Terry Miller to join Cowboy Football Ring of Honor

O’Colly Sports Staff Reporter

One of OSU’s most decorated running backs is joining the Cowboy Football Ring of Honor.

Terry Miller, a 2022 College Football Hall of Fame inductee, will officially be added on Oct. 14 during the Cowboys’ home game against Kansas. Miller is a twotime All-American who finished second in the Heisman voting in 1977 and was fourth in 1976 – one of only 23 running backs to finish in the top four twice.

During college, Miller rushed for 4,754 yards on 871 carries with 49 rushing touchdowns.

He averaged 5.5 yards a carry and 110.6 yards a game during his 43 career games. Miller’s career touchdowns mark sits second behind Barry Sanders, and his career rushing yards record sits second behind Thurman Thomas.

Miller led the Big Eight in rushing as a junior and senior, winning Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year both seasons. Those campaigns rank third and sixth, respectively, in OSU history, and his school records for most career 100-yard games (26) and most consecutive 100yard games (19) still stand nearly a half century later.

The No. 43, Miller’s jersey number, is one of four numbers no longer in use at OSU.

Miller is one of seven OSU representatives in the College Football Hal of Fame, along with coach Lynn Waldorf, Bob Fenimore, Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas, coach Jimmy Johnson and Leslie O’Neal.

The Buffalo Bills selected Miller as the fifth overall pick in the 1978 NFL Draft. He played with the Bills from 1978-80, then ended his career with Seattle.

This is the fourth year of the Cowboy Football Ring of Honor, and Miller joins Sanders (2021), Thomas (2020) and Fenimore (2022) as its only inductees.

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Molly Jolliff Daton Fix made yet another U.S. National Team after defeating Hawkeye wrestler Austin DeSanto 9-0 in a third-place match at 61 kg on Saturday.

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Fix’s win continues a successful summer of freestyle wrestling for OSU, which has seen signee Christian Carroll make the U20 World Team at 125 kg and All-American Dustin Plott earn a spot on the U23 World Team at 73 kg. At 79 kg, former OSU wrestler, three-time NCAA Champion and Hodge Trophy winner Alex Dieringer defeated David McFadden for a thirdplace spot on the U.S. National Team.

Jacarra Winchester has been no stranger to Stillwater. She has often made trips to OSU to train and learn from coach John Smith, and she is a member of the Cowboy Wrestling Club RTC, along with Fix. During Final X Stillwater last year, Winchester even hinted at wanting to be a coach at OSU if the university ever added a women’s wrestling program. Winchester tech falled her way to a women’s freestyle 55 kg World Team berth at Final X for the fourth time. She has had success on the national stage, winning the World Championship in 2019 and representing the U.S. in the 2020 Olympics. sports.ed@ocolly.com