#21 Lorenzo Styles 2021-22 Football Roster

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)

• Played in all 13 games, making eight starts during the season. Finished 2022 second on the team with 30 receptions. Added 340 receiving yards and one touchdown reception. Played as a gunner on the punt team that had 49 kicks that led to 28 fair catches and pinned the opponents inside their own 20, on 21 occasions.
• OHIO STATE (9/3): Caught the first pass of the game and went for a career-best 54 yards, setting up the first points of the season, a 33-yard field goal by Blake Grupe
• MARSHALL (9/10): Caught a season-best seven passes for 69 yards. Carried once for a gain of 22 yards
• CALIFORNIA (9/17): Grabbed three passes, gaining 29 yards
• NORTH CAROLINA (9/24): Caught his first touchdown pass of the season, a 30-yarder from Drew Pyne. Finished with five catches for 69 yards
• BYU (10/8): Caught three passes for 39 yards in the victory over BYU.
• STANFORD (10/15): Finished with two receptions for 15 yards
• UNLV (10/22): Grabbed two passes for a gain of 12 yards.
• SYRACUSE (10/29): Caught one pass for five yards.
• NAVY (11/12): Caught two passes for 14 yards.
• BOSTON COLLEGE (11/19): Carried two times for 27 yards, including a 21-yard gain
• USC (11/26): Caught four passes for 34 yards. Earned a 37-yard kick return.
• South Carolina – TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (12/30): Recorded a tackle while also playing gunner on the punt team.

AS A FRESHMAN (2021)

• Played in all 13 games for the Irish in his rookie campaign; Caught 24 balls for 344 yards and a score; ranked T-2 on the team with 14.3 yards per catch (min. 5 catches); Ran once for 37 yards; set career-high marks in catches (8) and yards (136) in the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma State to close freshman season
• TOLEDO (9/11): Recorded the first catch of his career for a gain of two yards in the win
• CINCINNATI (10/2): Made one catch for 14 yards against the Bearcats
• SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (10/23): Hauled in three receptions for 57 yards, both career-best numbers in the 31-16 win
• NORTH CAROLINA (10/30): Broke free for a career-long 40-yard reception and finished the game with a career-best 74 yards on three receptions
• NAVY (11/6): Caught one ball for 13 yards in the 34-6 victory
• VIRGINIA (11/13): Earned two touches, one through the air and one on the ground, including a career-long rush for 37
• GEORGIA TECH (11/20): Hauld in two receptions for 17 yards enroute to a 55-0 victory
• STANFORD (11/27): Caught four passes to set career high and gained 27 yards in the regular season finale win
• OKLAHOMA STATE – Fiesta Bowl (1/1): Reeled in career-highs in receptions and yards with eight catches for 136 yards (17.0 avg.), including a 29-yard score for the game’s first points; Caught first TD pass in Notre Dame career

PREP AND PERSONAL

• Four-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals
• No. 51 player nationally, No. 6 wide receiver nationally and No. 2 player from Ohio by Rivals (6.0 Rivals rank)
• No. 129 player nationally, No. 17 wide receiver nationally and No. 5 player from Ohio by 247Sports.com
• No. 248 player nationally, No. 21 player regionally, No. 48 wide receiver nationally and No. 7 player from Ohio by ESPN.com (82 Scout Grade)
• Guided Pickerington Central to a 14-1 record and scored the game-winning touchdown in the Ohio State Championship game in 2019
• Helped Pickerington Central back to the state championship game during his senior season
• Named Co-Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-State honors by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association following his senior year
• Was named 2020 MaxPreps First Team All-State, Ohio Capital Conference-Buckeye Player of the Year, First Team Ohio Capital Conference-Buckeye, Ohio All-Central District Division I Offensive Player of the Year and First Team Ohio All-Central District Division I
• Tallied a total of nine touchdowns in his senior season; three rushing, two receiving, three punt return and one kickoff return
• Played for coach Jay Sherett at Pickerington Central
• Son of Laverna and Lorenzo Styles Sr.
• Father, Lorenzo Sr., played college football at Ohio State, and was a third round draft pick in the 1995 NFL Draft
• Lorenzo played six seasons in the NFL between the Atlanta Falcons and and St. Louis Rams, and was a member of the Rams team that won Super Bowl XXXIV
• Has three siblings; Sydney, Alex and Tonia
• Intends to major in finance