Joshua Harris Miller (born April 14, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL).

Miller played college football for the Arizona Wildcats, and was a first-team All-American in 1992. He was signed by the Baltimore Stallions of the CFL as an undrafted free agent in 1994. Miller was also a member of the Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans of the NFL, and played in 168 games in his NFL career. After his playing career, he became a football analyst.

Early life

Miller, who is Jewish, attended East Brunswick High School and East Brunswick Jewish Center (EBJC) in East Brunswick, New Jersey. In East Brunswick High School he was an All-State pick in football (playing wide receiver, in addition to handling the duties of punting where he still holds some career records) and track (as a high jumper), as well as playing guard in basketball.

Miller was a high school classmate and football teammate of The Young Turks founder and CEO, Cenk Uygur.

College career

Scottsdale Community College

Miller attended Scottsdale Community College for two years and was a letterman in football with the Fighting Artichokes. He was a two-time All-Western States Football League pick at punter.

Arizona

Miller transferred to the University of Arizona and was a two-year letterman in football. He was an All-Pacific-10 Conference selection and an All-America selection as a senior.

In Super Bowl XXXIX, Miller had two notable punts, one to the Eagles' 7-yard line and another that pinned the Eagles back at their own 4-yard line with just 46 seconds left in the game.

In his career with the Patriots, Miller played in 42 straight regular season games, before being placed on injured reserve on November 24, 2006. Miller was released on August 16, 2007.

Tennessee Titans

On September 21, 2007, Miller signed with the Tennessee Titans due to injuries to Craig Hentrich, and made his debut against New Orleans Saints on September 24, 2007. On December 17, 2007, the Titans released him. He was later re-signed by the Titans on May 23, 2008, only to be released again on August 19, 2008.

The Titans re-signed Miller four games into the 2008 regular season on October 4, 2008. The team released quarterback Chris Simms to make room for Miller on the roster, but two days later Miller was released again as Simms was re-signed.

NFL career statistics

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="2"| Legend

|-

| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|

| Won the Super Bowl

|-

| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|

| Led the league

|-

| Bold

| Career high

|}

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

|-

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Team

! colspan="10"| Punting

|-

! !! Punts !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

|-

! 1996 !! PIT

| 12 || 55 || 2,256 || 1,848 || 61 || 41.0 || 33.6 || 0 || 18 || 8

|-

! 1997 !! PIT

| 16 || 64 || 2,729 || 2,238 || 72 || 42.6 || 35.0 || 0 || 17 || 11

|-

! 1998 !! PIT

| 16 || 81 || 3,530 || 2,980 || 73 || 43.6 || 36.8 || 0 || 34 || 12

|-

! 1999 !! PIT

| 16 || 84 || 3,795 || 3,203 || 75 || 45.2 || 38.1 || 0 || 27 || 10

|-

! 2000 !! PIT

| 16 || 90 || 3,944 || 3,413 || 67 || 43.8 || 37.5 || 1 || 34 || 8

|-

! 2001 !! PIT

| 16 || 59 || 2,505 || 2,095 || 64 || 42.5 || 34.9 || 1 || 23 || 5

|-

! 2002 !! PIT

| 14 || 55 || 2,267 || 1,821 || 62 || 41.2 || 32.5 || 1 || 14 || 5

|-

! 2003 !! PIT

| 16 || 84 || 3,521 || 3,062 || 72 || 41.9 || 36.0 || 1 || 27 || 8

|-

! 2004 !! style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| NWE

| 16 || 56 || 2,350 || 1,885 || 69 || 42.0 || 33.7 || 0 || 19 || 5

|-

! 2005 !! NWE

| 16 || 76 || 3,431 || 2,946 || 59 || 45.1 || 38.3 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 1 || 22 || 4

|-

! 2006 !! NWE

| 10 || 43 || 1,848 || 1,539 || 62 || 43.0 || 35.8 || 0 || 12 || 7

|-

! 2007 !! TEN

| 1 || 3 || 121 || 111 || 52 || 40.3 || 37.0 || 0 || 1 || 0

|-

! colspan="2"| Career !! 165 !! 750 !! 32,297 !! 27,141 !! 75 !! 43.1 !! 35.9 !! 5 !! 248 !! 83

|}

Post-NFL career

Miller joined KDKA-FM in Pittsburgh as an analyst on July 13, 2010 and also provides commentary for its sister television station KDKA-TV. He co-hosted The Fan Morning Show with Colin Dunlap and Jim Colony until April 2018. Miller is the president and co-founder of GELSPORT. As part of GELSPORT, Miller and Silver created a line of weighted training aids for hockey, lacrosse, and golf.

See also

  • List of select Jewish football players

References

  • New England Patriots bio
  • Bardownski Hockey
  • GELSTX