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Rylie Mills

Notre Dame · Edge Rusher · 2020-24

SACKS
16
TFL
24
TKL
122

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2020 to 2024, Mills recorded 122 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss and 16 sacks.

Mills was the No. 142 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 69 overall, the 12th-highest edge rusher rating at Notre Dame since 1990 and No. 177 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • No. 142 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Rylie Mills season-by-season statistics at Notre Dame
SeasonTklTFLSacks
2020720.5
20211633
2022204.52.5
2023425.52.5
2024378.57.5
Total12223.516

Seasons with tracked stats at Notre Dame. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Notre Dame Teammates

  1. 91Xavier Watts2021-24S
  2. 90Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah2019-20LB
  3. 88Kyle Hamilton2019-21S
  4. 86Isaiah Foskey2019-22EDGE
  5. 86Michael Mayer2020-22TE
  6. 80Ian Book2017-20QB
  7. 75Audric Estimé2021-23RB
  8. 75Benjamin Morrison2022-24CB
  9. 75Riley Leonard2024QB
  10. 72Kyren Williams2019-21RB

Full Notre Dame all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

Best college edge rushers since 1990

Sources: Wikipedia (Rylie Mills) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.