Myles Garrett is an old man

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Take a stroll through the playlists of Texas A&M players, and you're likely to find a lot of similarities. There's a lot of Drake. Future. Jeezy.

Until you reach Myles Garrett's playlist, where the first song is "Sway," by Dean Martin. Scroll further down and you'll notice a trend. Whether it's The Temptations, Earth, Wind & Fire or The Isley Brothers, it's clear that Garrett's taste in music is anything but contemporary.

He doesn't really listen to old-school R&B before a football game, does he? "Oh yeah," Myles Garrett said. "It gets me comfortable, gets me ready."

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These days, everyone seemingly is on social media. Players, coaches, recruits, athletic directors.

Everyone except Myles Garrett.

He once had Twitter and Instagram accounts. Last offseason, when he was sitting at home in Arlington, Texas, he deleted them both. "It's just unnecessary," he told his parents. "There's too much foolishness on there."

He hasn't missed it and hasn't returned. No Snapchat. No Periscope. Nothing.

"I mean just to see how much time is consumed looking down at your phone when you could be reading, becoming better at your own language or learning a new language," Garrett said. "You could be doing so many productive things. You could becoming a better student-athlete. While they're scrolling down and looking through and trying to find something funny or something else, I'm just trying to be the best I can and maximize my potential."

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The guy with eclectic music taste and a laid-back demeanor is anything but on the football field, though. "He's a great guy, but once he puts on those pads, he's a different person," Seals-Jones said

. "He goes from kind, sweet, lovable to once that whistle blows, it's like, 'Hey, he's trying to kill everything in the room.' "

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