page_title: Duane Miller
section_title: College career
hierarchical_section_title: Duane Miller / College career
caption_attribution_description: English: Duane Miller at Drake University
context_page_description: Duane Miller is a former college and professional football player. He holds nine Drake University football records, many which have withstood the test of time. Miller's career at Drake included record-breaking performances on offense, defense, punt returns and kickoff returns. He was selected for the Drake Football All-Century Team.
  Miller was chosen by the New York Giants in the 1970 NFL Draft. He played in all four preseason games and earned a spot on the 53-man regular season roster. He suffered a knee injury at the start of the season that ended his football career.
context_section_description: For Miller's first 3 football seasons at Drake (1966–1968), he played defensive back and ran back punts and kickoffs.
  During his time at defensive back, he set the school record for interceptions and another record for interception return yardage—an average of 26 yards per interception return.
  In his senior season (1969), Miller switched from defensive back to wide receiver. He still holds the season record for receiving yards in a season - 1,393. Miller holds Drake records for the most punt return yards in a season (481 yards in 1969), and the most kickoff return yardage in a season (679 yards in 1969).
  Miller also holds the Drake record for the 2 longest punt returns, both in 1969: 91 yards against North Texas State and 86 yards against Western Illinois.
  In 1969, Drake's home game against Northern Iowa was designated as 'Duane Miller Day' and included a ceremony at halftime. In December 1969, Drake met Arkansas State in the Pecan Bowl.  Although Drake lost 29- 21, Miller played an outstanding game, with 9 receptions for a total of 192 yards. That same year, he was selected as a college division All-American.
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