Washington Commanders Sonny Styles NFL Draft 2024 Ohio State football NFL jersey numbers

Washington Commanders rookie linebacker Sonny Styles, the seventh overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, has swapped his college jersey number for a new one in the NFL. Styles most recently wore No. 0 while playing for Ohio State.

However, cornerback Mike Sainristil already claimed that number with the Commanders, leaving Styles in need of an alternative. He revealed his decision to embrace No. 52 during a press conference with reporters on Friday.

"I’m not really a big number guy. Like, I wasn’t really big into single digits. I like zero. Mikey has zero. So then, like, I was telling [linebackers] coach [Ken Norton] like when I look in the room [with] London on the wall, London Fletcher, LaVar [Arrington]. I think it was Ken Harvey and Monte Coleman. It was all like 50 numbers. And I was like, 'Shoot, I'm gonna pick a 50 number.' And I was thinking about it. You know, I remember growing up watching like Patrick Willis, Ray Lewis. So like, hey, 52 would be cool. And then my dad was like, 'Hey, five plus two is seven, so that's your draft pick.' So I was like, man, that's cool. It seems pretty cool. So that’s really how I landed on it."
Source: Pro Football Talk
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