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Born: | March 25, 1952 |
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 188 lb (85 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Paulding (OH) |
College: | Bowling Green |
Position: | Running back |
NFL draft: | 1974 / round: 8 / pick: 198 |
Career history | |
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Paul J. Miles (born March 25, 1952) is a former American football running back.
Miles was born in 1952 and attended Paulding High School in Paulding, Ohio. He played college football at Bowling Green from 1971 to 1973.[1] He was the third running back in NCAA history to have three seasons of 1,000 or more rushing yards: 1,185 yards as a sophomore; 1,024 yards as a junior; and 1,031 yards as a senior.[2] He was rated by the Associated Press at the end of the 1973 season as the greatest running back in the history of the Mid-America Conference.[3] Also at the end of the 1973 season, Bowing Green retired his jersey (No. 29), the first player in school honor to be so honored.[4] While attending Bowling Green, he also played the guitar and sang in a folk-rock style in a one-man nightclub act.[5] He was inducted into the Bowling Green Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990.[2]
Miles was drafted in the eighth round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts.[6] He played professionally in the World Football League for the Memphis Southmen during the 1974 season[1]
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