Millsaps College has named former Ole

Miss quarterback Romaro Miller as its quarterback coach after Miller

unsuccessfully attempted to play professional football since he finished his

eligibility with the Rebels following the 2000 season.

Miller was released recently by

the Calgary Stampeders.

Miller, who signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings

after going undrafted in 2001, saw little time on the

roster and even less on the playing field, was starting his second season with

the CFL when he was released. Miller also played for the NFL-Europe's Rhein Fire in 2003.

Miller had been Ole Miss' all time passing leader until he was

surpassed by Eli Manning, the first selection in the 2004 National Football

League draft.

Miller, 25, was acquired by Calgary in February in a trade

with the Ottawa Renegades, in a move that was supposed to provide the Stampeders

with a quarterback for the future.

However, despite what Miller described as excellent practices,

he struggled in the exhibition season and was released as the team made its

final cuts.

"I can't explain why things didn't work out," Miller said told

Canadian reporters after he was released. "I know my game is built around

accuracy and the last week and a half I was really coming around."

"During practice, I was unstoppable, but then in games I don't

know if I was pressing, or what, but I was missing passes that I would usually

never miss.

In pre-season appearances against Winnipeg and Edmonton,

Miller completed just five of 17 passes for 64 yards and two interceptions.

Miller had said he had hoped to get another

chance with a CFL team, but when that didn't work out, he decided to pursue a

coaching career.

Miller, who was highly recruited out of Shannon, Miss., signed

with Ole Miss in 1997 and saw action in only two games as a true freshman when

he backed up Stewart Patridge as Ole Miss improved from a 5-6 record in 1996 to

8-4 and a national ranking in 1997. In 1998, Miller started for the

Rebels, who went 6-5, and then defeated Texas Tech in the Independence Bowl.

Miller set four career marks and tied another while at Ole

Miss. He notched 35 career starts and had a career record of 22-13 as a

starter.

Most Passing Yards: 6,311

Most 200-Yard Passing Games: 18

Most 250-Yard Passing Games: 8

Most 300-Yard Passing Games: 3 (Tied)

Most TD Passes: 43

--Season-- Most TD Passes:

18 (Tied, 2000)

--Single Game-- Most TD

Passes: 4 (Tied, 10/31/98)

Prior to Manning's arrival, Miller had achieved a first in

2000 as he became the only player in Ole Miss to record two seasons of at least

2,000 yards passing and 2,000 yards of total offense. Miller finished the year

with 2,012 passing yards and 2,099 yards of total offense. During his sophomore

year in 1998, Miller passed for 2,273 yards and recorded 2,306 yards of total

offense. In 1999, while learning a new offense, Miller just missed the

2,000-yard mark, passing for 1,999 yards and registering 1,987 yards of total

offense.

Miller's 2,000-yard passing season was only the sixth in Ole

Miss history at the time. Kent Austin (1982), John Darnell (1989), Josh Nelson

(1994) and Stewart Patridge (1997) were the others to do so, however, Miller was

the only one to have two seasons with at least 2,000 yards passing. Miller's

2,099 yards of total offense marked just the eighth time Ole Miss had a player

accumulate more than 2,000 yards of total offense in a season, as Miller joined

former QB John Fourcade (1978-81) as the only other player at the time to have

two seasons with at least 2,000 yards of total offense.