 He became the first tackle to play as a true freshman at Colorado since Bryan Campbell, who played as a reserve behind Mark VanderPoel on the 1989 and 1990 teams, and when he started, that made him just the ninth true freshman to start a game on the offensive line at Colorado since freshmen were allowed to play again in 1972.Miller earned first-team Freshman All-America honors from "The Sporting News", second-team by Scout.com, and third-team by College Football News.TSN also selected him first-team Freshman All-Big 12.