#52

Christen Miller

Former defensive lineman at Georgia. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

DL · Georgia · Jr. · #52

6′4″ · 305 lb · Ellenwood, GA

CFB Index 36 · #293 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by New Orleans — Rd 2, Pick 10, #42 overall

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

Sacks: 74th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1.5

sacks · 2025

4 TFL · 23 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Georgia Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Georgia. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2022.
Drafted round 2 by the New Orleans in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia, 4 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #42 overall by New Orleans.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2022

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Cedar Grove

202511 games

All-SECfirst

2026

Drafted by New Orleansround 2, pick 42

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#103 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #42

New Orleans · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New Orleans2026 NFL rookie season

#42Rd 2 · Pick 10

New Orleans2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kirby Smart — 36-6 over that span.

2023Georgia13-1HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2024Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Pass-leaning

2025Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #293 of 420?

Medium confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Tackles#1813 / 2975 · 38th pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #293 of 420 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #293 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia	23	10	4.0	1.5	--	--	--
2024	Georgia	27	12	3.5	1.5	1	--	--
2023	Georgia	14	9	4.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		64	31	11.5	4.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 43–35

vs Ole Miss

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Ole Miss at home in a shootout.

With G. Stockton — 289 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 59 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · D. Bell — 19 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week