Roy Miller is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

 of the National Football League

National Football League

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. He was drafted by the Buccaneers in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft

2009 NFL Draft

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. He played college football

College football

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 at Texas

Texas Longhorns football

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Early years

Roy Miller was born in Fort Lewis, Washington in 1987. His father was a soldier in the U.S. Army. His family lived in Fort Eustis, Va. from 1989-96 before moving to Killeen, TX when Roy was in middle school. Roy was a star at Shoemaker High School before moving on to the University of Texas.

College career

Roy Miller attended the University of Texas from 2005-2008. At UT Roy was a member of UT’s Athletics Director’s Honor Roll, a prep honor roll student who was a three-time academic all-district selection, he was named to the National Honor Roll as a junior, was very active in UT’s community service program and graduated with a degree in corporate communications. Roy was one of the strongest members of the UT squad. He benched 500 lbs., squatted 625 lbs. and power cleaned 365 lbs. During his years at UT Roy recorded 138 tackles, 25 TFL, 10 sacks, 44 pressures, six PBD, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He earned Fiesta Bowl Defensive MVP honors, was tabbed first-team All-Big 12 by the league’s coaches. Roy was a prep All-American who earned practice MVP honors at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Roy Miller was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 3rd Round (81st overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft

External links

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio
• Texas Longhorns bio