Lorenzo Styles

Lorenzo Styles (born January 31, 1974) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for six seasons for the Atlanta Falcons and St. Louis Rams, and spent half a season as the Head Coach of the Marion Blue Racers.

Lorenzo Styles
No. 59, 51
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1974-01-31) January 31, 1974
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school:Farrell (PA)
College:Ohio State
NFL Draft:1995 / Round: 3 / Pick: 77
Career history
As player:
As coach:
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:--
Sacks:1
Player stats at NFL.com

Early life

As a prep star at Farrell High School in Farrell, Pennsylvania from 1990 and 1991, he was inducted into the Mercer County Hall of Fame. He also attended Independence High School in Columbus, Ohio

College career

Styles played three seasons at linebacker for Ohio State. He forwent his senior season as a Buckeye to enter to the 1995 NFL Draft.

Professional career

Atlanta Falcons

Styles was selected in the 3rd round of the 1995 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He played for two seasons with the Falcons as linebacker and on special teams.

St. Louis Rams

Styles was traded to the St. Louis Rams in 1996, where he would play the final four seasons of his NFL career as a linebacker and special teams player. Styles was a member of the Rams team that won Super Bowl XXXIV.

Coaching career

Ohio Dominican

From 2009-2010, he was the linebackers coach for the Ohio Dominican University Panthers.[1]

Marion Mayhem

In 2010, Styles was named the Defensive Line Coach for the Marion Mayhem, an indoor football team in the Continental Indoor Football League. There he worked with League Sack Record Holder, Thomas McKenzie. The Mayhem lacked financial stability and were unable to finish the season. McKenzie went on to play for the Fort Wayne FireHawks, and was named 1st Team All-CIFL.

Dayton Silverbacks

In 2011, Styles became the Defensive Coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Dayton Silverbacks, also of the CIFL. The Silverbacks went on to the playoffs as the 3rd best team in the league. Chris Respress won the Defensive Player of the Year, after playing under Styles.[2]

Marion Blue Racers

On August 17, 2011, he was named the Head Coach for the Marion Blue Racers for the 2012 season. He will be leading to the Blue Racers into their first year as a member of the United Indoor Football League.[3]

Pickerington Central Tigers

In 2012, Styles became the Outside Linebacker Coach for the Pickerington Central Tigers, a high school football team in the OCC (Ohio Football Conference), and has won two Division I state championships (2017[4] and 2019[5]) as a coach with the Tigers. In the 2019 state championship game, Styles' son Lorenzo Jr caught the game-winning touchdown pass.[6]

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References
  1. Assistant Linebackers - Lorenzo Styles
  2. Q&A with Chris Respress Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. August 17, 2011 Transactions
  4. https://abc6onyourside.com/sports/high-school-football/first-scores-pickerington-central-wins-d-i-state-title
  5. https://www.cleveland.com/highschoolsports/2019/12/pickerington-central-reclaims-ohsaa-division-i-state-football-title-with-21-14-win-vs-cincinnati-elder.html
  6. https://www.cleveland.com/highschoolsports/2019/12/pickerington-central-reclaims-ohsaa-division-i-state-football-title-with-21-14-win-vs-cincinnati-elder.html


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