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Sonny Styles Washington Commanders · #52

Linebacker · 6' 5", 243 lbs · Pickerington, OH · Age 22

Sonny Styles is a Linebacker for the Washington Commanders, drafted 7th overall, 2026.

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Washington Commanders · #52 · Linebacker

Sonny Styles

Season avg— · no seasons on record yet

Career avg— · career line pending

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

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Scouting report

Sonny Styles — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Linebacker · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Sonny Styles is a Linebacker for the Washington Commanders, drafted 7th overall, 2026.

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Sonny Styles stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1909 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

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Career scoring average0.0 ppg

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Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Sonny Styles — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

0.0 PPG

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Playmaking

0.0 APG

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Rebounding

0.0 RPG

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Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Sonny Styles

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.

What moves the production line vs last season

Everything it reads

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0 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 22 — applied per stat

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: — → games & confidence

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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Sonny Styles career stats, season by season

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Context

Are the Washington Commanders built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record

-42.5net index

50off index

8def index

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Aggressive hedge & helpscheme

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: Ale Kaho, Amik Robertson.

How his role moves

Primary linebacker role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Sonny Styles

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

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The beginning

Sonny Styles is a Linebacker for the Washington Commanders.

Washington Commanders

Turning pro

Drafted 7th overall, 2026 as a Linebacker.

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Sonny Styles is a Washington Commanders linebacker, drafted 7th overall, 2026.

Chapter

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Where things stand

Where Styles goes from here.

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Styles's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Sonny Styles' 2026 NFL Scouting Combine Workout ▶ The Washington Commanders Select Sonny Styles with the 7th Overall Pick in the 2026 NFL Draft ▶ yeah Sonny Styles is really fast 😤

Off the field

Measurables

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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 243 lbs
Draft: 7th overall, 2026
Born: Pickerington, OH
Age: 22
Jersey: #52

Background

Sonny Styles is from Pickerington, OH and is 22 years old. He was drafted 7th overall, 2026 and plays linebacker at 6' 5", 243 lbs.

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Styles is currently on the Washington Commanders roster.

The person

Sonny Styles is a depth and special-teams linebacker who has piled up 0 tackles with 0 sacks and 0 interceptions across his career.

Tackle volume0 career tackles over 0 seasons.

First-round pedigree7th overall, 2026.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Sonny Styles — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Sonny Styles, answered.

What position does Sonny Styles play?

Sonny Styles is a Linebacker for the Washington Commanders.

When was Sonny Styles drafted?

Sonny Styles was drafted 7th overall, 2026.

How many seasons has Sonny Styles played?

This is his first season on record.

What are Sonny Styles's career stats?

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Sonny Styles career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Sonny Styles Washington Commanders · #52

Sonny Styles — the report card

Where Sonny Styles stands

Sonny Styles — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Sonny Styles

Sonny Styles career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Washington Commanders built to win?

The Ballad of Sonny Styles

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Sonny Styles — frequently asked

Current role & opportunity

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