COLLEGE CAREER – The Saints selected Christen Miller with their first second round pick (42nd overall) in the 2026 NFL Draft out of the University of Georgia, the third defensive tackle off the board. The 6-foot-3, 321-pound defensive lineman provides a rare blend of size, power and quickness. He was an Associated Press first-team All-SEC selection as a redshirt junior and will compete for snaps on New Orleans's defensive front. During a four-year career, Miller played in 43 games with 24 starts. He finished his career with 64 tackles, four sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss and one pass breakup, part of a senior class that tallied 51 wins, was 25-1 at home, won three SEC titles and advanced to three College Football Playoffs.
COLLEGE CAREER – Signed to a four-year contract, 5/9/26; Selected in the second round (42nd overall) of the 2026 NFL Draft.
2025 – Played and started in all 14 games as a redshirt junior and earned Associated Press first-team All-SEC. Made 23 tackles (ten solo), four stops for loss for 12 yards, 1.5 sacks, and a team-leading 23 quarterback pressures...Made two tackles and half a stop for loss for a yard in overtime victory at Tennessee...Had four solo tackles, a stop for loss for one yard and one quarterback hit at Auburn...Had two tackles (one solo) and one QB hit in win over Florida in Jacksonville...Made season-high and matched career-high with five tackles and 0.5 stops for loss for two yards at Mississippi State…Recorded three tackles, including one for loss in Sugar Bowl against Mississippi. 2024 – Played in 12 games, starting in ten and had 27 tackles, including 3.5 for loss of 12 yards. Credited with 1.5 sacks for ten yards lost...Tallied four stops, including a sack for a loss of seven yards, in home opener win over Tennessee Tech...Had three tackles and two QB pressures in the SEC opener win over Kentucky...Had four tackles, assisting on a sack for a loss of three yards, against Ole Miss...Notched a career-high five tackles with one pass breakup and one QB pressure in College Football Playoff Allstate Sugar Bowl Quarterfinal against Notre Dame. 2023 – Played in 13 contests as reserve…Made 14 tackles, (nine solo) and four stops for loss of 14 yards…Posted a tackle for two-yard loss vs. Ball State...Had one stop for loss of one yard in win over Vanderbilt...Posted a pair of tackles, including a sack for loss of five yards, in win over Georgia Tech...Had two tackles, including one for a loss of six yards, in the SEC Championship game against Alabama. 2022 – Saw action as a reserve in four of 12 games for the national champions…Credited with one QB hurry in win over Stanford.
PERSONAL – Prepped at Cedar Grove (Ellendale, Ga.) HS…Selected to play in the 2022 All-American Bowl…247Sports.com four-star prospect, #19 defensive lineman prospect nationally, #13 prospect in Georgia and #139 prospect nationally…PrepStar four-star prospect, #21 defensive line prospect, #12 in Georgia and #120 nationally…ESPN.com four-star prospect, #13 defensive line prospect, #13 in Georgia and #139 nationally…A Rivals.com four-star prospect, the #5 defensive line prospect, #7 in Georgia and #76 nationally…Led Cedar Grove to a 12-3 record in 2021 and Georgia High School Association Class 3A state championship…2021 Georgia Class 3A All-State first-team Defense (Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Georgia High School Football Daily…AJC Class 3A Defensive Player of the Year…Led the Saints to the third round of Class 3A state playoffs in 2020 junior season…Helped the Saints to Class 3A state championship in 2019 sophomore season…Housing management & policy degree…Christen Emmanuel Miller was born on August 5, 2004 in Hinesville, Ga.
