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| Offensive guard | Junior |
| Major: Anthropology | |
| Date of birth: July 6, 1989 | |
| Place of birth: Littleton, Colorado | |
| Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | Weight: 310 lb (141 kg; 22 st 2 lb) |
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| High school: Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado |
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| Stats at CBSSports.com | |
Ryan Miller (born July 6, 1989) is an American football offensive lineman. He currently attends the University of Colorado at Boulder in his junior year. Miller is considered as one of the best offensive guards of his class.[1]
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Miller attended Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, where he played offensive tackle and defensive end. As a senior, he started all 14 games at offensive tackle, averaging well over 10 pancake blocks per game, did not allow a quarterback sacks, was flagged for just one penalty and had five direct touchdown blocks. On defense, he registered 31 tackles, 20 solo with 12 for losses including five sacks, with 10 hurries, four passes broken up, two fumble recoveries with one forced. He was named Colorado's Gatorade Player of the Year, he earned a host of All-America honors for his senior season, including Parade, USA Today, SuperPrep, Rivals.com, PrepStar and MaxPreps. Miller was selected to play in the 2007 U. S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, and he helped the West to a 24-7 win.
Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Miller was listed as the No. 2 offensive tackle prospect in the class of 2007, behind only Josh Oglesby.[2] He picked Colorado over scholarship offers from Miami (Fl.), Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and USC.
In his true freshman year at Colorado, Miller played in 10 games and started seven, including the 2007 Independence Bowl, at right offensive tackle. He became the first tackle to play as a true freshman at Colorado since Bryan Campbell, who played as a reserve behind Mark VanderPoel on the 1989 and 1990 teams, and when he started, that made him just the ninth true freshman to start a game on the offensive line at Colorado since freshmen were allowed to play again in 1972. Miller earned first-team Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News, second-team by Scout.com, and third-team by College Football News. TSN also selected him first-team Freshman All-Big 12.
After starting the first four games of his sophomore season at right tackle, Miller went down with a broken fibula on the second play of the second half against Florida State in Jacksonville, Florida. He was granted a medical hardship after missing the bulk of the 2008 season due to injury, thus he picked up an extra year of eligibility. Miller returned to the field in 2009, and started all 12 games, seven at right guard where he opened the season, and five at right tackle when the line was shuffled for assorted reasons.
Miller currently starts at right guard for the Buffaloes. He was named to the official preseason watch list for the Outland Trophy (one of 63 candidates), along with teammate Nate Solder.[3]