BIOGRAPHY
Von Miller was born March 26, 1989, in Dallas, Texas. He is an outside linebacker in the National Football League.
Miller played college football at Texas A&M, where he earned consensus All-American honors and was awarded the Butkus Award as the most outstanding college linebacker in the nation. He was drafted by the Broncos second overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. Considered among the best defenders in the league, he is an eight-time Pro Bowl selection, receiving first-team All-Pro honors three times and second-team All-Pro honors four times. As of 2021, he has the most career sacks of any currently active player. At the conclusion of the 2015 NFL season, Miller was named Super Bowl MVP after the Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. He has also appeared on season 22 of the American television show Dancing with the Stars. On March 1, 2016, the Broncos placed the exclusive franchise tag on Miller. On July 15, Miller signed a 6-year deal worth $114.5 million featuring $70 million guaranteed with the Broncos. He became the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history, with the highest amount of guaranteed salary.
Miller finished the 2016 regular season with 13.5 sacks and 24 quarterback hits. In the last four games of the season, Miller did not record a sack, which was the longest such stretch in his career. He was named to his fifth career and third consecutive Pro Bowl, and his third First-team All-Pro, and was ranked second by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017 as the highest-ranked defensive player. On December 19, 2017, Miller was named to his sixth Pro Bowl. Miller was named the 2018 Pro Bowl defensive MVP. In the 2017 season, he recorded his fourth consecutive season with at least ten sacks. He was ranked ninth by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018. In the Broncos' 2018 season opener against the Seattle Seahawks, Miller recorded three sacks and seven total tackles in the 27–24 victory. In Week 11, Miller intercepted Philip Rivers and returned it 42 yards to set up a touchdown, which helped ignite a 23-22 comeback win over the Los Angeles Chargers, earning him AFC Defensive Player of the Week.
During the 2018 season, Miller recorded his 100th career sack (including postseason sacks), becoming the 5th-fastest player in NFL history to do so. He was also selected to the 2019 Pro Bowl as a starting outside linebacker, which was his seventh career and fifth consecutive Pro Bowl. In the 2019 season in week 4 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Miller sacked Gardner Minshew II twice in the 26-24 loss. Miller's second sack of the game was the 100th sack of his career. He was also selected to the 2020 Pro Bowl as a starting outside linebacker, which was his eighth career and sixth consecutive Pro Bowl. During practice on September 8, 2020, Miller suffered what was called a “freak injury near the ankle”, and it was feared that season-ending surgery was required. An MRI the next day revealed that the injury was a dislocated peroneal tendon, and Miller was subsequently placed on injured reserve. In March 2021, the Broncos exercised the 2021 year option in Miller's contract. His contract, which entered its final year, guarantees $7 million of his base salary of $17.5 million in 2021.
On November 1st, 2021 he was traded from the Denver Broncos to the Los Angeles Rams. In Week 10, Miller made his Rams debut on Monday Night Football and tallied 3 tackles in a 31–10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. In Week 15, in a 20-10 home win, Miller notched his first sack as Ram against Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson. In Week 16, Miller recorded a sack against Kirk Cousins in a 30–23 road win over the Minnesota Vikings. In Week 17, Miller had his best game as a Ram by notching 2 sacks and 5 tackles including the game-sealing sack on Baltimore Ravens QB Tyler Huntley in the 20–19 victory. Overall in the 2021 season, Miller recorded 50 tackles, 9.5 sacks, one pass defended, and one forced fumble in 15 games played. Miller helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI 23-20 against the Cincinnati Bengals. Miller recorded 2 sacks in the game. His multi-sack performance makes him only the second player to ever have multiple Super Bowl games with multiple sacks. The other is Justin Tuck of the New York Giants. He also tied Charles Haley's record for most career Super Bowl sacks at 4.5 sacks, despite playing in three fewer Super Bowls than Haley.
In March of 2022, Von signed a six-year deal with the Buffalo Bills.
