THE PRO COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER PROSPECT SCOUTING DATABASETOP DRAFT PROSPECT 2009
Chris Miller, Ball State P
# 35
BEARS ROOKIE CAMP
Punter - P
Height: 6-2
Weight: 211
Senior 2009
Hometown - Liberty, Ill.
High School - Carmel, Liberyville, Ill
High School - Carmel, Liberyville, Ill
General Area Workouts for Pro Teams: Indy area and Fort Wayne, INDScouting (Staff):
Pro College Football Player Development and Scouting comments: Has invites to the Texas vs the nation game and should be training and present at the Pro College Football NFL Development Sessions and NFL - Draft Eligible and College Elite Camps this spring pre draft. Follows footsteps of Reggie Hodges and Brad Maynard as another great Ball State Punter NFL Prospect.
UPDATED June 16, 2009
Definite NFL Prospect. Has explosiveness. He improved Footwork and Positioning and Movement efficiency. Would be a solid NFL level player in camp immediately.
COLLEGE:
Has 186 career punts for 8,386 career punt yards and a 45.1 career average . . . the 186 punts is the fifth highest career total in Ball State history, while the 8,386 yards is the third highest career total at Ball State.
2007 (Jr.): Played in all 13 games to earn third letter . . . ranked third in the country in punting average . . . one of 10 semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award, which goes to the nation’s most outstanding punter . . . had a season-long punt of 65 yards at Indiana plus managed a punt of 63 yards vs. Central Michigan . . . became only the sixth Ball State player in school history to be named a first-team All-American . . . tied his career high with 10 punts at Western Michigan . . . punted for 453 yards at WMU, which is the fourth highest single-game total in school history . . . pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line 23 times, forced six fair catches and 10 touchbacks . . . recipient of Ball State’s Bill Reynolds Special Teams Award.
2006 (So.): Played in all 12 games to earn second letter . . . ranked second in the country and led the Mid-American Conference in punting average . . . helped Ball State rank seventh in the nation in net punting with a 38.28 mark . . . his 2,637 punt yards ranked as the 10th highest single-season total in Ball State history, while his 46.3 yard average was the second best in Ball State annals, behind only Brad Maynard’s 46.5 mark . . . only the second Ball State football player ever selected to a Playboy Magazine Preseason All-America Team . . . of his 57 punts, 20 were placed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, 10 were touchbacks and six were fair catches . . . opponents averaged only 7.2 yards per punt return with the longest return of the season against Ball State being 15 yards . . . punted for a season high 344 yards vs. North Dakota State . . . punted a season high seven times vs. NDSU and at Michigan . . . punted six times against Indiana and pinned the Hoosiers inside the 20-yard line all six times . . . managed a career-long punt of 78 yards vs. NDSU plus had a punt of 70 yards at Miami University . . . co-recipient of Ball State’s Bill Reynolds Special Teams Award.
2005 (Fr.): Played in all 11 games to earn first letter . . . All-Mid-American Conference First Team after ranking first in the MAC and 12th in the nation with a 43.78 yards-per-punt average . . . placed 20 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line . . . managed a season-long punt of 60 yards at Western Michigan and vs. Akron . . . his 2,977 punt yards rank as the fifth best single-season mark in Ball State history . . . his 68 punts rank as the seventh most in a single year in BSU annals . . . his 43.78 punt average ranks as the sixth best single-season mark in Ball State history . . . punted for 430 yards vs. Bowling Green, which ranks as the ninth highest single-game mark in Ball State history . . . his 425 punt yards at Iowa is the 10th best single-game total in the Ball State record books . . . punted a career-high 10 times at Iowa and vs. Bowling Green . . . had four punts over 50 yards at Western Michigan . . . had a single-game season-best average of 49.7 yards per punt at WMU . . . received Ball State’s Bill Reynolds Special Teams Award.
2004: Redshirted as a walk-on . . . earned a scholarship for the 2005 season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played football for Coach Andy Bitto, a Ball State football letterman in 1984 . . . also competed in basketball . . . Football: Helped team to a 14-0 record and the Class 6A State Championship as a senior . . . two-time Chicago Sun Times All-State . . . 2003 Chicago Tribune and Daily Herald All-State . . . All-East Suburban Catholic Conference as a senior . . . News Sun Special Teams Player of the Year as a junior and senior . . . Pioneer Press Mr. Versatile Award as a junior . . . punted 20 times for a 41.1 average as a senior . . . also managed 20 receptions for 460 yards with eight touchdowns as a senior . . . connected on 61-of-71 extra points as a senior . . . punted 17 times for a 40.6 average as a junior with a career-long 66-yard punt . . . made 50-of-58 extra points as a junior and had a long field goal of 45 yards . . . managed 12 catches for 217 yards with two TDs as a junior.
PERSONAL: Son of David and Diane Miller . . . father played football at Augustana College and served as a team captain . . . one sister . . . born June 21, 1986, in Evanston, Ill. . . . owns a 3.38 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State’s 4.0 scale . . . managed a 3.42 GPA last spring . . . full name is Christopher David
