#51

Ventrell Miller

LB · Florida · Sr. · #51

CFB Index 51 · #270 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceJacksonville — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 19, #121 overall

The record

1 tackles, 0.5 TFL · vs Florida State

Week 13, 2022

11 tackles, 0.5 TFL · vs Vanderbilt

Week 12, 2022

4 tackles, 2 TFL · vs South Carolina

Week 11, 2022

4 tackles, 1 TFL · vs Texas A&M

Week 10, 2022

5 tackles · vs Georgia

Week 9, 2022

10 tackles, 1.5 TFL · vs LSU

Week 7, 2022

How it ended

Three seasons at Florida, 98 tackles — drafted at #121 overall by Jacksonville.

Career Arc

Recruit

★★★

#562 national

CFB

College

Florida

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #121

Jacksonville · 2023

Coaching Lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

—

Florida

2021

Dan Mullen

Florida

era →

2022

Billy Napier

Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 4th NFL season

#121Rd 4 · Pick 19

JacksonvilleEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida10-3Run-leaning

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #270 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd). Concern: sacks (23rd).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#51 / 2755 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#167 / 2755 · 93rd pct

9.0

Tackles#186 / 2755 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#367 / 2755 · 86th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	8.0	1.2	0.0	0.2
Road5g	5.4	0.4	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.3	0.8	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	0.8	0.0	0.2

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #270 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #270 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Florida	75	34	9.0	0.0	2	--	--
2021	Florida	8	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Florida	15	8	2.0	1.0	--	1	--
Career		98	45	11.0	1.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 29–26

vs Utah

1 QB HUR · 1 PD · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With A. Richardson — 168 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.8 · 106 rush yds (11 car) · 3 TD · J. Crawshaw — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game Log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 29-26vs Utah	9	3	0.5	—	1
Wk 2	L 16-26vs Kentucky	6	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 33-38@ Tennessee	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 52-17vs Eastern Washington	8	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-17vs Missouri	11	10	2.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 7	L 35-45vs LSU	10	5	1.5	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-42@ Georgia	5	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 41-24@ Texas A&M	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-6vs South Carolina	4	4	2.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 24-31@ Vanderbilt	11	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 38-45@ Florida State	1	0	0.5	—	1
Total		75	34	9.0	—	2

How he plays

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #270 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd). Concern: sacks (23rd).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#51 / 2755 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#167 / 2755 · 93rd pct

9.0

Tackles#186 / 2755 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#367 / 2755 · 86th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

75Tackles

34Solo

9TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

75 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 131 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Justin Whiteside’s 2022 season.

Justin Whiteside

79%match

Central Michigan · 2022

Eldrick Robinson II

Georgia Southern · 2021

All-Sun Belt

76%

DeAndre Square

Kentucky · 2021

74%

Eli Neal

Marshall · 2022

74%

Logan Doublin

App State · 2022

73%

Matches Justin on

TFL rate

Tackle volume

PD rate

Differs from Justin on

Hurry rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kolbe Fields's graduate season at Louisiana Tech (2024).

Kolbe Fields

83%match

Louisiana Tech · 2024

All-Conference USA

Justin Whiteside

Central Michigan · 2022

82%

Jacob Thomas

James Madison · 2024

All-Sun Belt

80%

Daveon Crouch

Boston College · 2024

80%

Anthony Switzer

Utah State · 2023

78%

Matches Kolbe on

Tackle volume

PD rate

Sack rate

Differs from Kolbe on

Hurry rate (higher)

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology