Terry Miller (running back)

Terry Miller
Career information
Date of birth	(1956-01-07) January 7, 1956
Place of birth	Columbus, Georgia
Position(s)	Running back
College	Oklahoma State
NFL draft	1978 / Round: 1 / Pick 5
Career history
As player
1978–1980	Buffalo Bills
1981	Seattle Seahawks
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Terry Miller (born January 7, 1956) is a retired an American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks.

Miller was an All-American at Oklahoma State University in 1976 and 1977 and finished second in the 1977 Heisman Trophy voting to winner Earl Campbell.^[1]

Miller ran for 1,060 yards in his rookie season, but had only 484 total rushing yards in his second season (second to Bills' fullback Curtis Brown).^[2] By 1980, with Buffalo having found a star in rookie running back Joe Cribbs, Miller was relegated to mostly kick return duty.^[3]

References

1977 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Guy Benjamin RB Charles Alexander RB Earl Campbell RB Terry Miller WR John Jefferson WR Ozzie Newsome TE Ken MacAfee OT Dan Irons OT Chris Ward G Mark Donahue G Leotis Harris C Tom Brzoza

Defense	DL Ross Browner DL Dee Hardison DL Randy Holloway DL Brad Shearer DL Art Still LB Tom Cousineau LB Jerry Robinson LB Gary Spani DB Luther Bradley DB Zac Henderson DB Bob Jury DB Dennis Thurman

1978 NFL draft first-round selections

Earl Campbell Art Still Wes Chandler Chris Ward Terry Miller James Lofton Ken MacAfee Ross Browner Keith Simpson Gordon King Luther Bradley Clay Matthews Mike Kenn John Jefferson Steve Little Blair Bush Doug Williams Bob Cryder Ken Greene Elvis Peacock Randy Holloway Ron Johnson Ozzie Newsome Dan Bunz Reese McCall John Anderson Don Latimer Larry Bethea

Buffalo Bills first-round draft picks

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