Cleo Miller
Cleophus Miller, Jr.
Born: September 5, 1952
Gould, AR USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 207
College: Ark-Pine Bluff
High School: Merrill (Pine Bluff, AR)
Career: 1974-1984
Cleo Miller played from 1974 to 1984 during his career with the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs and Michigan Panthers. Miller ran for 3,058 yards in his career on 739 attempts, scoring 16 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 163 passes for 1,374 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 40 | 186 | 4.6 | 47 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 153 | 613 | 4.0 | 21 | 4 |
| 1977 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 163 | 756 | 4.6 | 38 | 4 |
| 1978 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 89 | 336 | 3.8 | 18 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 39 | 213 | 5.5 | 39 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 28 | 139 | 5.0 | 50 | 3 |
| 1981 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 52 | 165 | 3.2 | 13 | 2 |
| 1982 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Michigan Panthers | 94 | 374 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Michigan Panthers | 52 | 192 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| NFL | 593 | 2492 | 4.2 | 50 | 16 | |
| USFL | 146 | 566 | 3.9 | 19 | 0 | |
| Totals | 739 | 3058 | 4.1 | 50 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 149 | 10.6 | 34 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 16 | 145 | 9.1 | 38 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 41 | 291 | 7.1 | 28 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 20 | 152 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 26 | 251 | 9.7 | 33 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Michigan Panthers | 12 | 92 | 7.7 | 28 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Michigan Panthers | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 18 | 0 |
| NFL | 140 | 1175 | 8.4 | 38 | 1 | |
| USFL | 23 | 199 | 8.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Totals | 163 | 1374 | 8.4 | 38 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 310 | 22.1 | 29 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 31 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 9 | 171 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Michigan Panthers | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| NFL | 34 | 660 | 19.4 | 31 | 0 | |
| USFL | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 681 | 19.5 | 31 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1977 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1979 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1980 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1981 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| NFL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| Totals | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 5 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 6 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
| 1977 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 14 |
| 1978 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 9 |
| 1979 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 3 |
| 1980 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 3 |
| 1982 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL | Michigan Panthers | 14 | 6 |
| 1984 | USFL | Michigan Panthers | 14 | 4 |
