Zach with the Seattle Seahawks at training camp in August 2012.
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Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | December 11, 1985 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Phoenix (AZ) Desert Vista | ||||||||
College: | Arizona State | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Receptions: | 328 |
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Receiving yards: | 3,804 |
Receiving TDs: | 20 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Zachary Joseph Miller (born December 11, 1985) is a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona State, where he received consensus All-American honors.
Miller also played for the Seattle Seahawks, with whom he earned a Super Bowl ring in Super Bowl XLVIII.
Miller was born in Tempe, Arizona and attended Altadena Middle School as well as Desert Vista High School in nearby Phoenix, where he played football and competed in track. Miller played in the 2004 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, which is an annual all-star game for the nation's best high school football players.
Also a standout performer in the throwing events, Miller was a three-year letterman in track & field, and he set the school discus record and was the shotput regional champion in 2004. He had personal-best throws of 49.20 meters in the discus throw and 15.93 meters in the shot put.
Miller enrolled at Arizona State University, where he played for the Arizona State Sun Devils football team from 2004 to 2006. In three seasons at Arizona State, he caught 144 passes for 1,512 yards, and 14 touchdown receptions. He was named a John Mackey Award finalist in 2006. The Sun Devils finished the season with a record of 10-3. Miller was an All-America selection by the AFCA and the Walter Camp Foundation in 2006.