This Ohio State star still impressing Giants with Styles and substance

You need just one hand to count them all. Sonny Styles has missed three tackles in two years while starring in the middle of the Ohio State defense, emerging as one of the best players in the 2026 NFL Draft with a stat line that only tells part of his impressive story. "Just watching him around the other prospects here this week - and right now they haven't even stepped on the field - he's the one you notice," one NFL scout told NorthJersey.

com and The Record. "The vibe he gives off is just, 'I'm the leader, follow me. '" ART STAPLETON NFL MOCK DRAFT: Our latest projection on players who will be New York Giants Styles arrived at the NFL Combine last month somewhat under the radar, given the star power of his Ohio State teammates Vell Reese and Carnell Tate, the edge rusher and wide receiver who had been projected as consensus Top 10 picks.

But it was Styles that left the event as the most talked-about prospect on and off the field. He was already wowing people, the New York Giants included, and they came away from their formal interview with the 6-foot-4, 245-pound linebacker extremely impressed, two sources told NorthJersey. com and The Record.

Giants brass is set to get another closer look at Styles and his Buckeye teammates on Wednesday in Columbus at the Ohio State Pro Day with general manager Joe Schoen and defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson, among others, expected in attendance. The fact that John Harbaugh might be enamored with an inside linebacker is certainly not a surprise. "That meeting was awesome," Styles said during his media interview with the Giants at the Combine, namedropping Harbaugh and linebackers coach Frank Bush.