#86

Riley Miller

Senior wide receiver for Ball State. 2019: 43 catches, 612 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Ball State · Sr. · #86

6′1″ · 200 lb · Yorktown, IN

Ball State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Ball State. 2019: 43 catches, 612 receiving yards, 6 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ball State, 1,790 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 208 yds vs Kent State.Kent State · W 52-242018

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Ball State

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Mike Neu

Ball State

Played his entire career under Mike Neu.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Neu — 11-25 over that span.

2017Ball State2-10HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning

2018Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (83rd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#77 / 556 · 83rd pct

Rec yards#153 / 556 · 73rd pct

612

Receptions#161 / 556 · 71st pct

Yards / catch#208 / 556 · 62nd pct

14.2

Long catch#312 / 556 · 43rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.9	67.0	17.6	0.9
Road5g	3.2	28.6	9.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	57.2	13.9	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	44.8	14.8	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Ball State	43	612	14.2	6	--
2018	Ball State	61	878	14.4	7	--
2017	Ball State	30	300	10.0	1	--
Career		134	1,790	13.4	14	--

Season	Team
2019	Ball State	--	--	--	95	--
2018	Ball State	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Ball State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	95	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 57–29

vs Fordham

6 rec · 116 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 28-point win at home against Fordham.

With D. Plitt — 439 yds · 6 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.5 · 14 rush yds (3 car) · J. Hall — 12 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-34vs Indiana	5	51	10.2	0	16
Wk 2	W 57-29vs Fordham	6	116	19.3	2	38	Season-high 116 yds
Wk 3	L 31-41vs Florida Atlantic	3	69	23.0	0	46
Wk 4	L 23-34@ NC State	8	70	8.8	0	16
Wk 6	W 27-20@ Northern Illinois	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 7	W 29-23@ Eastern Michigan	3	22	7.3	0	11
Wk 8	W 52-14vs Toledo	4	87	21.8	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 21-34vs Ohio	2	27	13.5	1	14
Wk 11	L 31-35@ Western Michigan	2	24	12.0	0	19
Wk 12	L 44-45vs Central Michigan	3	67	22.3	1	42
Wk 13	L 38-41@ Kent State	2	12	6.0	0	8
Wk 14	W 41-27vs Miami (OH)	4	52	13.0	0	19
Total		43	612	14.3	6	46

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