Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Rylie Mills has been at Notre Dame through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 3 TFL against Florida State — Week 11, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Notre Dame, 16 sacks — drafted at #142 overall by Seattle.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
SeattleEntering 2nd NFL season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 37 | 19 | 8.5 | 7.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 42 | 17 | 5.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 20 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 16 | 8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 115 | 50 | 21.5 | 15.5 | -- | -- | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Aaron Graves’s 2024 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Xavier Ross's graduate season at Oklahoma State (2024).
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