Lamar Miller in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: June Rivera, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Miami, 2009–⁠11

Lamar Miller

Number
No. 6
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Miami, FL
Born
Apr 25, 1991, in Miami, Florida

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Lamar Miller played running back at Miami (2009–⁠11). The Miami Dolphins took Miller in round 4, No. 97 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,272
Rushing yards, 2011 (Miami, 6–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 97
Round 4, 2012 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Career highs

184rushing yards, career highvs. Ohio State, 20112rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Duke, 2011

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010Miami1086466.0647
2011Miami2271,2725.6979
Career3351,9185.71579

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2010Miami821413160
2011Miami71620–––
Career1537613160

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Miami11968.7028
2011Miami17855.0116
Career281816.5128

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Miami6RB
2010Miami6RB
2011Miami6RB5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Miami 12 games, 1,272 rushing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5atMarylandL 24–⁠321811914123
Sep 17vs.Ohio StateW 24–⁠62618405411
Sep 24vs.Kansas StateL 24–⁠2818106159211
Oct 1vs.Bethune-CookmanW 45–⁠14141022431−3
Oct 8atVirginia TechL 35–⁠3818166137323
Oct 15atNorth CarolinaW 30–⁠241629011216
Oct 22vs.Georgia TechW 24–⁠72793114––
Oct 27vs.VirginiaL 21–⁠28167001727
Nov 5vs.DukeW 49–⁠1420147222––
Nov 12atFlorida StateL 19–⁠232292011––
Nov 19atSouth FloridaW 6–⁠32050015319
Nov 25vs.Boston CollegeL 17–⁠241211417918
2010 Miami 11 games, 646 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2vs.Florida A&MW 45–⁠0116512118
Sep 11atOhio StateL 24–⁠36380418
Sep 23atPittsburghW 31–⁠3831115––
Oct 2atClemsonW 30–⁠21753014––
Oct 23vs.North CarolinaW 33–⁠101167027210
Oct 30atVirginiaL 19–⁠24628011223
Nov 6vs.MarylandW 26–⁠2022125122220
Nov 13atGeorgia TechW 35–⁠101185117––
Nov 20vs.Virginia TechL 17–⁠3115163147––
Nov 27vs.South FloridaL 20–⁠2398181−5
Dec 31 ✦vs.Notre DameL 17–⁠3351304232

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height5′10¾″
Weight212 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.40 s
10-yard split1.53 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump10′0″
3-cone drill6.94 s
20-yard shuttle4.08 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 102 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

Pro Bowl: 2018

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2012Miami Dolphins9512501645
2013Miami Dolphins16177709226170
2014Miami Dolphins162161,099838275
2015Miami Dolphins16194872847397
2016Houston Texans142681,073531188
2017Houston Texans16238888336327
2018Houston Texans14210973525163
2020Chicago Bears100026
NFL career1021,3545,864322111,571

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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