#30

Rich Miller

Senior linebacker for Kansas. 2023: 52 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Kansas · Sr. · #30

6′1″ · 230 lb · Detroit, MI

CFB Index 50 · #287 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceKansas 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 1739 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Kansas. 2023: 52 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Buffalo in 2019.
Transferred from Buffalo to Kansas in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas, 236 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20198 games

Signed with Buffalo3-star out of Martin Luther King

202112 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1739 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Les Miles

Kansas

2021–2023

Lance Leipold

Kansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Buffalo8-5HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy

2020Buffalo6-1HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #287 of 577?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (89th percentile). Strength: tackles (81st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#292 / 2842 · 89th pct

Tackles#530 / 2842 · 81st pct

Sacks#517 / 2842 · 78th pct

2.0

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1231 / 2842 · 54th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.6	0.2	0.1	0.1
Road5g	4.0	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #287 of 577 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #287 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Kansas	52	37	2.5	2.0	2	--	--
2022	Kansas	83	53	3.0	1.0	--	1	--
2021	Kansas	79	57	5.0	2.0	2	--	--
2020	Buffalo	13	7	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Buffalo	9	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		236	159	11.5	5.0	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2023

W 38–33

vs Oklahoma

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Oklahoma at home in a shootout.

With J. Bean — 218 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 75.8 · 62 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · D. Neal — 112 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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 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 Kansas State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 49-16@ Cincinnati	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 49-36@ UNLV	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		52	37	2.5	2.0	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology