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Originally Posted by ukcolt
It will be interesting to see just how high they really were on TE Mike Miller....
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Miller is not officially a member of the 2017 Colts yet because he is an ERFA who has not yet been signed.
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At Taylor (University), Miller didn't get the experience blocking like other collegiate tight ends do - mainly because he wasn't playing tight end. He saw some time at quarterback (completing 68 of 161 passes for 568 yards and five scores along with 177 yards and three scores rushing), but he was most productive at wide receiver. He caught 80 passes for 959 yards and seven touchdowns while at Taylor (playing in 27 games total), including 42 receptions for 546 yards and five scores in 2015 as a senior.
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He was on and off the practice squad twice last season before going on IR in Oct 2016.
At this point, he is pretty much in the running with all the 2016 UDFA TEs the Colts might pick up. I don't know that I would think he has a leg up on them since he was a development project in his own right who then missed 1/2 the season on IR.
We will find someone. If nothing else, the development of Doyle and Swoope show that someone on the Colts coaching roster knows what they are doing with developing young TEs.
Cheers,