Quick Facts
Biography
Garrett Ross Sickels (born September 24, 1994) is an American football outside linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
High school career
Sickels played all four years at Red Bank Regional High School, but didn't see significant playing time until his junior year playing mostly special teams his first two years. He recorded 194 tackles, 25 sacks, nine forced fumbles and eight blocked kicks in his career. Selected to play in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American game, where he roomed with future Nittany Lion teammate Brendan Mahon. Rated a four-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com and was the Rivals.com No. 3 overall prep player in New Jersey.
Sickels also played lacrosse during high school as well.
College career
Sickles arrived at Penn State in 2013 but redshirted his true freshman season. Sickles racked up over 90 tackles, 29 of which were tackles for loss or no gain. Sickles best performance was on October 22, 2016, when he had 9 tackles including 2.5 sacks vs Ohio State. After his junior season he was named to Phil Steele's and the Athlon Sports All-Big Ten third team, Selected All-Big Ten second team by the conference coaches and All-Big Ten third team by the media panel. Named Most Valuable Defensive Player at the annual Nittany Lion Football Banquet.
On January 4, 2017 Sickles declared for the 2017 NFL Draft.
College career statistics
| Season | Tackles | Interceptions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | Sack | FF | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD |
| 2014 | Penn State | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | Penn State | 12 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Penn State | 14 | 47 | 23 | 24 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 33 | 94 | 43 | 51 | 11.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40‑yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 261 lb (118 kg) | 32 1⁄2 in (0.83 m) | 9 1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.88 s | 4.21 s | 7.01 s | 33.0 in (0.84 m) | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) | 20 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine | ||||||||||||
Indianapolis Colts
On May 3, 2017, Sickels was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent. He was waived on September 2, 2017 and was signed to the Colts' practice squad the next day. He was released on September 12, 2017.