Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney had plenty of praise for senior offensive tackle Blake Miller following his final game as a Tiger, and deservedly so.

Miller’s Clemson career ended with a 22-10 loss to Penn State in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 27, but the hard-nosed iron met set a school record in the contest. On his 43rd offensive snap of the game, Miller broke Mitch Hyatt’s record for most career snaps from scrimmage on record in Clemson history. He leaves Clemson having logged 3,778 career snaps.

The Pinstripe Bowl marked Miller’s 54th consecutive start, extending his school record for consecutive starts by a non-specialist. The four-year starter finished his career having started all 54 games played by the Tigers during his tenure from 2022-25.

Just as impressive, Miller missed just two practices over entire career.

“I love Blake Miller. He’s a warrior,” Swinney said. “You think about that – he started every game in his entire Clemson career, from a true freshman, and now has played more snaps than anybody in the history of Clemson, and missed two practices in four years.”

Miller became the first Clemson offensive lineman to start every game played by Clemson over a four-year span since offensive linemen Jim Bundren and Glenn Rountree started all 47 of Clemson’s games from 1994-97 after both redshirted in 1993.

As steady and reliable as Miller was for the Tigers on the field, Swinney says he’s just as proud of how Miller grew off the field.

“He is a grown man and a great football player, a great teammate,” Swinney said. “He’s always available and just loves to play the game, and he led all the way till the very end. He was elected captain… and I’m really proud of his growth off the field, as much as I am on the field.”

Miller earned first-team All-ACC honors this season, becoming the 25th player in school history to earn at least three career All-ACC selections.

The 6-foot-6, 315-pounder is one of six players on record in Clemson history (Hyatt, Jay Guillermo, Dalton Freeman, Deshaun Watson and Tajh Boyd) with multiple 950-snap seasons and joined Hyatt as one of only two Clemson offensive tackles on record back to 1986 to record multiple seasons with 950-plus snaps from scrimmage.

Miller was a four-star prospect coming out of high school and a national top-250 player. He lived up to that billing by earning a starting role as a true freshman.

Now, four years later as he moves on from Clemson, Swinney believes Miller has a very bright future ahead at the next level.

“He is gonna be an amazing pro,” Swinney said. “I don’t how many tackles go in the first or second round, but if there’s eight tackles better than that guy, I need to see it.”