiving the most votes on the team). Styles is a freaky height/weight/speed athlete with fluid change of direction and the playmaking range to cover every blade of grass. He processes quickly and delivers pop at contact as a downhill player, rarely missing tackles thanks to his ability to violently overwhelm the ball carrier. Though he plays with terrific reaction quickness, the next step in his development is to improve his anticipation, especially in coverage, so he can make more plays on the football. Overall, Styles is an outstanding size-speed athlete who is comfortable in space, reacts well to what he sees and plays with the physicality to mark up the stat sheet. With elite subpackage value, he has the talent to become an impact linebacker early in his NFL career.

Mock Ranks (5)

lance-zierlein-mock-2.110
charles-davis-mock-3.07
mel-kiper-big-board4
daniel-jeremiah-4.03
MDD-consensus5→ NYG

Freak Notes

Feldman-Freaks-2025 · #10
Styles has started 28 games and won’t turn 21 until November. Last year, he finished second on the team in tackles with 100, with 10.5 TFLs and five broken-up passes. The son of former Ohio State star Lorenzo Styles Sr., who won a Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams, is a remarkable athlete. At 6-4 1/2, 243 pounds, he broad jumped 11-0, vertical jumped 40 inches and squatted 675 pounds. His body fat is 10 percent. If not for Jeremiah Smith, Styles would be the Buckeyes’ biggest Freak. (The truth is, it’s close between them.) “He’s a little faster,” Styles said of Smith, who hit 23.5 mph this year. “My one last year was like 23.2. My most recent one was 22.8. He’s rolling. We’re super competitive with each other. We’ll do bike sprints against each other. We’ll push sleds. We have a bunch of great athletes always pushing each other.” Like Smith, Styles credits his father for helping him get a good start on developing his Freaky athleticism. Advertisement “When I was younger, I did a lot of explosive training with my dad,” he said. “At 5, 6 (years old), we were doing ladders, running with the parachutes, doing broad jumps up hills, box jumps, jump squats. He always made everything a co

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