Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Kansas
Rich Miller
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Rich Miller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Buffalo • Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Rich Miller built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Detroit, MI wearing No. 30, spending time with Buffalo and Kansas. The clearest part of Rich Miller's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Rich Miller, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kansas. Rich Miller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 236
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Rich Miller quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 236
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- West Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Martin Luther King · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Martin Luther King · 40 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 52 tackles · LB 265th (top 22%) · Big 12 55th (top 9%) · National 554th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Buffalo | 8 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.7 |
| 2020 Postseason | Buffalo | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Buffalo | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 79 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 62.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 46 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 50 | 2.5 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 39.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Rich Miller played LB for Buffalo and Kansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rich Miller recorded 236 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Kansas paired 9 primary output with 34.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 23.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Buffalo, Kansas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Kansas
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
23.5
Usage
6
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Texas Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 0. Missouri State: 0. Illinois: 0. BYU: 0. Texas: 0. UCF: 0.5. Oklahoma State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Iowa State: 2. Texas Tech: 2. Kansas State: 1. Cincinnati: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. Missouri State: 7 by 29.2. Illinois: 2 by 8.3. BYU: 4 by 16.7. Texas: 3 by 12.5. UCF: 5 by 25.8. Oklahoma State: 5 by 20.8. Oklahoma: 3 by 12.5. Iowa State: 8 by 53.3. Texas Tech: 8 by 53.3. Kansas State: 3 by 22.5. Cincinnati: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas Tech
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs Texas Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/27 | @ UNLV | W 49-36 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/26 | @ Cincinnati | W 49-16 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs Kansas State | L 27-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Texas TechSplash game | L 13-16 | 8 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Iowa StateSplash game | W 28-21 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Oklahoma | W 38-33 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Oklahoma State | L 32-39 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs UCF | W 51-22 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Texas | L 14-40 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs BYU | W 38-27 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/8 | vs Illinois | W 34-23 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Missouri State | W 48-17 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Rich Miller story
Rich Miller built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Detroit, MI wearing No. 30, spending time with Buffalo and Kansas. The clearest part of Rich Miller's career was his defensive production: 236 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 interception across 50 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Kansas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Rich Miller's production has multiple signals. With 50 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo and Kansas.
The arc is straightforward: Rich Miller moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Buffalo
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Kansas
2021-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 4.7 | 1 | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Buffalo | 1 | 10.7 | 2.2 | 1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 10.7 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 9 | 34.2 | 9.1 | 8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 6 | 33.8 | 8.3 | -3 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 6.5 | 23.5 | 6 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 6.5 | 23.5 | 6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs West Virginia
Week 13 · L 28-34 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Oklahoma State
Week 10 · W 37-16 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#3
vs Texas Tech
Week 11 · L 13-16 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa State
Week 10 · W 28-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Texas Tech
Week 7 · L 14-41 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Kansas
9 primary output · 34.2 efficiency · 9.1 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Kansas
46
6 primary · 33.8 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Kansas
39.9
6.5 primary · 23.5 efficiency · 6 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
5
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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