Lorenzo Styles Jr.

Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Hometown:
Pickerington, Ohio
Last School:
Pickerington Central
Year:
Graduate Student

Ohio State Overview
• Lorenzo graduated in April 2025, alongside his father, Lorenzo Sr., with his degree in consumer and family financial services
• He has one season of eligibility
• He earned his first Varsity O letter in 2024 after playing in all 16 games, and totaling 397 defensive and special teams snaps, for the CFP national champions
• He successfully made the transition from wide receiver to cornerback, that started in the spring of 2023, by playing in 163 defensive snaps, primarily as the team's nickel back
• Recorded 16 tackles and four pass break-ups in 2024
• Is a veteran of 21 Ohio State games and 47 games overall with 26 additional games at Notre Dame
• He is a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar, a two-time OSU Scholar-Athlete and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree

Honors & Awards
2024: Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar, OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten
2023: OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten Conference

More on Lorenzo
• Lorenzo transferred to Ohio State from Notre Dame and joined the football team in June of 2023
• He played two seasons at wide receiver at Notre Dame (2021 and 2022)
• He played in all 26 games Notre Dame games in 2021 and 2022 and started eight times at wide receiver in 2022
• Notre Dame's second-leading receiver in both 2021 (24 receptions for 344 yards) and 2022 (30 for 340)
• Career receiving stats of 54 receptions for 684 yards and two touchdowns (vs. Oklahoma State in 2021 Fiesta Bowl; and vs. North Carolina in 2022)
• Career-bests of eight receptions and 136 yards (both coming against Oklahoma State) with a long of 54 yards (vs. Ohio State)
• Was a four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN as a senior at Pickerington Central in 2020
• No. 2 player in Ohio by Rivals and No. 51 player nationally
• Scored game-winning touchdown to help Central win the 2019 Ohio state championship, and helped Central make the title game again in 2020
• Named co-offensive player of the year and a first-team all-state honoree by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association in 2020
• Also named in 2020 the Ohio Capital Conference-Buckeye player of the year, all-Central District and Central District player of the year
• Scored touchdowns four different ways as a senior: three rushing, two receiving, three punt return and one kickoff return
• Is the son of Laverna and Lorenzo Styles Sr.
• Lorenzo Sr. played for the Buckeyes in 1992-94 before a six-year NFL career with Atlanta and St. Louis that included a Super Bowl XXXIV championship with the Rams
• Laverna is an Ohio State graduate
• Younger brother, Sonny, is a sophomore safety teammate at Ohio State, and he has two sisters: Sydney, and Tonia Brown