#51

Ventrell Miller

Former linebacker at Florida. 2022: 75 tackles, 9 tackles for loss.

LB · Florida · Sr. · #51

6′0″ · 221 lb · Lakeland, FL

CFB Index 51 · #270 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceJacksonville — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 19, #121 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 562 nationally · Signed with Florida

Statement game16 tackles · 2 TFL · 1 sackvs LSU (FBS) · L 34-37

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Florida. 2022: 75 tackles, 9 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida in 2017.
Drafted round 4 by the Jacksonville in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida, 239 tackles — drafted at #121 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Florida3-star out of Kathleen

2021

All-SEC

2023

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 4, pick 121

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#562 national

CFB

College

Florida

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #121

Jacksonville · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2021

Dan Mullen

Florida

2022

Billy Napier

Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 4th NFL season

#121Rd 4 · Pick 19

JacksonvilleEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida10-3HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2019Florida11-2HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #270 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#51 / 2755 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#167 / 2755 · 93rd pct

9.0

Tackles#186 / 2755 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#367 / 2755 · 86th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	8.0	1.2	0.0	0.2
Road5g	5.4	0.4	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.3	0.8	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	0.8	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #270 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #270 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Florida	75	34	9.0	0.0	2	--	--
2021	Florida	8	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Florida	86	52	7.5	3.5	3	--	--
2019	Florida	55	27	5.5	3.0	2	--	--
2018	Florida	15	8	2.0	1.0	--	1	--
Career		239	124	24.0	7.5	7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 29–26

vs Utah

1 QB HUR · 1 PD · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With A. Richardson — 168 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.8 · 106 rush yds (11 car) · 3 TD · J. Crawshaw — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 29-26vs Utah	9	3	0.5	—	1
Wk 2	L 16-26vs Kentucky	6	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 33-38@ Tennessee	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 52-17vs Eastern Washington	8	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-17vs Missouri	11	10	2.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 7	L 35-45vs LSU	10	5	1.5	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-42@ Georgia	5	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 41-24@ Texas A&M	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-6vs South Carolina	4	4	2.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 24-31@ Vanderbilt	11	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 38-45@ Florida State	1	0	0.5	—	1
Total		75	34	9.0	—	2

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

Ventrell Miller

2017

2021

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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