Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Notre Dame
Rylie Mills
DL • 6'5" • 295 lbs • Lake Bluff, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Rylie Mills shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Player Story
Rylie Mills built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Lake Bluff, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Rylie Mills' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 4
- Overall
- No. 142
- NFL Team
- Seattle Seahawks
Rylie Mills, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Notre Dame. Rylie Mills shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 122
- TFL
- 23.5
- Sacks
- 16
- QB hurries
- 11
Quick Answers
Rylie Mills quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · DL
- Career Tackles
- 122
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Florida State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lake Forest · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Lake Forest · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 5 · Pick 4 · Seattle Seahawks
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · DL 87th (top 9%) · FBS Independents 27th (top 19%) · National 1,086th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Notre Dame | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 28 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 28 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 9 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 8 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.5 | - | - | 0 | 27.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 40 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 56.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 13 | 35 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 56.3 |
Related Context
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Rylie Mills played DL for Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rylie Mills recorded 122 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Notre Dame paired 20 primary output with 25.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 25.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
25.7
Usage
8.1
Consistency
31.9
Best Game by takeover score
Florida State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 2. Texas A&M: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Purdue: 1. Miami (OH): 0. Louisville: 1. Stanford: 2. Georgia Tech: 4. Navy: 0. Florida State: 7. Virginia: 0. Army: 1. USC: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 2 by 28.3. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 4 by 26.7. Purdue: 1 by 14.2. Miami (OH): 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 4 by 26.7. Stanford: 4 by 36.7. Georgia Tech: 3 by 52.5. Navy: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 5 by 70.8. Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Army: 2 by 18.3. USC: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.6 · Games = 12 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida State
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Florida State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/21 | vs IndianaSplash game | W 27-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ USC | W 49-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Army | W 49-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Virginia | W 35-14 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Florida State2+ sacks · Splash game | W 52-3 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Navy | W 51-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Georgia TechSplash game | W 31-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs StanfordSplash game | W 49-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Louisville | W 31-24 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Miami (OH) | W 28-3 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Purdue | W 66-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Northern Illinois | L 14-16 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Texas A&M | W 23-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Rylie Mills story
Rylie Mills built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Lake Bluff, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Rylie Mills' career was his defensive production: 122 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, and 16 sacks across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Rylie Mills' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202020202120222023202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Notre Dame | 2.5 | 10.8 | 3.8 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 2.5 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 9 | 17.4 | 4.7 | 6.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 7 | 19.2 | 5.2 | -2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 12 | 24.6 | 6.9 | 5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 24.6 | 6.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 20 | 25.7 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 20 | 25.7 | 8.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida State
Week 11 · W 52-3
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
@ North Carolina
Week 4 · W 45-32
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Virginia
Week 11 · W 28-3
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Stanford
Week 13 · W 56-23
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Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia Tech
Week 8 · W 31-13
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Havoc Plays
69.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 69.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
20 primary output · 25.7 efficiency · 8.1 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Notre Dame
56.3
20 primary · 25.7 efficiency · 8.1 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Notre Dame
51.6
12 primary · 24.6 efficiency · 6.9 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
9
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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