Rontez Miles

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Rontez Miles
No. 45 New York Jets
Position: Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: (1988-11-25) November 25, 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth: Braddock, Pennsylvania
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Career information
College: California (PA)
Undrafted: 2013
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2015
Total tackles: 23
Interceptions: 1
Pass deflections: 1
Forced fumbles: 0
Player stats at NFL.com

Rontez Lamotte Miles[1] (born November 25, 1988)[2] is an American football strong safety for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He played college football at California (PA).

Early years

Miles attended at Woodland Hills High School in Pennsylvania.[3] He was teammates with future NFL'ers Rob Gronkowski and Monte Simmons. He was also a three-year letterman, two-time all-conference and Big 33 while at Woodland Hills.[3]

College career

Freshman season

On November 11, 2009, He was named the PSAC West Freshman of the Year.[4] On November 18, 2009, He was selected to the PSAC West Second-Team.[5]

Sophomore season

He was selected to the Football Gazette Third-Team All-Region team.[3] He was also selected to the All-PSAC West First-Team.[3]

Junior season

On August 22, 2011, He was selected to the preseason D2Football.com First-Team All-American team.[6] He was selected to the AFCA First-Team All-American and AP First-Team All-American team.[7] He was named to the 2011 All-PSAC West First-Team.[8] He selected to the All-American,[3] Don Hansen Second-Team All-American,[3] Daktronics First-Team All-Region[3] and Don Hansen First-Team All-Region team following the conclusion of his Junior season.[3] On November 16, 2011, He was selected as the PSAC West Defensive Player of the Year.[8] He was selected as the Daktronics Super Region 1 Defensive Player of the Year.[3]

Senior season

Prior to his Senior year, He was selected to the Preseason Lindy’s First-Team All-American[9] and Preseason Beyond Sport Network (BSN) First-Team All-American team.[3]

Professional career

2013 NFL Combine

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 0 in 203 lb 32 7/8 in 10 1/4 in 4.62 s 4.27 s 6.97 s 36.5 in 123 ft 0 in
All values from the NFL Combine[10]

New York Jets

On April 27, 2013, He signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent.[11] He was released on August 31, 2013.[12] He was signed to the team's practice squad a day later.[13] He was promoted to the active roster on November 1, 2013.[14] He was released 10 days later after suspended tight end Kellen Winslow II returned to the active roster.[15] He was re-signed to the practice squad on November 13, 2013.[16] Miles was released on August 30, 2014[17] and signed to the team's practice squad a day later.[18]

He was promoted to the Jets' active roster before the Jets' Week 17 season finale, and according to former head coach Rex Ryan, Miles was going to play a role on special teams. However, Miles suffered a leg injury in practice, after colliding with Marcus Williams. Miles was placed on injured reserve after undergoing surgery on December 26, 2014.

References

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  10. Rontez Miles NFL Combine profile
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