COLLEGE STATION – In celebration of the 140th year of publishing, The Sporting News has announced All-Decade All-America teams, featuring a pair of Texas A&M football standouts, Myles Garrett and Tony Franklin. Garrett has been named to the 2010s team, while Franklin has been named to the 1970s team.
Garrett cemented his place among the greatest defensive players in Texas A&M history during a remarkable three-year career from 2014-16. During his career, Garrett was a Freshman All-American, two-time first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection, two-time first-team All-American and a finalist for the Rotary Lombardi Award, the Chuck Bednarik Award, Ted Hendricks Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy. He was voted the team's Defensive MVP all three seasons at Texas A&M.
Garrett became the ninth player in school history to earn unanimous first-team All-America honors in 2016, and he also was a finalist for the Bednarik and Rotary Lombardi Awards. He led the Aggies with 8.5 quarterback sacks and 15.0 tackles for loss in 2016 and also contributed two forced fumbles and 10 QB hurries. He finished his three-year Texas A&M career with 145 total tackles, including 48.5 tackles for loss and 32.5 QB sacks. He also generated 30 QB pressures and seven forced fumbles.
He became the first Aggie to be selected No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft after being selected by the Cleveland Browns in 2017. In 2025, Garrett became the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history after signing his extension.
Franklin, regarded as one of the greatest kickers in college football history, starred at Texas A&M from 1975-78 before being drafted in the third round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Frankling concluded his career at Texas A&M with 18 individual NCAA records, all while kicking barefoot. He set the record for the longest made field goal, 65 yards, in 1976 and still ranks inside the top 5 at the FBS level half a century later.
During his collegiate career, Franklin broke 18 NCAA records, including most field goals of 50 yards or longer in a career (16), longest average for field goals made in a career (39.5 yards), most field goals made in a three-year career (45), most career field goals (56), and career kick scoring (291 points). He earned All-American honors in 1976 and 1978 and Second-team All-America in 1977.
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