No. 25 – New Orleans Saints | |||||||||
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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Born: | Mount Enterprise, Texas, U.S. | June 11, 2002||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Mount Enterprise (TX) | ||||||||
College: | TCU (2020–2022) | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2023 / Round: 3 / Pick: 71 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Kendre Miller (born June 11, 2002) is an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU. Miller was drafted in the third round as the 71st pick of the 2023 NFL draft. [1]
Miller attended Mount Enterprise High School in Mount Enterprise, Texas. [2] As a senior, he rushed for 2,508 yards and 34 touchdowns. He committed to Texas Christian University (TCU) to play college football. [3]
As a true freshman at TCU in 2020, he rushed for 388 yards on 54 carries with two touchdowns. [4] As a sophomore in 2021, he was second on the team with 623 rushing yards on 83 carries with seven touchdowns. [5] [6] Miller took over as TCU's starter in 2022. He ran for 1399 yards and 17 touchdowns, averaging 6.2 yards per carry. [7] [8] [9]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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5 ft 11+1⁄8 in (1.81 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | 32+3⁄8 in (0.82 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | |||||||||
All values from the NFL Combine [10] [11] |
Miller was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the third round, 71st overall, of the 2023 NFL draft. [12] He scored his first professional touchdown in Week 18 against the Atlanta Falcons on a three-yard rush. [13] As a rookie, Miller appeared in eight games and finished with 41 carries for 156 yards and one rushing touchdown to go with ten receptions for 117 yards. [14]
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