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Scotty Miller

Wide Receiver, Chicago Bears · #35.

Player facts

Team: Chicago Bears
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 35
Born: Jul 31, 1997 (age 29)
Birthplace: Barrington, IL, USA
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 174 lbs
College: Bowling Green
Experience: 8 seasons
Status: Practice Squad

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career	99	167	1,216	12.3	6	56	47	8	81	10.1	1	33	0	0

About

Scott Thomas Miller (born July 31, 1997) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Bowling Green Falcons and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL draft. He has also played for the Atlanta Falcons and Pittsburgh Steelers.

From Wikipedia’s article on Scotty Miller, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Miller was born and raised in Barrington, Illinois. He was a star football player at Barrington High School, graduating in 2015. He was regarded as a two-star recruit coming out of high school. He also had personal bests of 10.48 in the 120M, and 10.6 in the 100M in track and field.

He committed to play for Bowling Green on November 11, 2014, over offers from North Dakota State and South Dakota State.

College career

Miller played four seasons for the Falcons. As a freshman, Miller led the team in kick return yards and played primarily special teams. As a sophomore, Miller would emerge as the team's top receiver, leading the Falcons with 74 catches, 968 yards and 10 touchdown catches. He was named First Team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) and ranked 25th in the country for touchdown catches. He finished with four 100-yard receiving games, including a career best 178 yards against Miami of Ohio. He also had 161 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions against North Dakota. In 2017, Miller was named third team All-MAC and once again led the team in receptions and yards. His best game came against Middle Tennessee State University where he had a season-high 112 yards and one touchdown. In 2018, he was named Second team All-MAC and led the team in receiving yards for the third straight season. Miller also led the team in receptions and touchdown catches. In week one against Oregon, he caught 13 passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns. In week seven against Western Michigan, he would haul in eight catches for a career high 206 yards and two touchdowns. Miller was ranked seventh nationally in receiving yards per game with 104.4. Miller ended the season ranking third all time in program history with 215 career receptions and 2,867 career receiving yards. On Miller's final play as a Falcon, he caught a 63-yard touchdown pass against Buffalo. Miller graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2019.