#78  Blake Miller

Broke the Clemson record for career snaps from scrimmage, playing 3,778 offensive snaps over 54 career games (all starts) from 2022-25 … hard-nosed iron man who started every game Clemson played in his entire four-year career … also set the Clemson record for consecutive starts by a non-specialist with 54 … became the first Clemson offensive lineman to start every game played by Clemson over a four-year span since offensive linemen Jim Bundren and Glenn Rountree started all 47 of Clemson’s games from 1994-97 after both redshirted in 1993 … followed his 2022 Freshman All-American season with three consecutive All-ACC seasons …  joined Mitch Hyatt (four), Jeb Flesch (three) and Tyrone Crowder (three) as the fourth offensive lineman in school history to be a three-time All-ACC honoree … became the sixth player on record in Clemson history (Mitch Hyatt, Jay Guillermo, Dalton Freeman, Deshaun Watson and Tajh Boyd) with multiple 950-snap seasons and joined Hyatt as one of only two Clemson offensive tackles on record back to 1986 to record multiple seasons with 950-plus snaps from scrimmage.

2025: First-team All-ACC selection, becoming the 25th player in school history to earn at least three career All-ACC selections … collected second-team All-ACC honors from the AP and Phil Steele … voted by his teammates as a permanent team captain … played 885 offensive snaps while starting all 13 games … played 60 snaps vs. No. 9 LSU … played 60 snaps as Clemson produced both a 100-yard rusher (Adam Randall) and 100-yard receiver (Bryant Wesco Jr.) vs. Troy … played his 3,000th career offensive snap in that contest, becoming the seventh Clemson player on record to reach 3,000 career snaps from scrimmage … played all 63 snaps at Georgia Tech as Clemson rushed for 174 yards and allowed no sacks … played 91 snaps as Clemson accrued 503 yards vs. Syracuse … played 64 snaps as Clemson scored touchdowns on each of its first four possessions at North Carolina … collected ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week after playing 73 snaps and helping Clemson exceed both 200 passing yards and 200 rushing yards at Boston College … played 72 snaps as Christopher Vizzina threw for 317 yards vs. SMU … played 78 snaps in Clemson’s 560-yard performance vs. Duke … played 63 snaps while making school history vs. Florida State, as he became the first offensive or defensive player in Clemson history to start 50 consecutive games … played 66 snaps in Clemson’s ranked road win at No. 19 Louisville … played 41 snaps as Clemson posted 237 passing yards and 219 rushing yards vs. Furman … played 88 snaps at South Carolina in helping Clemson to its sixth straight road win in its rivalry series with the Gamecocks … broke Mitch Hyatt’s school record for career snaps from scrimmage while playing 66 snaps vs. Penn State.

2024: First-team All-ACC selection by both the conference and the AP … also garnered first-team All-ACC honors from Phil Steele, who included him among his All-America honorable mentions as well … played 944 snaps from scrimmage, second-most on the team, while starting all 14 games … was one of 12 Clemson players to start all 14 games for the Tigers in 2024 … helped power Clemson to a top-15 ranking in total offense (451.9 yards per game) … became the first offensive or defensive player to start every game played by Clemson in each of his freshman, sophomore and junior years since Clelin Ferrell from 2016-18 (after redshirting in 2015); he was the first Clemson offensive lineman to do so without the benefit of a redshirt year since starting center Ralph Jenkins from 1943-45 … played 54 snaps in season opener vs. No. 1 Georgia … played 42 snaps as Clemson recorded a school-record 525 first-half yards and allowed no sacks amid its 712 total yards vs. Appalachian State … played 54 snaps as Clemson’s starters ran out to a 52-7 third-quarter lead in a win vs. NC State … played 59 snaps vs. Stanford as Clemson reached the 40-point mark for a third straight game … played 77 snaps in powering Clemson to 500 yards, including 265 on the ground, at Florida State … played 73 snaps as Clemson posted more than 300 passing yards and exceeded 200 rushing yards at Wake Forest … played 79 snaps vs. Virginia as Clemson produced 539 yards and held the ‘Hoos without a sack … played 104 snaps in helping Phil Mafah to 171 rushing yards vs. Louisville … played 83 snaps at Virginia Tech, pushing him past 2,500 snaps from scrimmage for his career … played all 74 snaps — including 73 of them at left tackle after an injury to Elyjah Thurmon on the game’s opening play — along a shuffled offensive line in a comeback win at Pitt … played 31 snaps as Clemson rolled up 302 rushing yards vs. The Citadel … played 72 snaps vs. No. 16 South Carolina, helping neutralize a defensive front that ranked third in the nation in sacks prior the game … played 74 snaps in Clemson’s dramatic ACC Championship Game win vs. No. 8 SMU.

2023: Third-team All-ACC selection … became the fourth Clemson offensive lineman under Dabo Swinney to earn All-ACC honors as an underclassman, joining Tyrone Crowder, Jackson Carman and Mitch Hyatt … added second-team All-ACC honors from Phil Steele … played 960 offensive snaps over 13 games (all starts) … played 86 snaps in season debut at Duke, helping the Tigers exceed both 200 passing yards and 200 rushing yards … played 51 snaps as Clemson amassed 679 yards of offense and 37 first downs vs. Charleston Southern … played 53 snaps in Clemson’s sack-free win vs. Florida Atlantic … played 82 snaps in a 429-yard effort vs. No. 4 Florida State … played 70 snaps as Clemson rushed for 207 yards vs. Wake Forest … played 70 snaps in Cade Klubnik’s 314-yard passing performance at Miami (Fla.) … played 80 snaps at NC State … played 72 snaps and helped propel Phil Mafah to a career-best 186-yard rushing performance vs. No. 12 Notre Dame … played 70 snaps as Clemson reached 200 passing yards and 200 rushing yards vs. Georgia Tech … played 91 snaps as Clemson produced 466 yards and no sacks vs. No. 20 North Carolina … played 75 snaps and helped power Clemson to 219 rushing yards at South Carolina … played 84 snaps in Clemson’s fourth-quarter comeback win vs. Kentucky in the Gator Bowl … played 68 snaps at No. 3 Texas.

2022: Earned first-team Freshman All-American status from College Football News, FWAA, On3 and Pro Football Focus … College Football Network’s ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year … second-team All-ACC selection by College Football Network … started all 14 games for Clemson, and his 989 offensive snaps tied teammate Jordan McFadden for the fourth-most by an offensive tackle in a season in program history … All-ACC Academic Team selection … ACC Honor Roll selection … started at right tackle in season opener at Georgia Tech, becoming only the third true freshman to start a season opener at offensive tackle for Clemson since 1944, joining Mitch Hyatt (2015) and Phil Prince (1944) … played 69 snaps in that 31-point victory against Georgia Tech … played 59 snaps vs. Furman as DJ Uiagalelei set a new career high in passer rating … played 61 snaps in paving the way for 280 rushing yards and 241 passing yards vs. Louisiana Tech … played every offensive snap at No. 21 Wake Forest, powering Clemson to 559 yards in a double-overtime victory … played 68 snaps in a sack-free performance by Clemson’s offensive line vs. No. 10 NC State … played all 64 snaps at Boston College … played 58 snaps at Florida State as Clemson did not commit a turnover for the third time in four games … played 83 snaps vs. No. 14 Syracuse as the Tigers rushed for a season-high 293 yards and leaned on the ground game to overcome an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit in the win … played all 70 offensive snaps at Notre Dame … played 74 snaps in helping power Clemson to 248 rushing yards vs. Louisville … played 78 snaps in helping Clemson exceed 200 yards both on the ground and through the air vs. Miami (Fla.) … played 68 snaps in Clemson’s 237-yard rushing performance vs. South Carolina … played 42 snaps for a unit that held No. 24 North Carolina without a sack during Cade Klubnik’s MVP performance in the ACC Championship Game … credited with 105 snaps in the Orange Bowl vs. No. 6 Tennessee.

Before Clemson: Followed in the lineage of Jackson Carman (now with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins) and Matt Bockhorst (2020 All-ACC selection) as another highly touted offensive lineman from Ohio to sign with Clemson … as the starting left tackle, did not allow a sack as a junior or senior in a total of 352 pass attempts … three-year starter at Strongsville High School … first-team All-Ohio Division I, first-team All-Region and first-team All-District selection in 2020 and 2021 … four-time Greater Cleveland Conference All-Academic selection … four-year starter on the offensive line at left tackle, dating from his fourth game as a freshman through the end of his senior year … never missed a game … did not miss a play in 2021 … started both ways as a senior … also played nose tackle on defense as a freshman … national top-250 player … Rivals.com ranked him No. 122 overall, 13th-best among offensive tackles and seventh-best in Ohio … rated as the No. 203 player in the nation by PrepStar, which had him as the nation’s 22nd-best offensive tackle and seventh-best player in Ohio … ranked No. 250 overall by ESPN.com, which rated him as the eighth-best player in Ohio … On3 Sports ranked him as the nation’s No. 111 prospect, the ninth-best offensive tackle and the No. 5 prospect in Ohio … MaxPreps Junior All-American in 2020 … coached at Strongsville High School by Louis Cirino … also ran track in 2020 … holds many records in the school’s weight room … as a youth, won OAC State Championship in wrestling … committed to Clemson on Oct. 28, 2020, becoming the first member of Clemson’s 2022 class to commit to the Tigers … enrolled at Clemson in January 2022.

Personal: Earned degree in financial management in May 2025 … born Feb. 25, 2004.