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  • ILB
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Tualatin, Ore.
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • 225
    Weight
  • Tualatin HS/Oregon State
    High School
John Miller
#20
John Miller
ILB
Position
Senior
Class
Tualatin, Ore.
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS
First-Team All-Mountain West (2025); Academic All-Mountain West (20245). 

CAREER NOTES
Played in 60 games with 20 starts at Oregon State (2020-23) and Utah State (2024-25) … had 192 career tackles (78 solo), including 10.0 sacks and 16.5 tackles for loss, to go along with seven pass breakups, 11 quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles ... had six career double-digit tackle outings, including a career-high 16 stops against Air Force (9/13/25).

2025 (SENIOR SEASON)
Earned first-team All-Mountain West honors as he started all 13 games … led the team with 118 tackles (39 solo), including 8.0 sacks and 10.0 tackles for loss … lead the team in sacks and tackles for loss … had eight quarterback hurries, three pass breakups and one forced fumble on the season … recorded six double-digit tackle outings … had a career-high 16 stops, including 1.0 sacks, against Air Force (9/13) … had 10 tackles, including 1.0 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss, against UTEP (8/30) … posted a career-high 2.0 sacks as part of his seven stops at No. 19 Texas A&M (9/6) … had 12 tackles, including 1.0 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss, at No. 18 Vanderbilt (9/27) … recorded 10 tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, at New Mexico (10/25) … posted 11 tackles, including a career-high-tying 2.0 sacks and a season-high 2.5 tackles for loss, to go along with one pass breakup at UNLV (11/15) … had 14 tackles and one pass breakup against Boise State (11/28) … had seven tackles and forced a fumble against Nevada (11/8) … ranked second in the MW and 31st in the nation in sacks with 8.0 (0.62 pg), and third in the MW and 18th in the nation in tackles (9.1 pg) ... earned Academic All-MW honors.

2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON)
Appeared in all 12 games and made seven starts … finished the season fourth on the team with 52 tackles (29 solo), which included 2.0 sacks and 5.5 tackles for loss, while adding two pass breakups and four quarterback hurries … had a career game against New Mexico (10/19) with nine tackles, including 2.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss, all of which are career highs … had seven tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, to go along with a career-high three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup at Colorado State (11/29 )… recorded eight tackles at Wyoming (10/26) … posted six tackles against Robert Morris (8/31) and six stops at No. 20 Washington State (11/9) … earned Academic All-Mountain West honors.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Spent four seasons at Oregon State (2020-23) and recorded 22 tackles, which included 1.0 tackles for loss, while adding two pass breakups and one forced fumble ... redshirted during the 2023 season as he appeared in five games ... recorded a then-career-high five tackles against UC Davis (9/9) and added four stops against Notre Dame (12/29) in the Sun Bowl ... had a pass breakup against UC Davis ... played in 12 games during the 2022 season and had seven tackles ... had a season-high three tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, against Montana State (9/17) ... lone pass breakup on the season was at Arizona State (11/19) ... had two tackles in the Las Vegas Bowl against Florida (12/17) ... played in all 13 games and had four tackles during the 2021 campaign ... had a season-high two tackles at Colorado (11/6) ... forced a fumble and had a tackle against Arizona State (11/20) ... recovered an onside kick at Oregon (11/27) ... played against Utah State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl, but did not record any stats ... appeared in five games as a true freshman in 2020, but did not record any stats.

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-star recruit that was ranked the No. 4 player in the state of Oregon by Rivals and the No. 5 player by 247Sports ... earned first-team All-League honors for three-straight years at Tualatin (Ore.) High School, helping the Timberwolf to a 24-11 record ... named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year as both a junior and senior ... earned first-team All-League honors as a tight end as a senior ... posted 118 tackles, which included 6.5 sacks and 13.0 tackles for loss, to go along with three forced fumbles as a senior ... offensively, he caught 35 passes for 790 yards and seven touchdowns ... recorded 87 tackles, which included 9.0 tackles for loss, while adding three interceptions and two forced fumbles as a junior ... had 110 tackles, including 2.0 sacks and 8.0 tackles for loss, as a sophomore ... blocked two punts during his prep career ... lettered three season in basketball.

PERSONAL
Son of John Miller and Samantha Sardella ... has two sisters ... graduated from Utah State in the spring of 2025 with his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies ... is pursuing a second bachelor’s degree.

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