Dante Miller brings ‘Turbo’ abilities, unusual rookie status in quest to impress Giants
NY Post
When he introduces himself to his new teammates, Dante Miller always lists three distinct parts of his personal journey.
He is from what he describes as a “small town’’ — Rockingham, N.C. He went to Columbia for four years. He then played, briefly, at South Carolina. It is after he recounts his college résumé that the inevitable reactions emerge.
“You tell them about Columbia, and they automatically assume you’re super-smart and these different type of things,’’ Miller told The Post recently, “and then you say ‘South Carolina’ and they go, ‘Oh.’’ So you get the best of both worlds when it comes to that.’’
There is little about Miller that is typical.
He is a rookie, but not the usual rookie, in that he is 24 years old.
He thought he could play for the Gamecocks for two seasons, but that turned out not to be the case.
Devin Singletary was not the second-overall pick of the 2019 NFL draft. Brandon Beane, the Bills general manager, didn’t gush that Singletary was touched by the hand of God when he selected him with the 74th pick in the third round out of Florida Atlantic University. He didn’t envision him as a Gold Jacket Guy.