Ernie Mills
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 28, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Dunnellon, Florida | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Dunnellon (FL) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Florida | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1991 / Round: 3 / Pick: 73 | ||||||||||||
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| Receptions: | 196 |
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| Receiving yards: | 2,934 |
| Touchdowns: | 20 |
| Kickoff returns: | 80 |
| Return yards: | 1,818 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Ernest Lee Mills, III (born October 28, 1968) is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons during the 1990s. Mills played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Carolina Panthers and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL.
Mills was born in Dunnellon, Florida in 1968. He attended Dunnellon High School, and played CB/ATH for the Dunnellon Fighting Tigers, earning a second-team all-state selection as a senior.
Mills accepted an athletic scholarship in 1986 to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a four-year letterman for coach Galen Hall and coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football teams from 1987 to 1990.
Memorably, in 1990, he caught a 70-yard pass thrown by quarterback Shane Matthews from the Gators' own 2-yard-line, setting up a crucial field goal in the Gators' 17–13 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide.
As a senior, Mills was a second-team All-SEC (SEC) selection, and a team captain of the Gators squad that finished with a 9–2 overall win-loss record and a best-in-the-SEC record of 6–1. He tied tight end Kirk Kirkpatrick with 770 yards receiving, and led the team with ten touchdowns in 1990.
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