Von B’Vsean Miller Jr. is an American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. Miller played college football at Texas A&M, where he earned consensus All-American honors and was awarded the Butkus Award as the most outstanding college linebacker in the nation.
Born on March 26, 1989 (age 32 years), in Dallas, Texas, in the United States of America Voin began his education at the Texas A&M University where he played college football and earned consensus All-American honors and was awarded the Butkus Award as the most outstanding college linebacker in the nation.
He was drafted by the Denver Broncos’ second overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
As a freshman at defensive end in 2007, he was named Freshman All-Big 12 by The Sporting News after posting 22 tackles, including 10 solo stops.
Von Miller’s Butkus Award
Texas A&M’s Von Miller won the Butkus Award as college football’s best linebacker whiles in college after leading Luke Kuechly of Boston College in voting by journalists, coaches, scouts, and recruiters.
Miller was the driving force in the team’s defensive renaissance under first-year defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter. The 6-foot-3, 243-pound linebacker had 14 1/2 tackles for losses including 9 1/2 sacks.
Von was given the award by Dick Butkus himself.
