Rontez Miles

Rontez Lamotte Miles (born November 25, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He played college football for the California Vulcans.

Early life

Miles attended Woodland Hills High School in Pennsylvania. He was teammates with future NFL'ers Rob Gronkowski and Monte Simmons. He was also a three-year letterman, two-time all-conference and Big 33 while at Woodland Hills. On November 18, 2009, he was selected to the PSAC West Second-team.

Sophomore season

He was selected to the Football Gazette Third-team All-Region team. He was selected to the AFCA First-team All-American and AP First-team All-American team. He was named to the 2011 All-PSAC West First-team. He was selected as the Daktronics Super Region 1 Defensive Player of the Year. and Preseason Beyond Sport Network (BSN) First-team All-American team.

On April 27, 2013, he signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent. He was released on August 31, and signed to the team's practice squad a day later. He was promoted to the active roster on November 1, but released 10 days later after suspended tight end Kellen Winslow II returned to the active roster. Miles was re-signed to the practice squad on November 13.

Rontez was released on August 30, 2014, and signed to the team's practice squad a day later. He was promoted to the Jets' active roster before their Week 17 season finale, and, according to former head coach Rex Ryan, Miles was going to play a role on special teams. However, he suffered a leg injury in practice, after colliding with Marcus Williams. Miles was placed on injured reserve after undergoing surgery on December 26.

On December 6, 2015, Miles recorded his first career interception against New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning on fourth down in the 4th quarter, which helped the team come back from a ten-point deficit in their overtime win against the New York Giants.

On March 14, 2018, the Jets placed a second-round restricted free agent tender on Miles. He re-signed for one year and just over $1 million, and later had surgery related to a torn meniscus. He was placed on the physically unable to perform list on September 1 to start the season, due to the knee surgery. He was activated off PUP on November 2, while the Jets waived newly-acquired safety Ibraheim Campbell.

On November 6, 2019, Miles was placed on injured reserve with neck and hip injuries.

NFL career statistics Legend Bold Career high

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD 2013 NYJ 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 NYJ 9 1 24 15 9 0.0 0 1 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 2016 NYJ 16 4 57 34 23 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2017 NYJ 13 0 24 21 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 NYJ 8 1 11 10 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 NYJ 7 0 7 3 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 6 123 83 40 0.0 0 1 11 0 11 1 2 0 0 0