Rylie Mills

Rylie Mills
Notre Dame Fighting Irish – No. 99
PositionDefensive tackle
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Senior
Personal information
Born: (2001-08-20) August 20, 2001 (age 23)
Lake Bluff, Illinois, U.S.
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight295 lb (134 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolLake Forest (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Rylie Mills (born August 20, 2001) is an American college football defensive tackle for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Career

Mills 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

Year Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Total Solo Ast Sack PD Int Yds TD FF FR TD
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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

  1. ^ a b "Rylie Mills – Notre Dame Fighting Irish". fightingirish.com.
  2. ^ Sinclair, Kevin. "How It Happened: Rylie Mills Commits To Notre Dame". 247 Sports.
  3. ^ Farmer, Douglas (May 9, 2023). "Notre Dame 99-to-0: No. 99 Rylie Mills, senior defensive tackle, moving back inside from end". NBC Sports.
  4. ^ Stires, Sean (August 5, 2023). "Bulked Up Defensive Lineman Rylie Mills Is Focused On The Present". Sports Illustrated.
  5. ^ Mentock, Andrew (November 5, 2022). "ND's Rylie Mills: This kid can play". Chicago Sun-Times.


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