Running back, Tulsa, 2002–⁠05

Garrett Mills

Hometown
Jenks, OK
Born
Oct 12, 1983

Garrett Mills played running back at Tulsa (2002–⁠05). The New England Patriots took Mills in round 4, No. 106 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,235
Receiving yards, 2005 (Tulsa, 9–⁠4)
Best game
152 yards
At UCF, week 14, 2005: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 106
Round 4, 2006 NFL Draft (New England Patriots)

Career highs

13catches, career highat Oklahoma, 2005152receiving yards, career hightwice; last at UCF, 20052receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. SMU, 2005

All-America: Walter Camp second team 2005; AP third team 2005; CBS Sports 2005; ESPN 2005; Sports Illustrated 2005

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2005

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2004Tulsa5156011.0256
2005Tulsa871,23514.2966
Career1381,79513.01166

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2005 Tulsa 13 games, 87 catches, 1,235 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.MinnesotaL 10–⁠41538016
Sep 10atOklahomaL 15–⁠3113152023
Sep 17atNorth TexasW 54–⁠28143156
Sep 24vs.MemphisW 37–⁠317106237
Oct 1vs.HoustonL 23–⁠30541119
Oct 8atSouthern MissW 34–⁠178115128
Oct 15atRiceW 41–⁠21443027
Oct 22vs.SMUW 20–⁠138136266
Nov 5atUTEPL 38–⁠41442018
Nov 12vs.East CarolinaW 45–⁠139127138
Nov 19vs.TulaneW 38–⁠14488034
Dec 3atUCFW 44–⁠278152137
Dec 31 ✦vs.Fresno StateW 31–⁠24452023
2004 Tulsa 12 games, 51 catches, 560 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 4atKansasL 3–⁠21410010
Sep 11atOklahoma StateL 21–⁠38532111
Sep 18vs.NavyL 0–⁠29214013
Sep 25vs.Missouri StateW 49–⁠71187020
Oct 2atHawai’iL 16–⁠44442018
Oct 16vs.Boise StateL 42–⁠458139053
Oct 23atNevadaL 48–⁠54571031
Oct 30vs.RiceW 39–⁠22264056
Nov 6atSMUL 35–⁠411404
Nov 13atLouisiana TechL 21–⁠38358138
Nov 20vs.San José StateW 34–⁠24427017
Nov 27vs.UTEPW 37–⁠3521207

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2006
Height6′1⅛″
Weight241 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.68 s
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump9′3″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill6.81 s
20-yard shuttle4.05 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 9 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2007Minnesota Vikings1–00
2008Minnesota Vikings5300
2010Philadelphia Eagles3100
NFL career9400

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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