Player Dossier

2020-2025

Utah State

John Miller

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Tualatin, OR, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

John Miller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 57.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

84%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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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: 2025 Postseason · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Oregon State • Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

John Miller built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tualatin, OR, spending time with Oregon State and Utah State. The clearest part of John Miller's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8641

Tualatin · Tualatin, OR

Committed To
Oregon State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

John Miller, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Utah State. John Miller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 57.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
190
TFL
16.5
Sacks
10
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

John Miller quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · LB
Career Tackles
190
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 34 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Utah State
Top game
UNLV
Recruit profile
3-star · Tualatin · Oregon State
High school pipeline
Tualatin · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
Senior
2025 Tackles rank
118 tackles · LB 15th (top 2%) · Mountain West 3rd (top 1%) · National 17th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonOregon State00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonOregon State34-0--038.1
2022 Regular SeasonOregon State3510-1031.1
2023 PostseasonOregon State44-0--010.9
2023 Regular SeasonOregon State47-0-1010.9
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State11525.5242040.8
2025 PostseasonUtah State1390.50.51-078.3
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State131099.57.573078.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Oregon State to Utah StateG5/FCS to G5/FCS19.6Apr 24, 2024

John Miller played LB for Oregon State and Utah State. Across 6 tracked seasons, John Miller recorded 190 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Utah State paired 29 primary output with 57.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 57.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 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 Oregon State, Utah State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Utah State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.2

Efficiency

57.1

Usage

17.2

Consistency

56.1

Best Game by takeover score

UNLV

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 2. UTEP: 3.5. Texas A&M: 5. Air Force: 3. McNeese: 1. Vanderbilt: 2.5. Hawai'i: 1. San José State: 2. New Mexico: 0.5. Nevada: 0. UNLV: 6.5. Fresno State: 0. Boise State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington State: 9 by 57.5. UTEP: 10 by 76.7. Texas A&M: 7 by 79.2. Air Force: 16 by 80. McNeese: 3 by 22.5. Vanderbilt: 12 by 75. Hawai'i: 5 by 30.8. San José State: 9 by 57.5. New Mexico: 10 by 46.7. Nevada: 7 by 29.2. UNLV: 11 by 95.8. Fresno State: 5 by 20.8. Boise State: 14 by 70

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 6 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses2.8 · Games = 7 · +1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UNLV

Best efficiency game

95.8 vs UNLV

Result
Mon 12/22vs Washington StateSplash gameL 21-34950.500.500
Fri 11/28vs Boise State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-25146001
Sun 11/23@ Fresno StateW 28-1755000
Sun 11/16@ UNLV10+ tackles · 2+ sacksL 26-291142.5021
Sun 11/9vs NevadaW 51-1471000
Sat 10/25@ New Mexico10+ tacklesL 14-331010.5000
Sat 10/18vs San José StateSplash gameW 30-2591001
Sun 10/12@ Hawai'iL 26-44530.500.500
Sat 9/27@ Vanderbilt10+ tackles · Splash gameL 35-551231.5010
Sun 9/21vs McNeeseW 48-730000
Sun 9/14vs Air Force10+ tackles · Splash gameW 49-30164110
Sat 9/6@ Texas A&M2+ sacks · Splash gameL 22-4474220
Sat 8/30vs UTEP10+ tackles · Splash gameW 28-161031.5010

Player Story

John Miller story

John Miller built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tualatin, OR, spending time with Oregon State and Utah State. The clearest part of John Miller's career was his defensive production: 190 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 7 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Utah State. 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 John Miller's production has multiple signals. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon State and Utah State.

The arc is straightforward: John 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Oregon State

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonOregon State0
2021 Regular SeasonOregon State05.610
2022 Regular SeasonOregon State213.64.62
2023 PostseasonOregon State1142.2-1
2023 Regular SeasonOregon State1142.20
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State13.531.18.412.5
2025 PostseasonUtah State2957.117.215.5
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State2957.117.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 57 UNLV

Week 12 · L 26-29 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6.5

Havoc Plays

98.6 takeover

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.

#2

vs New Mexico

Week 8 · L 45-50 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 9 Texas A&M

Week 2 · L 22-44 · Ranked opponent

5

Havoc Plays

85.4 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Colorado State

Week 14 · L 37-42 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 129 UTEP

Week 1 · W 28-16

3.5

Havoc Plays

76.8 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Utah State

29 primary output · 57.1 efficiency · 17.2 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Utah State

78.3

29 primary · 57.1 efficiency · 17.2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Utah State

40.8

13.5 primary · 31.1 efficiency · 8.4 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

10

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games