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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Chris Miller
| image = Chris Miller Quarterback.png
| caption = Miller in 2021
| number = 12, 13
| position = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|8|9}}
| birth_place = [[Pomona, California]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 212
| high_school = [[Sheldon High School (Oregon)|Sheldon]] ([[Eugene, Oregon]])
| college = [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]
| draftyear = 1987
| draftround = 1
| draftpick = 13
| pastteams =
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1987|1993}})
* [[Los Angeles Rams|Los Angeles]] / [[St. Louis Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1994|1995}})
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1999}})
| pastcoaching =
* [[South Eugene High School|South Eugene HS (OR)]] (2001–2006)<br>Head coach
* [[Arizona Cardinals]] ({{NFL Year|2009}}–{{NFL Year|2011}})<br>Quarterbacks coach
* South Eugene
* [[West Linn High School|West Linn HS (OR)]] (2014–2019)<br>Head coach
* [[Houston Roughnecks (2020)|Houston Roughnecks]] ({{XFL Year|2020}})<br>Offensive coordinator
* West Linn
| highlights =
* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1992 Pro Bowl|1991]])
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-10]] ([[1985 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1985]], [[1986 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1986]])
| statlabel1 = Pass attempts
| statvalue1 = 2,892
| statlabel2 = Pass completions
| statvalue2 = 1,580
| statlabel3 = Percentage
| statvalue3 = 54.6
| statlabel4 = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4 = 123–102
| statlabel5 = Passing yards
| statvalue5 = 19,320
| statlabel6 = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6 = 74.9
| pfr = MillCh00
}}
'''Christopher James Miller''' (born August 9, 1965)<ref name= NFL /> is an [[American football]] coach and former player. He played professionally as a [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). Miller played [[college football]] for the [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon Ducks]] and was selected by the [[Atlanta Falcons]] in the first round of the [[1987 NFL draft]] with the 13th overall pick.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1987 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/draft.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He also played in the NFL for the [[Los Angeles Rams|Los Angeles]] / [[St. Louis Rams]] and [[Denver Broncos]].
==Early life==
Born in [[Pomona, California|Pomona]], [[California]],<ref name= NFL>{{cite web| url= http://www.nfl.com/player/chrismiller/2502101/profile| title= Chris Miller| website= NFL.com| publisher= National Football League| access-date= January 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name= "Rams Future">{{cite news| title= Rams Decide Chris Miller Is Their Future At Quarterback| url= https://www.deseretnews.com/article/340449/RAMS-DECIDE-CHRIS-MILLER-IS-THEIR-FUTURE-AT-QUARTERBACK.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180122181622/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/340449/RAMS-DECIDE-CHRIS-MILLER-IS-THEIR-FUTURE-AT-QUARTERBACK.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= January 22, 2018| work= [[Deseret News]]| date= March 8, 1994| access-date= January 21, 2018}}</ref> Miller was raised in [[Oregon]]. He attended [[Sheldon High School (Eugene, Oregon)|Sheldon High School]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]]. He was star athlete in three sports: baseball, football and basketball.<ref name= Tales>{{cite book| title= Tales from the Oregon Ducks Sideline | first= Brian | last= Libby| page= 57| edition= Revised| publisher= Skyhorse Publishing Inc.| year= 2011 |isbn= 9781613210345}}</ref>
==College athlete==
Miller attended [[University of Oregon]]<ref name= NFL /> where he played quarterback for the [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon Ducks football team]].<ref name= "Rams Future" /> He was considered a risky recruit for higher ranked college teams due to concerns about a knee injury he suffered in high school. His 6,681 career yards and 42 touchdowns were school records when he left for the NFL. In 1999, he was inducted into the athletic Hall of Fame. <ref name= Tales /><ref>https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/chris-miller-4.html</ref><ref>https://goducks.com/honors/hall-of-fame/chris-miller/148</ref>
===College statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Season
! rowspan="2"| Team
! rowspan="2"| GP
! colspan="7"| Passing
|-
! Cmp !! Att !! Pct !! Yds !! TD !! Int !! Rtg
|-
! [[1983 NCAA Division I-A football season|1983]] !! [[1983 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]
| 3 || 17 ||41 ||41.5 ||229 ||2|| 3 || 89.8
|-
! [[1984 NCAA Division I-A football season|1984]] !! [[1984 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]
| 11 || 145 ||289 ||50.2 || 1,712 ||10 || 10 || 104.4
|-
! [[1985 NCAA Division I-A football season|1985]] !! [[1985 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]
| 11 || 182 || 329|| 55.3|| 2,237 || 18 ||13 || 122.6
|-
! [[1986 NCAA Division I-A football season|1986]] !! [[1986 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]
| 11 ||216 ||356 || 60.7||2,503 || 12 || 13 || 123.6
|-
! colspan="2"| College career || 34 || 560 || 1,015 || 55.2 || 6,681 ||42 || 39 || 116.4
|}
==Professional career==
Miller was drafted in the first round by the moribund [[Atlanta Falcons]] in 1987 as the third of four quarterbacks ([[Vinny Testaverde]], [[Kelly Stouffer]], and [[Jim Harbaugh]]) selected in the first round. In a season that saw the team use five quarterbacks where [[Scott Campbell (American football)|Scott Campbell]] had the most playing time, Miller started the last two games of a 3-12 season. He threw four interceptions in both his debut against San Francisco and his next game against Detroit, although he did record his first touchdown pass in the former.<ref>https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MillCh00/gamelog/</ref> Miller was tapped to be the starter for the 1988 season. Injuries would limit him to 13 starts and a 5-8 record while throwing 11 touchdowns to 12 interceptions on 2,133 yards.<ref>https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/atl/1988.htm</ref>
The next season saw him play 15 games and throw for 3,459 yards with 16 touchdowns to 10 interceptions while leading the league in interception percentage (1.9%) although Atlanta went 3-12. Miller started the first 12 games of the 1990 season and threw for 2,735 yards with 17 touchdowns to 14 interceptions but went 3-9. 1991 would be his best season as a starter. In fourteen starts, the Falcons went 9-5 with Miller under center while throwing for 3,103 yards with 26 touchdowns to 18 interceptions. The Falcons qualified for the postseason that year for the first time in nine years. In the Wild Card Round against the New Orleans Saints on the road, he threw 18-of-30 for 291 yards with three touchdowns and one interception in a 27-20 victory for their first playoff victory since 1978. In the Divisional Round matchup against Washington, he went 17-of-32 for 178 yards with four interceptions as the Falcons lost 24-7 to the eventual [[Super Bowl XXVI|Super Bowl champions]].
Miller was mired by injury in 1992, playing in just eight games (having a 15:6 TD/INT ratio) that year while having a career-high throw for 89 yards during the year when he tore his ACL at the [[Georgia Dome]] when his spikes were caught in the turf. The next year saw him start just two games and go 0-2 before he tore the same ACL against Pittsburgh.<ref>https://bloggingdirty.com/2020/06/11/chris-miller-atlanta-falcons/</ref> He moved to the Los Angeles Rams as a free agent in 1994. He served as the starter for 10 games and threw for 2,104 yards with 16 touchdowns to 14 interceptions. The 1995 season was his last as a general starter, where he went 7-6 while throwing for 2,623 yards with 18 touchdowns to 15 interceptions. After being released by the Rams in the offseason, he elected to retire, having suffered five [[Concussions in American football|concussions]] in the span of 14 months.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04EED91639F931A25750C0A960958260 "SPORTS PEOPLE: FOOTBALL;Rams Release Miller"], ''The New York Times'', March 12, 1996.</ref>
In 1999, Miller was recruited to serve in the quarterbacks room of the Denver Broncos, who had rookie [[Brian Griese]] and [[Bubby Brister]] after the retirement of [[John Elway]] in the offseason. Miller wound up starting three games for the team, going 2-1 with 527 passing yards combined.<ref>https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/den/1999.htm</ref> A collision during a run-fake on Monday Night game against Oakland saw him suffer a concussion that convinced him that it was best to retire for good in January 2000.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/broncos-miller-retires-again/</ref> He was inducted into the [[Oregon Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2005.
==NFL career statistics==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
! colspan="2"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league
|-
| '''Bold'''
| Career high
|}
==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="3"| Games
! colspan="9"| Passing
! colspan="5"| Rushing
! colspan="2"| Sacks
|-
! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} !! {{abbr|GS|Games started}} !! {{abbr|Record|Record as a starter}} !! {{abbr|Cmp|Passes completed}} !! {{abbr|Att|Passes attempted}} !! {{abbr|Pct|Completion percentage}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Passing yards}} !! {{abbr|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest pass completion}} !! {{abbr|TD|Passing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Int|Interceptions}} !! {{abbr|Rtg|Passer rating}} !! {{abbr|Att|Rushing attempts}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Rushing yards}} !! {{abbr|Avg|Yards per rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Sck|Times sacked}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Yards lost due to sacks}}
|-
! [[1987 NFL season|1987]] !! [[1987 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]
| 3 || 2 || 0–2 || 39 || 92 || 42.4 || 552 || 6.0 || 57 || 1 || 9 || 26.4 || 4 || 21 || 5.3 || 11 || 0 || 5 || 37
|-
! [[1988 NFL season|1988]] !! [[1988 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]
| 13 || 13 || 5–8 || 184 || 351 || 52.4 || 2,133 || 6.1 || 68 || 11 || 12 || 67.3 || 31 || 138 || 4.5 || '''29''' || '''1''' || 24 || 207
|-
! [[1989 NFL season|1989]] !! [[1989 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]
| '''15''' || '''15''' || 3–12 || '''280''' || '''526''' || 53.2 || '''3,459''' || 6.6 || 72 || 16 || 10 || 76.1 || 10 || 20 || 2.0 || 7 || 0 || '''41''' || '''318'''
|-
! [[1990 NFL season|1990]] !! [[1990 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]
| 12 || 12 || 3–9 || 222 || 388 || 57.2 || 2,735 || 7.0 || 75 || 17 || 14 || 78.7 || 26 || 99 || 3.8 || 18 || '''1''' || 26 || 167
|-
! [[1991 NFL season|1991]] !! [[1991 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]
| '''15''' || 14 || '''9–5''' || 220 || 413 || 53.3 || 3,103 || '''7.5''' || 80 || '''26''' || '''18''' || 80.6 || '''32''' || '''229''' || '''7.2''' || 20 || 0 || 23 || 145
|-
! [[1992 NFL season|1992]] !! [[1992 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]
| 8 || 8 || 3–5 || 152 || 253 || '''60.1''' || 1,739 || 6.9 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''89''' || 15 || 6 || '''90.7''' || 23 || 89 || 3.9 || 16 || 0 || 16 || 103
|-
! [[1993 NFL season|1993]] !! [[1993 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]
| 3 || 2 || 0–2 || 32 || 66 || 48.5 || 345 || 5.2 || 32 || 1 || 3 || 50.4 || 2 || 11 || 5.5 || 6 || 0 || 8 || 62
|-
! [[1994 NFL season|1994]] !! [[1994 Los Angeles Rams season|RAM]]
| 13 || 10 || 2–8 || 173 || 317 || 54.6 || 2,104 || 6.6 || 54 || 16 || 14 || 73.6 || 20 || 100 || 5.0 || 16 || 0 || 28 || 193
|-
! [[1995 NFL season|1995]] !! [[1995 St. Louis Rams season|STL]]
| 13 || 13 || 7–6 || 232 || 405 || 57.3 || 2,623 || 6.5 || 72 || 18 || 15 || 76.2 || 22 || 67 || 3.0 || 13 || 0 || 31 || 244
|-
! [[1999 NFL season|1999]] !! [[1999 Denver Broncos season|DEN]]
| 3 || 3 || 2–1 || 46 || 81 || 56.8 || 527 || 6.5 || 42 || 2 || 1 || 79.6 || 8 || 40 || 5.0 || 13 || 0 || 7 || 51
|-
! colspan="2"| Career !! 98 !! 92 !! 34–58 !! 1,580 !! 2,892 !! 54.6 !! 19,320 !! 6.7 !! 89 !! 123 !! 102 !! 74.9 !! 178 !! 814 !! 4.6 !! 29 !! 2 !! 209 !! 1,527
|}
===Playoffs===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="3"| Games
! colspan="9"| Passing
! colspan="5"| Rushing
! colspan="2"| Sacks
|-
! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} !! {{abbr|GS|Games started}} !! {{abbr|Record|Record as a starter}} !! {{abbr|Cmp|Passes completed}} !! {{abbr|Att|Passes attempted}} !! {{abbr|Pct|Completion percentage}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Passing yards}} !! {{abbr|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest pass completion}} !! {{abbr|TD|Passing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Int|Interceptions}} !! {{abbr|Rtg|Passer rating}} !! {{abbr|Att|Rushing attempts}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Rushing yards}} !! {{abbr|Avg|Yards per rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Sck|Times sacked}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Yards lost due to sacks}}
|-
! [[1991 NFL season|1991]] !! [[1991 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]
| 2 || 2 || 1–1 || 35 || 62 || 56.5 || 469 || 7.6 || 61 || 3 || 5 || 63.2 || 4 || 18 || 4.5 || 12 || 0 || 9 || 64
|-
! colspan="2"| Career !! 2 !! 2 !! 1–1 !! 35 !! 62 !! 56.5 !! 469 !! 7.6 !! 61 !! 3 !! 5 !! 63.2 !! 4 !! 18 !! 4.5 !! 12 !! 0 !! 9 !! 64
|}
==Coaching career==
Miller was the [[head coach]] for [[South Eugene High School]] in Eugene, Oregon, from 2001 to 2006.<ref name= "FScoop 2014">{{cite web| url= http://footballscoop.com/high-school-scoop-2/wednesday-february-26-2014-2/ | website= FootballScoop.com| title= Wednesday February 26, 2014| first= Doug | last= Samuels |date= February 26, 2014| access-date= January 21, 2018| quote= West Linn (OR): Former Oregon and NFL quarterback, and South Eugene coach from 2002–06, Chris Miller has been hired as head coach.}}</ref> He was also the quarterback coach for the [[Arizona Cardinals]] from 2009 to 2011.<ref name= FBU>{{cite web| url= http://footballuniversity.org/coach/chris-miller/| website= footballuniversity.org | title= Chris Miller| publisher= All American Games-Football University| access-date= January 21, 2018}}</ref> In 2013, Miller returned to South Eugene as head coach. In 2014, he was named the head football coach at [[West Linn High School]].<ref name= "FScoop 2014" />
Before the 2019 season, Miller announced he would depart West Linn at year's end to join the [[Houston Roughnecks (2020)|Houston Roughnecks]] of the [[XFL (2020)|XFL]] as offensive coordinator.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ulmer|first=Jerry|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/wlt/99-sports/430582-338917-west-linn-football-coach-chris-miller-to-leave-lions-for-xfl-after-2019|title=West Linn football coach Chris Miller to leave Lions for XFL after 2019|publisher=Pamplin Media Group|date=June 7, 2019|access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref>
In May 2020, he was named head coach of [[Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon)|Franklin High School]] in Portland, Oregon.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/high-school/franklin-high-school-taps-chris-miller-head-football-coach |title=Franklin High School taps Chris Miller as head football coach |first=Peter |last=Socotch |publisher=[[NBC Sports]] |date=May 14, 2020 |access-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref> He never coached a game for the Lightning, however, as his former position at West Linn opened up a few weeks later and Miller returned to the Lions on July 8, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/high-school/chris-miller-vacates-franklin-post-returns-west-linn-head-fb-coach|title=Chris Miller vacates Franklin post, returns as West Linn head FB coach|last=Socotch|first=Peter|publisher=NBC Sports|date=July 8, 2020|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>
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