Cornerback, Ohio State (from Notre Dame), 2021–⁠25

Lorenzo Styles Jr.

Number
No. 3
Height
6′1″
Weight
195 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Pickerington, OH
Born
Sep 9, 2002

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Lorenzo Styles Jr. played cornerback at Notre Dame (2021–⁠22) and Ohio State (2023–⁠25). The New Orleans Saints took Styles in round 5, No. 172 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
30
Tackles, 2025 (Ohio State, 12–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 172
Round 5, 2026 NFL Draft (New Orleans Saints)

Career highs

8catches, career highvs. Oklahoma State, 2021136receiving yards, career highvs. Oklahoma State, 2021

Team titles: National champions, 2024 (Ohio State)

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
14–⁠2★ AP 112–⁠2AP 5
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2024Ohio State16100040
2025Ohio State30181.5020
Career46281.5060

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021Notre Dame2434414.3140
2022Notre Dame3034011.3154
Career5468412.7254

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2021Notre Dame1140–––
2022Notre Dame2640–––
2025Ohio State211610360
Career519410360

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Notre Dame3CBYr 1
2022Notre Dame3CBYr 2
2023Ohio State3CBYr 3
2024Ohio State3CBYr 4
2025Ohio State3CBSr. (Yr 5)6′1″195

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2025 Ohio State 11 games, 30 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSacksPDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 30vs.TexasW 14–⁠7700–––
Sep 6vs.GramblingW 70–⁠0200–––
Sep 13vs.OhioW 37–⁠9100–––
Sep 27atWashingtonW 24–⁠6400–––
Oct 4vs.MinnesotaW 42–⁠3301–––
Nov 1vs.Penn StateW 38–⁠14100–––
Nov 8atPurdueW 34–⁠10100–––
Nov 15vs.UCLAW 48–⁠10500–––
Nov 22vs.RutgersW 42–⁠9101–––
Nov 29atMichiganW 27–⁠9300–––
Dec 6vs.IndianaL 10–⁠13200–––
2024 Ohio State 11 games, 16 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSacksPDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 31vs.AkronW 52–⁠6200–––
Sep 7vs.Western MichiganW 56–⁠0301–––
Sep 21vs.MarshallW 49–⁠14200–––
Oct 5vs.IowaW 35–⁠7100–––
Oct 26vs.NebraskaW 21–⁠17100–––
Nov 9vs.PurdueW 45–⁠0201–––
Nov 16vs.NorthwesternW 31–⁠7101–––
Nov 23vs.IndianaW 38–⁠15100–––
Dec 21 ✦vs.TennesseeW 42–⁠17001–––
Jan 10 ✦vs.TexasW 28–⁠14100–––
Jan 20 ✦vs.Notre DameW 34–⁠23200–––
2022 Notre Dame 11 games, 30 catches, 340 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultTklSacksPDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 3atOhio StateL 10–⁠21–––1540
Sep 10vs.MarshallL 21–⁠26–––7690
Sep 17vs.CaliforniaW 24–⁠17–––3290
Sep 24atNorth CarolinaW 45–⁠32–––5691
Oct 8vs.BYUW 28–⁠20–––3390
Oct 15vs.StanfordL 14–⁠16–––2150
Oct 22vs.UNLVW 44–⁠21–––2120
Oct 29atSyracuseW 41–⁠24–––150
Nov 12vs.NavyW 35–⁠32–––2140
Nov 19vs.Boston CollegeW 44–⁠0––––––
Nov 26atUSCL 27–⁠38–––4340
2021 Notre Dame 9 games, 24 catches, 344 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultTklSacksPDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 11vs.ToledoW 32–⁠29–––120
Oct 2vs.CincinnatiL 13–⁠24–––1140
Oct 23vs.USCW 31–⁠16–––3570
Oct 30vs.North CarolinaW 44–⁠34–––3740
Nov 6vs.NavyW 34–⁠6–––1130
Nov 13atVirginiaW 28–⁠3–––140
Nov 20vs.Georgia TechW 55–⁠0–––2170
Nov 27atStanfordW 45–⁠14–––4270
Jan 1 ✦vs.Oklahoma StateL 35–⁠37–––81361

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2026
Height6′0½″
Weight194 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan77⅝″W
40-yard dash4.27 s
10-yard split1.49 s
Vertical jump39″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2026 (so far)New Orleans Saints1100

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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