2022 SEASON: Started all 17 games at C and was part of a line that helped the Packers rank No. 7 in the NFL in sacks allowed (32), including just 17 in Weeks 7-18, tied for the third fewest in the league over that span…Vs. Chicago (Sept. 18): Was part of a line that cleared the way for Green Bay to rack up 203 yards on 38 carries (5.3 avg.), its first 200-yard rushing game since Dec. 27, 2020, vs. Tennessee (37-234)…At Tampa Bay (Sept. 25): Started and played 59 of 62 snaps, leaving the game during the final series (cramps). Was part of a line that allowed only one sack of QB Aaron Rodgers…Vs. New England (Oct. 2): Helped the offense register a season-high 443 yards and was part of a line that allowed only one sack of Rodgers for the second straight game…At Buffalo (Oct. 30): Helped the Packers rack up a season-high 208 yards rushing on 31 carries (6.7 avg.)…Vs. Dallas (Nov. 13): Part of a line that helped clear the way for Green Bay to post 30-plus points (31), 400-plus total yards (415) and 200-plus rushing yards (207) for the first time since Dec. 27, 2020, vs. Tennessee…At Chicago (Dec. 4): Part of a line that did not allow a sack of Rodgers and cleared the way for the team's 175 rushing yards and two TDs on 32 carries (5.5 avg.)…Vs. L.A. Rams (Dec. 19): Helped the offense post season highs in first downs (27) and time of possession (37:19)…Vs. Minnesota (Jan. 1): Part of a line that allowed just one sack of Rodgers and cleared the way for RB Aaron Jones' 111 rushing yards on just 14 carries (7.9 avg.).
2021: Started all six games at C that he appeared in (Weeks 1-4, 6, 18)…Was inactive (finger) in Week 5 and was placed on injured reserve (knee) on Oct. 23 before being activated on Jan. 8…At New Orleans (Sept. 12): Started and played all 57 snaps in his NFL debut, becoming just the second Green Bay center to start in Week 1 as a rookie since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger (Linsley, 2014)…At San Francisco (Sept. 26): Helped protect Rodgers as he was sacked just once on the evening and as he completed 23 of 33 passes for 261 yards and two TDs (113.3 rating)…At Chicago (Oct. 17): Started, but left the game after just four snaps after sustaining a knee injury and did not return…At Detroit (Jan. 9): Returned after missing 10 games, starting at C and playing all 32 snaps in the first half. Helped to protect Rodgers as he connected on 14 of 18 passes for 138 yards and two TDs with no INTs (135.6 rating)…Vs. San Francisco (NFC Divisional, Jan. 22): Started at C and played all 56 snaps in his NFL playoff debut…2021 Draft: Selected by the Packers in the second round (No. 62 overall), becoming the second center from Ohio State to be drafted by Green Bay (Linsley, fifth round, 2014).
COLLEGE: Played in 31 games in three seasons and started his final 21 contests at center for the Buckeyes…Was a part of teams that only lost one game each season he played, won three Big Ten titles with an overall record of 23-1, appeared in back-to-back College Football Playoffs for the first time in school history (2019-20), finished in the top three in the final AP poll all three years and won a Rose Bowl (2018) and a Sugar Bowl (2020)…Earned his degree in social work…Junior season (2020): Started all seven games and served as a team captain…Earned second-team All-America honors from Sporting News, first-team All-Big Ten recognition from the coaches and was a Rimington Trophy finalist, an award given to the nation's best center…Was a member of a line that was a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, which is given to the top offensive line in college football…Part of an offense that ranked No. 7 in the nation in total offense (519.4 ypg), No. 8 in rushing offense (256.9 ypg) and No. 11 in points per game (41.0)…Part of a line that helped RB Trey Sermon rush for a school-record 331 yards on 29 carries (11.4 avg.) with two TDs vs. Northwestern (Dec. 19) in the Big Ten title game, the most rushing yards all-time by a player in a conference championship game…Blocked for QB Justin Fields, who completed 22 of 28 passes for 385 yards and a school-record six TDs, and Sermon, who racked up 254 total yards vs. Clemson (Sugar Bowl, College Football Semifinal, Jan. 1)…Sophomore season (2019): Started all 14 contests, playing on 900-plus snaps…Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the media and third-team recognition from the coaches…Helped the Buckeyes post a school-record plus-464 point differential and the second-most points in school history (656)…Part of a line that blocked for J.K. Dobbins, who became Ohio State's first 2,000-yard rusher (2,049), and Fields, who was a Heisman Trophy finalist after finishing No. 3 in the nation with 51 total TDs…Member of a unit that helped Fields become the first QB in Big Ten history with 40-plus passing TDs (41) and 10-plus rushing TDs (10) in the same season…Part of an offense that scored over 40 points in each of their first five games to tie for the longest streak in a single season for OSU dating back to 1869 (sports-reference.com)…Helped the Buckeyes finish in the top 10 in the nation in first downs per game (No. 1 with 28.4), points per game (No. 3 with 46.9), yards per game (No. 4 with 529.9), rushing yards per game (No. 5 with 267.3), yards per play (No. 6 with 7.0) and yards per carry (No. 6 with 5.7)…As a team, the Buckeyes rushed for 200-plus yards in 12 games…Redshirt freshman season (2018): Played in 10 games as the backup to All-American Michael Jordan…Part of a team that won the Big Ten and made its 15th appearance in the Rose Bowl, beating Washington, 28-23.
PERSONAL: Given name Joshua David Myers…Born in Dayton, Ohio…His mother, Julie, is in the University of Dayton athletics hall of fame as a basketball player…His father, Brad, was an offensive lineman at the University of Kentucky from 1984-87…His brother, Zach, played on the offensive line at Kentucky from 2012-16…High school: Was a first-team Division II AP all-state pick as a junior and senior and helped Miamisburg (Ohio) High School to a 34-12 four-year record and four state playoff appearances…Was named first-team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference four times and was selected to the U.S. Army All-American team…Committed to Ohio State as a sophomore after initially receiving a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes as a freshman…Ranked as the No. 1 player in the state and was rated as the No. 3 guard in the nation (Scout), the No. 2 guard by Rivals and the No. 6 guard by ESPN…Was the first offensive lineman to be named player of the year by JJ Huddle, an Ohio high school sports publication.
