Von Miller with the Washington Commanders
With the Washington Commanders. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Texas A&M, 2007–⁠10

Von Miller

Number
No. 40
Height
6′3″
Hometown
DeSoto, TX
Born
Mar 26, 1989, in Dallas, Texas

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Von Miller played linebacker at Texas A&M (2007–⁠10). He won the 2010 Butkus Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2010. The Denver Broncos took Miller in the first round, No. 2 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2010
Butkus Award, Jack Lambert Trophy and 2 more
Drafted
No. 2
Overall, 2011 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)

Honors

All-America: consensus 2010; Sporting News first team 2009; AP second team 2009; Walter Camp second team 2009; Sports Illustrated 2009

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Texas A&M1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2007N910122242––1–
2008N122519447.53.5––2–
20091331174821.516.50541
20101338306817.510.51636
On file1047818250.532.5––10–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Texas A&M40LB
2010Texas A&M40LB6′3″

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

2010 Texas A&M 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 25atTexasW 24–⁠171

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height6′2⅝″
Weight246 lb
Arm length33½″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan80⅝″W
40-yard dash4.53 s
10-yard split1.62 s
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′6″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill6.70 s
20-yard shuttle4.06 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

15 seasons, 192 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

Pro Bowls: 8 (2011–⁠12, 2014–⁠19) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2012, 2015–⁠16) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (2011, 2014, 2017–⁠18)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2012, 2015–⁠16; AP second team 2011, 2014, 2017–⁠18; Pro Football Writers first team 2012, 2014–⁠18; Sporting News first team 2012, 2014–⁠16, 2018.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Denver Broncos155611.50
2012Denver Broncos166718.51
2013Denver Broncos93350
2014Denver Broncos1658140
2015Denver Broncos1635110
2016Denver Broncos167213.50
2017Denver Broncos1654100
2018Denver Broncos164714.51
2019Denver Broncos144380
2021Los Angeles Rams15449.50
2022Buffalo Bills112080
2023Buffalo Bills5200
2024Buffalo Bills111560
2025Washington Commanders142690
2026 (so far)Dallas Cowboys2200
NFL career192574138.52

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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