STILLWATER – Former Oklahoma State running back Terry Miller is one of six inductees in the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026, it was announced Tuesday. He is joined by Matt Holliday, Sam Bradford, Emmett Hahn, KJ Kindler and Rod Shoate.
Miller joins several others from Cowboy Football who are already in the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, including Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas, Leslie O’Neal, Bob Fenimore, R.W. McQuarters, Jon Kolb, Neill Armstrong, Walt Garrison, Ed Gallagher, Dick Soergel, John Ward, Larry Coker, Pat Jones, Jim Lookabaugh and Mike Gundy.
A 2022 College Football Hall of Fame inductee and a two-time All-American, Miller finished second in the voting for the 1977 Heisman Trophy and was fourth in 1976. He is one of only 23 running backs in college football history with two top-four Heisman finishes.
In his collegiate career, Miller played in 43 games, totaling 871 carries for 4,754 rushing yards, 49 rushing touchdowns, 5.5 yards per carry and 110.6 rushing yards per game. He is still the only player in OSU history to finish his career with three 1,000-yard rushing seasons, and he ranked fourth in career rushing in NCAA history following his final season.
Miller led the Big Eight in rushing as a junior and senior, won the Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year award in both of those seasons and is one of only three Big Eight players with more than 4,000 career rushing yards.
In OSU’s record book, Miller sits at No. 2 in both career rushing (behind Thurman Thomas) and career rushing touchdowns (behind 1988 Heisman winner Barry Sanders). His junior and senior rushing campaigns rank No. 3 and No. 7 in OSU history and his No. 43 jersey number is one of four numbers no longer in use at Oklahoma State. He also still holds the Cowboy records for most career 100-yard games with 26 and most consecutive 100-yard rushing games with 19.
From a team standpoint, Miller helped coach Jim Stanley’s teams become 1974 Fiesta Bowl champions, 1976 Big Eight champions and 1976 Tangerine Bowl champions, winning 27 games during his playing career.
As a professional, Miller was selected in the first round by the Buffalo Bills with the fifth overall pick of the 1978 NFL Draft. He replaced O.J. Simpson as the Bills’ starting running back and ran for 1,060 yards in his rookie season. He played for the Bills from 1978-80 and wrapped up his career with a one-year stint in Seattle in 1981.
Miller graduated from Oklahoma State in 1978 with a degree in business administration and followed his football career as a self-employed professional in sales and marketing before retiring. He is married to Dr. Nancy Gay Washington Miller and has three children.
Now a resident of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Miller has been active in the community, volunteering and serving with numerous organizations and non-profits, including FCA, First Christian Church, the Oklahoma WONDERtorium Children’s Museum, Mission of Hope and Payne County Youth Services.
The Class of 2026 will be formally introduced at the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame’s Inductees Welcome Luncheon on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Oklahoma City.
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