Oklahoma State University Athletics
Terry Miller Added to College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
June 04, 2021 | Cowboy Football
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State running back Terry Miller has been added to the ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Wednesday.
Miller is one of 78 players from the FBS included on the 2022 ballot.
A two-time All-American, Miller finished second in the voting for the 1977 Heisman Trophy and was fourth in 1976. Only 23 running backs in college football history have logged two top-four Heisman finishes, and Miller is the only one who is not already a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
In his collegiate career, Miller played in 43 games, totaling 871 carries for 4,754 rushing yards, 49 rushing touchdowns, 5.5 yards per carry and 110.6 rushing yards per game. He is still the only player in OSU history to finish his career with three 1,000-yard rushing seasons, and he ranked fourth in career rushing in NCAA history following his final season.
Miller led the Big Eight in rushing as a junior and senior, won the Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year award in both of those seasons and is one of only three Big Eight players with more than 4,000 career rushing yards. The other two (Mike Rozier of Nebraska and Thurman Thomas of Oklahoma State) are both College Football Hall of Fame members.
In OSU's record book, Miller sits at No. 2 in both career rushing (behind Thomas) and career rushing touchdowns (behind 1988 Heisman winner Barry Sanders). His junior and senior rushing campaigns rank No. 3 and No. 6 in OSU history and his No. 43 jersey number is one of four numbers no longer in use at Oklahoma State.
Miller also helped coach Jim Stanley's teams become 1974 Fiesta Bowl champions, 1976 Big Eight champions and 1976 Tangerine Bowl champions, winning 27 games during his playing career.
As a professional, Miller was selected in the first round by the Buffalo Bills with the fifth overall pick of the 1978 NFL Draft. He replaced O.J. Simpson as the Bills' starting running back and ran for 1,060 yards in his rookie season. He played for the Bills from 1978-80 and wrapped up his career with a one-year stint in Seattle in 1981.
Miller graduated from Oklahoma State in 1978 with a degree in business administration and followed his football career as a self-employed professional in sales and marketing before retiring. He is married to Dr. Nancy Gay Washington Miller and has three children.
Now a resident of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Miller has been active in the community, volunteering and serving with numerous organizations and non-profits, including FCA, First Christian Church, the Oklahoma WONDERtorium Children's Museum, Mission of Hope and Payne County Youth Services.
The 2022 ballot has been emailed to the more than 12,000 NFF members and Hall of Famers whose votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF's Honors Courts, which deliberate and select the class. The FBS Honors Court and the Divisional Honors Court include an elite and geographically diverse pool of athletic administrators, Hall of Famers and members of the media.
The announcement of the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2022, with specific details to be announced in the future. The class will be officially inducted during the NFF Annual Awards Dinner in 2022. The inductees will be permanently enshrined at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
Of the 5.4 million individuals who have played college football since Princeton first battled Rutgers on Nov. 6, 1869, less than two one-hundredths of a percent (.02%) have earned induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Miller is one of 78 players from the FBS included on the 2022 ballot.
A two-time All-American, Miller finished second in the voting for the 1977 Heisman Trophy and was fourth in 1976. Only 23 running backs in college football history have logged two top-four Heisman finishes, and Miller is the only one who is not already a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
In his collegiate career, Miller played in 43 games, totaling 871 carries for 4,754 rushing yards, 49 rushing touchdowns, 5.5 yards per carry and 110.6 rushing yards per game. He is still the only player in OSU history to finish his career with three 1,000-yard rushing seasons, and he ranked fourth in career rushing in NCAA history following his final season.
Miller led the Big Eight in rushing as a junior and senior, won the Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year award in both of those seasons and is one of only three Big Eight players with more than 4,000 career rushing yards. The other two (Mike Rozier of Nebraska and Thurman Thomas of Oklahoma State) are both College Football Hall of Fame members.
In OSU's record book, Miller sits at No. 2 in both career rushing (behind Thomas) and career rushing touchdowns (behind 1988 Heisman winner Barry Sanders). His junior and senior rushing campaigns rank No. 3 and No. 6 in OSU history and his No. 43 jersey number is one of four numbers no longer in use at Oklahoma State.
Miller also helped coach Jim Stanley's teams become 1974 Fiesta Bowl champions, 1976 Big Eight champions and 1976 Tangerine Bowl champions, winning 27 games during his playing career.
As a professional, Miller was selected in the first round by the Buffalo Bills with the fifth overall pick of the 1978 NFL Draft. He replaced O.J. Simpson as the Bills' starting running back and ran for 1,060 yards in his rookie season. He played for the Bills from 1978-80 and wrapped up his career with a one-year stint in Seattle in 1981.
Miller graduated from Oklahoma State in 1978 with a degree in business administration and followed his football career as a self-employed professional in sales and marketing before retiring. He is married to Dr. Nancy Gay Washington Miller and has three children.
Now a resident of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Miller has been active in the community, volunteering and serving with numerous organizations and non-profits, including FCA, First Christian Church, the Oklahoma WONDERtorium Children's Museum, Mission of Hope and Payne County Youth Services.
The 2022 ballot has been emailed to the more than 12,000 NFF members and Hall of Famers whose votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF's Honors Courts, which deliberate and select the class. The FBS Honors Court and the Divisional Honors Court include an elite and geographically diverse pool of athletic administrators, Hall of Famers and members of the media.
The announcement of the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2022, with specific details to be announced in the future. The class will be officially inducted during the NFF Annual Awards Dinner in 2022. The inductees will be permanently enshrined at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
Of the 5.4 million individuals who have played college football since Princeton first battled Rutgers on Nov. 6, 1869, less than two one-hundredths of a percent (.02%) have earned induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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