Player Dossier

2020-2025

Eastern Michigan

Sterling Miles

DL • 6'4" • 238 lbs • West Bloomfield, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sterling Miles shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

68

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

66

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

70

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Cincinnati • Eastern Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Player Story

Sterling Miles built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from West Bloomfield, MI wearing No. 56, spending time with Cincinnati and Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Sterling Miles'...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8419

West Bloomfield · West Bloomfield, MI

Committed To
Cincinnati
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Sterling Miles, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Sterling Miles shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
47
TFL
6
Sacks
2
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Sterling Miles quick answers

Latest team and position
Eastern Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
47
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 20 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Top game
Miami (OH)
Recruit profile
3-star · West Bloomfield · Cincinnati
High school pipeline
West Bloomfield · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 56 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
34 tackles · DL 106th (top 10%) · Mid-American 114th (top 20%) · National 1,187th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonCincinnati00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan32-01-013.4
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan811212-025.4
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan9344151068.6

Related Context

Sterling Miles played DL for Cincinnati and Eastern Michigan. Across 6 tracked seasons, Sterling Miles recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Eastern Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Eastern Michigan paired 11 primary output with 28 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

28

Usage

9.6

Consistency

66.5

Best Game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 0. Long Island University: 1.5. Kentucky: 2. Louisiana: 2. Central Michigan: 0.5. Northern Illinois: 1. Miami (OH): 2. Ohio: 0. Bowling Green: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 2 by 8.3. Long Island University: 8 by 48.3. Kentucky: 4 by 36.7. Louisiana: 6 by 45. Central Michigan: 5 by 25.8. Northern Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Miami (OH): 4 by 36.7. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

Best efficiency game

48.3 vs Long Island University

Result
Sat 11/8vs Bowling GreenSplash gameW 27-2121110
Sat 10/25vs OhioL 21-2810000
Sat 10/18@ Miami (OH)Splash gameL 30-4441100
Sat 10/11vs Northern IllinoisW 16-1020000
Sat 9/27@ Central MichiganL 13-24510.5000
Sat 9/20vs LouisianaSplash gameW 34-3160000
Sat 9/13@ KentuckySplash gameL 23-4843001
Sat 9/6vs Long Island UniversityL 23-28811.5000
Sun 8/31@ Texas StateL 27-5222000

Player Story

Sterling Miles story

Sterling Miles built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from West Bloomfield, MI wearing No. 56, spending time with Cincinnati and Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Sterling Miles' career was his defensive production: 47 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Sterling Miles' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Cincinnati

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Michigan

    2022-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonCincinnati0
2021 Regular SeasonCincinnati00
2022 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan16.13.31
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan0-1
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan5123.85
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan11289.66

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 82 Miami (OH)

Week 8 · L 30-44 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 66 Kentucky

Week 3 · L 23-48

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 113 Bowling Green

Week 11 · W 27-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 105 Louisiana

Week 4 · W 34-31

2

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#5

vs Long Island University

Week 2 · L 23-28

1.5

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

11 primary output · 28 efficiency · 9.6 usage

68.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

25.4

5 primary · 12 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

13.4

1 primary · 6.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games