Rylie Mills (born August 20, 2001) is an American football defensive tackle for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish – No. 99 | |
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| Position | Defensive tackle |
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| Born: | August 20, 2001 Lake Bluff, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 295 lb (134 kg) |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Lake Forest (Lake Forest, Illinois) |
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Career
editMills attended Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois where he also competed in the shot put and discus.[1] He committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football and enrolled early beginning in the spring semester of 2020.[2]
As a true freshman at Notre Dame in 2020, Mills played in 9 games and made his first start in the 2021 Rose Bowl against Alabama. He played in all 13 games in 2022 and recorded 24 total tackles throughout the season.[1][3][4][5]
Statistics
edit| Year | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | TD | |||
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| 2020 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 22 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career | 51 | 26 | 101 | 43 | 58 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b "Rylie Mills – Notre Dame Fighting Irish". fightingirish.com.
- ^ Sinclair, Kevin. "How It Happened: Rylie Mills Commits To Notre Dame". 247 Sports.
- ^ Farmer, Douglas (May 9, 2023). "Notre Dame 99-to-0: No. 99 Rylie Mills, senior defensive tackle, moving back inside from end". NBC Sports.
- ^ Stires, Sean (August 5, 2023). "Bulked Up Defensive Lineman Rylie Mills Is Focused On The Present". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Mentock, Andrew (November 5, 2022). "ND's Rylie Mills: This kid can play". Chicago Sun-Times.
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