The thought first crept into Sonny Styles’ mind halfway through the 2021 football season.
What if he could actually get to college a year earlier than expected?
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound five-star safety/linebacker and eventual Ohio State signee was certainly in good enough standing in the classroom to pull off a reclassification from the class of 2023 to 2022. Then he began to think. Would it be worth passing up a senior year of high school to get a head start on becoming a collegiate athlete?
He brought the idea up to both of his parents, Lorenzo Styles Sr.