Myles Garrett Ticketed for Alleged 100 MPH in 60 Zone After Preseason Night Out
Kai Montgomery here, begrudgingly delivering wisdom you didn’t ask for but clearly need. Look, I don’t want to harp on athletes doing athlete things at ungodly hours, but when a former Defensive Player of the Year allegedly clocks 100 miles per hour in a 60 zone, someone has to roll their eyes and read the fine print.
According to court paperwork obtained by TMZ Sports and corroborated by local police records, 29-year-old Cleveland Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett was stopped for speeding around 2:00 AM on Saturday in Strongsville, Ohio. The citation states Garrett was driving a gray 2014 Ferrari and was cited for traveling 100 MPH in a posted 60 MPH zone. The stop came just hours after the Browns’ first preseason outing, a Friday night game in which Garrett did not play. The timing is a little on the nose, wouldn’t you say?
This isn’t Garrett’s first brush with traffic trouble. Court records and media reports show he was involved in a single-car rollover in 2022, where officers reported he was traveling 65 MPH in a 45 MPH zone; he suffered minor injuries in that incident. Given that history, today’s news reads like an unfortunate sequel nobody wanted.
The ticket sets up a court date on Thursday, which, amusingly or inconveniently depending on your point of view, coincides with a joint practice against the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. That scheduling overlap invites some eyebrow-raising logistics for Garrett and the team. Will he be in court or on the practice field? The Browns and Garrett have not issued public statements confirming his plans as of the available reports.
Context matters, so here’s the less-snarky version: speed citations can carry fines, license points, potential insurance hikes, and in some jurisdictions, more serious legal consequences if judges decide deterrence calls for heavier penalties. For a high-profile athlete whose availability matters to a team and whose public image affects endorsements, what seems like a one-off citation can have ripple effects.
Also worth noting: quarterback Shedeur Sanders, whom Garrett reportedly encountered around the same timeframe of league travel, faced his own pair of speeding citations earlier this offseason and later claimed he’d learned from those mistakes. Sanders’ quick resolution to his tickets and public acknowledgment of responsibility offers a blueprint Garrett might follow if he chooses to address this head-on: accept the mistake, handle the legal process, and move on.
Still, public figures get special scrutiny. An alleged 40 MPH over-the-limit reading is a headline magnet, especially from someone who made a career generating pressure on quarterbacks. Fans and critics will parse whether this is a lapse in judgment, a pattern, or just an isolated bad decision late on a Saturday night. Either way, it’s now on record and will be dealt with in open court.
If you’re keeping score, here are the cold facts: Myles Garrett was cited for speeding at roughly 2:00 AM in Strongsville, Ohio; the citation alleges he was driving a 2014 gray Ferrari at 100 MPH in a 60 zone; he has a court date set for Thursday; and his past traffic incident is a documented matter from 2022. TMZ Sports and local police records are the primary sources on the matter.
So there you go: a fast car, a late hour, and a ticket that guarantees a little drama this week. Will Garrett show up for practice, or will the legal timetable interfere? Stay tuned, and no, you can’t drive that fast to catch the update — that’s the point.
Witty closing: Of course he was driving fast — nobody ever wrote a cautionary ballad about slow Ferraris. We’ll see how the court sings it.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and TMZ Sports, Local Police/Court Records
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