Darrian Miller (born April 8, 1993) is an American former football offensive tackle. He played college football at Kentucky. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), where he spent two seasons, while playing in six games.
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| Born: | April 8, 1993 Irvine, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 307 lb (139 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Bryan Station (Lexington, Kentucky) | ||||||
| College: | Kentucky | ||||||
| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2015 | ||||||
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High school career
editMiller was born in Irvine, California and attended Bryan Station High School in Lexington, Kentucky where, as a junior he was named to the Second-team all-state team as a junior by The Associated Press. As a senior, he was included on the "Class of the Commonwealth" list of top-22 seniors in the state of Kentucky by the Lexington Herald-Leader. He also was named Second-team All-State by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
He was ranked by Scout.com as one of the nations' top 20 offensive tackles. He was also ranked one of the top 125 players nationally. In his high school career, he played left tackle, left guard and defensive end. He was also a two-year member of the all-city team. He also played in two all-star games, the Kentucky vs. Tennessee Border Bowl and the Kentucky East-West Game.
College career
editAt Kentucky, Miller, a biology major, started his career as a tight end before switching to offensive tackle where he played in 12 games and started against Central Michigan and Louisville. As a sophomore and junior, he started all 12 games each season. Miller as suspended for Kentucky's season opener due to a violation of team rules.[1]
As an offensive tackle he started 35 of his 47 games played at Kentucky.
Professional career
editAfter going undrafted in the 2015 NFL draft Miller signed a 4-year $1.58 million contract with the Cleveland Browns.[2] On September 5, he was waived during final cuts.[3] He was signed to the teams practice squad the next day.[3] On November 10, 2015, Miller was promoted to the Browns active roster.[4] On December 5, he was waived by the Browns.[5] On December 8, he was re-signed by the Browns.[6]
Personal life
editMiller's the son of Robert and Armida Miller. His sisters are Jacqueline and Andrea Miller.
References
edit- ^ Tucker, Kyle (August 25, 2014). "UK tackle Miller suspended for season opener". Courier-Journal.com.
- ^ "Darrian Miller profile". 247sports.com.
- ^ a b "Browns add former UK, Bryan Station star Darrian Miller to practice squad". Kentucky.com. September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Browns elevate OL Darrian Miller to active roster". ClevelandBrowns.com. November 10, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ "Browns sign WR Darius Jennings to active roster". www.clevelandbrowns.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^ "Browns re-sign Darrian Miller; place Malcolm Johnson on injured reserve". ClevelandBrowns.com. December 8, 2015. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
External links
edit- Official Twitter
- Kentucky Wildcats bio
- Cleveland Browns bio Archived December 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine