Braxton Miller

Braxton Marcellus Miller (born November 30, 1992) is a former American football wide receiver.

In his third career start against Nebraska, Miller completed 5 of 9 passes for 95 yards and a touchdown, before leaving the game with an ankle injury in the 3rd quarter.

The Buckeyes had built a 27–6 lead with Miller playing, but they went on to lose the game 34–27, with Bauserman leading the offense for the rest of the game.

The following week, the Buckeyes defeated No. 16 Illinois, 17–7.

Illinois was 6–0 coming into the contest, but could not stop the Buckeyes' ground game, as they ran for 211 yards, with Miller accounting for 34 of those yards.

Miller only attempted four passes the entire game, completing only one, which was for a touchdown.

After their bye week Ohio State faced off against No. 15 Wisconsin and won on a last minute 40-yard touchdown pass by Miller.

He was 7 of 12 for the game with one touchdown and had 99 yards and two touchdowns on the ground in the 33–29 victory.

In the next game, against Indiana, he had 14 carries for 105 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in the 34–20 victory.

The Buckeyes ended the season on four-game losing streak.

In that stretch, Miller had some productive games.

On November 12, in a 26–23 loss to Purdue, he had 175 yards from scrimmage as he passed for two touchdowns and recorded a rushing touchdown as well.

In the regular season finale, a 40–34 loss to Michigan, he had 235 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and one interception to go along with 16 carries for 100 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.

Miller committed to Ohio State on June 3, 2010, under then-head coach Jim Tressel.

Miller also had scholarship offers from Alabama, Cincinnati, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Southern California, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

It was rumored that Miller's friendship with another five-star recruit from Springfield, Ohio, Trey DePriest, would result in DePreist attending Ohio State as well.

Instead, DePreist chose to attend Alabama.

He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was their starting quarterback from 2011 to 2013, before moving to the wide receiver position in 2015 after sustaining a shoulder injury.

Miller began the 2011 season as the backup to Joe Bauserman, but saw action in the season opening game against Akron, where he completed 8 of 12 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown in the 42–0 victory.

Miller did not play in the second game of the season, a 27–22 victory over Toledo, due to a coaching decision, by interim head coach Luke Fickell.

Miller played very little in the third game of the season, a 24–6 loss to the Miami Hurricanes.

Miller was named the starting quarterback for the Buckeyes' fourth game against Colorado.

His first career start turned out to be the best performance of his young career, as he tossed two touchdown passes, while going just 5 for 13 for 83 yards in the game.

He was also able to run for 83 yards in the 37–17 victory.

His second career start proved to not be so successful, as the Buckeyes lost 10–7 against Michigan State.

For the game, Miller completed only 5 of 10 passes for 56 yards with an interception.

He also was sacked several times resulting in −27 yards rushing.

He also won the 2011 CFPA National Freshman Trophy.

He finished the regular season ranked among the conference's top 10 in total offense with 11 passing and seven rushing touchdowns to go with 1,692 total yards.

In the 2012 Gator Bowl against the Florida Gators, he had a poor game on the ground with 15 carries for 20 rushing yards but went 18-of-23 for 162 passing yards and two passing touchdowns in the 24–17 loss.

After the season, Miller became the seventh Ohio State player to take home the conference's Freshman of the Year accolade.

Going into the 2012 season, Miller had a new head coach in Urban Meyer.

He competed with Kenny Guiton for the starting quarterback position and won.

He had a great campaign as a dual-threat quarterback.

In the season opener against the Miami RedHawks, he had 207 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, and 17 carries for 161 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in the 56–10 victory.

He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

Miller moved from Springfield, Ohio, to attend Wayne High School in Huber Heights, Ohio, before his freshman year.

While there, he played high school football for the Warriors.

He was named a Mr. Football Award Finalist, and also competed in the Under Armour All-America Game.

He was also a letterman in basketball and track, where he went to district and regional meet in the 4 × 100 m relay, with a best of 43.68 seconds.