Jack Miller III

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Jack Miller III
Florida Gators–No. 10
Position Quarterback
Class
Redshirt Redshirt.svg
Redshirt
Sophomore
Personal information
Born: (2002-04-12) April 12, 2002 (age 21)
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight222 lb (101 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Chaparral High School
(Scottsdale, Arizona)

Jack James Miller III (born April 12, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the Florida Gators. Miller attended and played high school football at Chaparral High School located in Scottsdale, Arizona. Following his time as a backup with the Ohio State Buckeyes, Miller announced that he would be transferring to the University of Florida. [1]

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Early life and high school career

Miller was born in Scottsdale, Arizona and later attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. [2] Miller holds the Arizona state record with 115 passing touchdowns, 3,653 passing yards and 53 touchdowns in a season. [2] Miller was selected as a MaxPreps in 2020. He committed to Ohio State University to play college football. [3]

College career

Ohio State

Miller spent his true freshman year at Ohio State as a backup to Justin Fields. [4] He did not attempt any passes but scored a rushing touchdown against Nebraska. [2]

Miller was named the backup quarterback to C. J. Stroud as a redshirt-freshman following the departure of Fields to the 2021 NFL Draft. He played in four games following blowout leads. On November 28, 2021, Miller announced that he was leaving Ohio State. [5] On December 21, 2021, Miller announced his commitment to the Florida Gators. [6]

Florida

On December 21, 2021, Miller transferred to Florida. [7]

College statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
Ohio State Buckeyes
2020 200–0000.000.0000.022311.51
2021 400–071450.01017.200110.65−1−0.30
Florida Gators
2022 110–1132259.11808.200127.813131.00
2023 000–0000.000.0000.0000.00
Career 710–1203655.62817.800121.120351.81

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References

  1. ↑ @jackjamesmiller (December 21, 2021). "Excited to get to work! #GoGators" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 3 "JACK MILLER III". January 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jack Miller III". 247sports.
  4. ↑ "Is C.J. Stroud Ohio State football's backup quarterback now? Ryan Day still non-committal". cleveland. December 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ @jackjamesmiller (November 28, 2021). "Jer 29:11" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ David Rosenberg (December 31, 2021). "Florida football officially announces transfer of QB Jack Miller". USA Today.
  7. ↑ "Jack Miller Announces He Is Transferring to Florida".
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