Christen Miller’s journey to NFL Combine, came to Georgia ‘as a boy, and I left as a man’

Christen Miller (UGA Sports Comm) Georgia defensive lineman Christen Miller (52) during Georgia's game against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA) (Tony Walsh/Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

February 26, 2026 at 5:34 p.m. UTC

By Mike Griffith, DawgNation

INDIANAPOLIS — Christen Miller stood before an assembled media throng at the NFL combine and declared himself a “changed man” from the time he arrived at Georgia.

“Coach (Kirby) Smart prepared me tremendously for this moment, he prepared me not just as a football player, but as a man,” said Miller, who will take part in on-field drills at 3 p.m. on Thursday (TV: NFL Network) in Lucas Oil Stadium.

“I knew when I made the decision to go to Georgia it was going to be a lifetime decision, and I would leave a man.”