Rich Miller Jr.
Career Honors: 2023: Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Athlon) … 2021: Honorable Mention All-Big 12.
2023 (Sr.): Missouri State: Totaled a team-best seven tackles with six solo in the first game of 2023 … Illinois: Recorded two solo tackles … at Nevada: Produced 1.5 tackles for loss for his first in 2023 … Totaled four solo tackles and two assists for six total … BYU: Recorded four total tackles, three assisted … at Texas: Earned three tackles, all solo … UCF: Totaled five tackles, three solo … Assisted on a tackle for loss… at Oklahoma State: Notched five tackles in the contest, three of which were solo… Oklahoma: Recorded three tackles in the contest, two of which being solo… at Iowa State: Notched eight total tackles in the win… Also recorded a sack for a loss of seven yards… Texas Tech: Tallied eight tackles (seven solo), also recorded a sack for a loss of five yards in the contest… Kansas State: Recorded three solo tackles and a pass breakup in the contest… at Cincinnati: Tallied two tackles and a pass breakup in the victory over the Bearcats…
2022 (So.): Tennessee Tech: Started at linebacker for the Jayhawks … Recorded six tackles in season opener (two solo, four assisted) … at West Virginia: The sophomore led both teams with 12 tackles (seven solo, five assisted) … Second career game with 10-plus tackles … at Houston: Led both teams in tackles for second game in a row with nine against the Cougars (seven solo, two assisted) … Recorded a TFL of seven yards … Duke: Recorded four tackles (solo) in win over the Blue Devils … Iowa State: Logged seven tackles (two solo, five assisted) in win over the Cyclones … Also assisted on a TFL of one yard … TCU: Compiled nine tackles (five solo, four assisted), one being an assisted TFL of a yard … at Oklahoma: Recorded nine tackles against the Sooners (four solo, five assisted) … at Baylor: Made seven tackles (six solo, one assisted) … Oklahoma State: Recorded six tackles against the Cowboys (five solo, one assisted) … Logged a sack for a loss of four yards … Grabbed an interception late in the game for a 37-yard return … at Texas Tech: Made six tackles (four solo, two assisted) … Texas: Compiled four tackles (three solo, one assisted) … Hurried the QB once … at Kansas State: Finished with four tackles, all being solo … Arkansas: Lead the Jayhawks with eleven total tackles (three solo, 8 assisted) vs the razorbacks in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
2021 (Jr.): Saw action in all 12 games for KU, while starting in nine … Made his KU debut against South Dakota … Ranked 54th in the league and second on the Jayhawks with 79 total tackles on the season (57 solo, 22 assisted) … Also contributed five tackles-for-loss and two sacks on the season…Had one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Duke: Recorded a career high 14 tackles against the Blue Devils with seven solo stops and seven assists…at Iowa St.: Posted five tackles, including three solo tackles…Texas Tech: Finished with seven solo tackles and one sack against the Red Raiders…The seven solo tackles tied his career high…at Oklahoma St.: Posted nine tackles and one tackle-for-loss against the Cowboys…Had seven solo tackles and two assists…Kansas St.: Finished with a career-high eight solo tackles and one pass breakup…at Texas: Tied his career high with eight solo tackles, and picked up a tackle-for-loss and fumble recovery…West Virginia: Finished with nine tackles, two tackles-for-loss and one sack in the season finale against the Mountaineers.
2020 (So. at Buffalo):Appeared in seven games… Had 13 tackles, including a tackle for loss on the season… Named Academic All-MAC… Had five tackles and a tackle for loss at Northern Illinois (11/4)… Had two tackles against Miami (OH) (11/10)… Had three tackles against Bowling Green (11/17)… Also registered a tackle against Kent State (11/28), Akron (12/12) and Marshall (12/25).
2019 (Fr. at Buffalo):Saw action in all 13 games, primarily on special teams… Had nine tackles on the season… Had a season-best two tackles at Eastern Michigan (11/2).
High School: Linebacker from Martin Luther King High School in Detroit… Helped lead the Crusaders to a state championship in 2016 and 2018… Named Detroit News first-team All-State and MLive second-team All-State in 2018… Named first-team Detroit News All-Detroit his senior season.
