Get to know Rams Rookie Edge Chris Garrett

Get to know Chris Garrett

May 10, 2021 at 09:00 AM

Stu Jackson
Staff Writer


The Los Angeles Rams used their ninth and final selection in the 2021 NFL Draft on Concordia-St. Paul outside linebacker Chris Garrett, selecting him in the seventh round, 252nd overall.

Here's what you should know about him:

1) Football is family

Garrett and two of his three brothers played college football: Defensive tackle Kenny Reid, who began his career at the junior college level before attending St. Cloud State and later transferring to Concordia-St. Paul last offseason, and younger brother and running back Darios Crawley-Reid, who played with him in 2019 at Concordia-St. Paul.

Unfortunately, Concordia-St. Paul's fall season was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns and prevented the trio from playing together, but they at least still had the shared experience of being on the same team together for several months.


2) "The best leader" CSP's head coach has ever had

Concordia-St. Paul head coach Shannon Currier, who has been coaching for two decades, told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in 2019 that Garrett is "the best leader" he's ever had.

"He serves his teammates. He's not afraid to tell the truth," Currier told the Journal-Sentinel. "His decision-making is on par with what you want from student-athletes. He doesn't drink. He doesn't smoke. He lives like Christ wants him to live and it just makes him an amazing example. Being the player that he is, combined with that sort of living, is unbelievably powerful."

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