{"id":388220,"date":"2026-01-04T23:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/388220\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T23:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:50:08","slug":"myles-garrett-celebrates-with-family-after-breaking-nfl-sack-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/388220\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Garrett Celebrates With Family After Breaking NFL Sack Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Myles Garrett took some time to celebrate with his family after breaking the single-season NFL sack record.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett recorded his 23rd sack of the season in the fourth quarter of the Browns\u2019 20-18 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, January 4, passing the mark of 22.5 sacks previously set by Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan in 2001 and matched by Pittsburgh Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Garrett, 30, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFL\/status\/2007922754805469264?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ran over to his friends and family<\/a> in the crowd, giving out hugs and kisses to celebrate the historic moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to go and see [my family],\u201d Garrett <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFLonCBS\/status\/2007921146025660875?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said to CBS\u2019s Amanda Balionis<\/a> after the game. \u201cWhenever I break from here I\u2019m going to go jump into the stands. They\u2019ve supported me every step of the way. I\u2019m just so blessed and fortunate to have them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/rookie-qb-riley-leonard-shares-special-moment-with-family-after-1st-career-td\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254632480-Rookie-Quarterback-Riley-Leonard-Shares-Special-Moment-With-Family-After-1st-Career-Touchdown.jpg?crop=0px%2C35px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\"   alt=\"GettyImages-2254632480 Rookie Quarterback Riley Leonard Shares Special Moment With Family After 1st Career Touchdown\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254632480-Rookie-Quarterback-Riley-Leonard-Shares-Special-Moment-With-Family-After-1st-Career-Touchdown.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/rookie-qb-riley-leonard-shares-special-moment-with-family-after-1st-career-td\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n    Related: Rookie QB Riley Leonard Shares Special Moment With Family After 1st Career TD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis Colts quarterback Riley Leonard had a special moment with his family after throwing his first career touchdown pass on Sunday, January 4. Early in the first quarter of the Colts\u2019 game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium in Houston, Leonard found wide receiver Alec Pierce for a 66-yard touchdown \u2014 an electric moment [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The record-setting sack came with just five minutes left in the final game of the season. Garrett admitted to Balionis that he was \u201cnervous as hell\u201d about missing out on the record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a dream last night that I didn\u2019t get it, and all the feelings that come with that,\u201d Garrett said. \u201cI woke up \u2014 I think I was sweating \u2014 and I said there\u2019s no way I\u2019m going to let that be my destiny. So just fighting like hell to rewrite not only history, but my own destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After putting pressure on Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow for much of the game, Garrett finally broke through late. After the sack, he put his hands up in relief, then was swarmed by his teammates. Browns defensive tackle Shelby Harris was so happy he even high-fived one of the referees in a hilarious moment.<\/p>\n<p>His parents could be seen hugging in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4211655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254656391-Myles-Garrett-Celebrates-With-Family-After-Breaking-NFL-Sack-Record-2.jpg\" alt=\"GettyImages-2254656391 Myles Garrett Celebrates With Family After Breaking NFL Sack Record 2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"  \/><br \/>\n Myles Garrett hugs his mother after the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium on January 4 Justin Casterline\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know it was going to be like that,\u201d Garrett said about the celebration. \u201cI\u2019m so happy to be with these guys. They make it a joy to show up every day at work. I\u2019ve loved every second of this year, being able to work with guys like this, coaches like this, it\u2019s honestly been a real pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garrett was the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year, and is the heavy favorite to win it again this season. He\u2019s the first player in NFL history to record at least 12 sacks in six consecutive seasons and he\u2019s had at least 10 sacks in eight straight years.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns finish the season at 5-12 and have been eliminated from the playoffs since Week 14. Despite the lost season, the team rallied around Garrett\u2019s quest for history in the final few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/chloe-kim-and-myles-garrett-confirm-romance-with-pregame-kiss\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olympian-Chloe-Kim-and-Browns-Star-Myles-Garrett-Confirm-Relationship-With-Pregame-Kiss.jpg?crop=0px%2C20px%2C1331px%2C752px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\"   alt=\"Olympian Chloe Kim and Browns Star Myles Garrett Confirm Relationship With Pregame Kiss\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Olympian-Chloe-Kim-and-Browns-Star-Myles-Garrett-Confirm-Relationship-With-Pregame-Kiss.jpg?quality=55&amp;strip=all\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/chloe-kim-and-myles-garrett-confirm-romance-with-pregame-kiss\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n    Related: Olympian Chloe Kim and NFL\u2019s Myles Garrett Confirm Romance With Pregame Kiss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tOlympic snowboarder Chloe Kim and Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett are officially official. Garrett, 29, shared a kiss with the two-time gold medalist before the Browns took the field against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, November 23. The team posted the video via Instagram two days later with the caption, \u201cMyles playing on [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Back in November, Garrett and Olympic snowboarder<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/chloe-kim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Chloe Kim<\/a> went public with their relationship with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/chloe-kim-and-myles-garrett-confirm-romance-with-pregame-kiss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pregame kiss<\/a> before the Browns game against the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThank You!<\/p>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<p>Kim, 25, is a two-time gold medalist.<\/p>\n<p>Rumors of the star athletes\u2019 relationship started swirling back in May when the two were seen together on the red carpet of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in Tokyo, where Kim was a presenter.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Kim visited Garrett at Browns training camp and shared pictures on her Instagram Story. A month later, she shared a carousel of photos via Instagram, one of which appeared to show Garrett\u2019s back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Myles Garrett took some time to celebrate with his family after breaking the single-season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,88,451,3,99,452,453],"class_list":["post-388220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-entertainment","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}