Usage / Role
27%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Ball State
Riley Miller
WR • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Yorktown, IN, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Riley Miller reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a receiver
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Reliability
75
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Riley Miller built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Yorktown, IN wearing No. 86, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Riley Miller's career was his receiving role: 134...
Read the storyRiley Miller, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Ball State. Riley Miller reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,790
- Receptions
- 134
- Touchdowns
- 14
Quick Answers
Riley Miller quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,790
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Kent State
- Latest roster
- No. 86 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 612 receiving yards · WR 153rd (top 15%) · Mid-American 15th (top 9%) · National 164th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ball State | 11 | 30 | 300 | 1 | 48.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ball State | 12 | 61 | 878 | 7 | 76.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ball State | 12 | 43 | 612 | 6 | 70 |
Related Context
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Riley Miller played WR for Ball State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Riley Miller recorded 1,790 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Ball State paired 878 primary output with 80.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 80.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
73.2
Efficiency
80.6
Usage
20.3
Consistency
59.4
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Connecticut: 65. Notre Dame: 51. Indiana: 3. Western Kentucky: 112. Kent State: 208. Northern Illinois: 65. Central Michigan: 42. Eastern Michigan: 36. Ohio: 30. Toledo: 101. Western Michigan: 94. Miami (OH): 71
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Connecticut: 4 by 100. Notre Dame: 6 by 56.7. Indiana: 1 by 20. Western Kentucky: 8 by 93.3. Kent State: 11 by 100. Northern Illinois: 5 by 86.7. Central Michigan: 5 by 56. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 60. Ohio: 2 by 100. Toledo: 5 by 100. Western Michigan: 5 by 100. Miami (OH): 5 by 94.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins102.3 · Games = 4 · +43.6 vs Losses
Losses58.6 · Games = 8 · -43.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/21 | @ Miami (OH) | L 21-42 | — | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 14.20 | 1 | 22 |
| Tue 11/13 | vs Western Michigan | W 42-41 | — | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 18.80 | 1 | 24 |
| Wed 10/31 | @ Toledo100 receiving yards | L 13-45 | — | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 20.20 | 1 | 47 |
| Thu 10/25 | @ Ohio | L 14-52 | — | 2 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 18 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 20-42 | — | 4 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Central Michigan | W 24-23 | — | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 8.40 | 1 | 19 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Northern Illinois | L 16-24 | — | 5 | 65 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Kent State100 receiving yards · High volume | W 52-24 | — | 11 | 208 | 18.9 | 18.90 | 1 | 52 |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Western Kentucky100 receiving yards · High volume | L 20-28 | — | 8 | 112 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Indiana | L 10-38 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Notre Dame | L 16-24 | — | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 12 |
| Thu 8/30 | vs Central Connecticut | W 42-6 | — | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 0 | 33 |
Player Story
Riley Miller story
Riley Miller built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Yorktown, IN wearing No. 86, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Riley Miller's career was his receiving role: 134 catches, 1,790 receiving yards, and 14 touchdowns across 35 career games in the available record. His career also includes 95 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Riley Miller's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ball State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ball State | 300 | 65.7 | 14 | 300 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ball State | 878 | 80.6 | 20.3 | 578 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ball State | 612 | 81 | 19 | -266 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 5 · W 52-24 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
208
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
208 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Illinois
Week 1 · L 21-24
86
Receiving Yards
94 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
86 receiving yards with a 81.9 efficiency score.
#3
vs Toledo
Week 8 · W 52-14 · Conference game
87
Receiving Yards
91.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
87 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Fordham
Week 2 · W 57-29
116
Receiving Yards
86.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
116 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Western Kentucky
Week 4 · L 20-28
112
Receiving Yards
81.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
112 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Ball State
878 primary output · 80.6 efficiency · 20.3 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Ball State
70
612 primary · 81 efficiency · 19 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Ball State
48.4
300 primary · 65.7 efficiency · 14 usage
Milestones
4
100+ receiving yards
3
8+ catch outings
2
2+ TD games
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