Rich Miller: LB · Kansas · #30.
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Rich Miller
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Transferred to Kansas from Buffalo. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Texas Tech — Week 11, 2023.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-17vs Missouri State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-23vs Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-27vs BYU | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-40@ No. 3 Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 51-22vs UCF | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 32-39@ Oklahoma State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-33vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-21@ Iowa State | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 13-16vs Texas Tech | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-31vs No. 23 Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-16@ Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 49-36vs UNLV | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 37 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 2 |
Week 10 · 2023
W 28-21
at Iowa State
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 8 tackles
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
52tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
4%2 pass breakups52 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
39.0%
311 pass / 487 run
Plays / game
61.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #287 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Buffalo and Kansas, 236 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 49 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed for 1 head coach at 2 schools: Lance Leipold.
