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Senior Bowl Day 3: Braxton Miller exceeding all expectations at WR
BY
CHRIS BURKE
Posted: Thu Jan. 28, 2016
MOBILE, Ala. — One-on-one drills at the goal line. Braxton Miller vs. Minnesota cornerback Eric Murray, a player Miller had singled out Wednesday for being a difficult and extremely aggressive defender. Miller takes three steps toward the goal line, plants, fakes a move outside and then cuts on a dime back inside and leaves Murray frozen. The ball meets Miller, who snags it as he tumbles to the ground and loses his helmet, Murray recovering to tackle him from behind.
Miller leaps up and lets Murray hear about it, jawing aggressively enough that a
Cowboys’ coach has to step between the two. On Miller’s next rep, he does the same to Northern Iowa cornerback Deiondre’ Hall, among the Senior Bowl stars here. Quick burst forward, double move, defender turned to dust. Miller and Hall exchange words, too, Hall seemingly livid that Miller had worked him over.
A quarterback playing receiver doesn't make those catches. Few of the other receivers here—maybe none—could have pulled them off with the same level of blistering footwork.
Miller has asserted himself time and again this week as a standout at receiver, and not in a gimmicky way or with a “not bad for a position change” undertone. He legitimately has been the most impressive receiver in Mobile and arguably the best player, period. As a result, the conversations about him have changed. Forget for now the possibility that he'll fall to the mid-rounds. The Ohio State product is on track to be off the board long before that.
I polled a few different Senior Bowl attendees, ranging from media to scouts, about Miller’s current stock. The general consensus: Don’t be surprised if Miller hears his name called late in Round 1; by Round 2, he could become a bargain.
“He's not a project,” Eric Galko of
Optimum Scouting told me. That sentiment was echoed almost verbatim by an NFL scout, who added, “He's been better than I expected.”
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