NFL Draft
3/31/25
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Cam Miller 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For North Dakota State Bison QB
Height: 6007 (verified)
Weight: 215lbs (verified)
Year: Redshirt Senior
Pro Comparison: Discount Baker Mayfield
Scouting Overview
North Dakota State Bison quarterback Cam Miller projects as a developmental quarterback at the NFL level. He’ll need to learn how to balance his tight window and aggressive throws after having success doing so as a productive starter at the FCS level.
He’s got a winning pedigree, a toughness about him, and a likable ability to win outside of structure when needed. However, the arm talent will put him on a developmental curve that will be hard to anticipate, as he doesn’t have the most powerful arm or pristine accuracy.
Miller has the floor of a backup quarterback as he assimilates into his next offense, but he has enough athleticism and field vision to potentially be a gem.
2025 NFL Combine Results
DNP
Positives
- From a clean base and pocket, he showcases some really nice zip, accuracy, and touch
- Slippery escapability inside the pocket to avoid free-running pass rushers to extend plays
- Well experienced and highly tenured starter who offers good leadership ability and toughness at the position
Negatives
- Lacks ideal arm strength to drive throws from all platforms on time
- Can be complacent with his mechanics once he’s forced off his spot, compounding arm strength challenges
- Does not possess ideal NFL size for the position
Background
Miller is from Solon, IA, and played high school football at Solon HS. There, he was a multi-sport athlete who was twice named All-State in baseball as a pitcher and broke school records as a quarterback. Miller, a three-year starter at quarterback, went 32-3 in three seasons and was a First-Team All-State selection his senior year.
As a 3-star recruit (247 Sports), Miller chose to enroll at North Dakota State as a dual-threat quarterback — spurning other FCS powerhouses like South Dakota State and Northern Iowa.
As a true freshman in 2020, Miller started two games in the FCS Playoffs before returning and battling for the starting job in 2021. Miller appeared in 13 of 15 games that season, starting eight after assuming the starting role halfway through the season.
Miller would go on to start 54 consecutive games for the Bison, including 15 in 2022 and 2023 apiece and then 16 games in 2024. Miller left the program with ownership at or near the top of the charts in every major passing category. He was twice among the top vote-getters for the Walter Payton Award — he was a finalist in 2023 (11th place) and finished as runner-up for the award in 2024.
Miller helped the Bison return to reclaim the FCS National Championship in 2024 with his play, earning FCS All-American honors along the way. He accepted an invitation to the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl to culminate his college career.
Tale Of The Tape
Miller will check a ton of intangible boxes for teams. He’s lacking in some of the ideal arm strength and physical tools that you want in an NFL starter, but there’s no mistaking Miller for a leader and a winner. Roll your eyes if you’d like, but Miller was 32-3 as a starter in high school and 45-11 as a starter at NDSU — totaling an impressive 77-14 record since he became a starter at the prep level.
How does he do it? He’s got good instincts in the pocket, a quick release, and some really nice flashes of touch and accuracy to go with his athleticism as a dual-threat player. It, of course, helps that he’s played on well-balanced offenses that do not charge him with doing too much on his own, too. Although Miller has showcased the ability to elevate in big moments when he’s had to and be a facilitator.
Miller is capable of executing under center and from the shotgun/pistol. He offers promising footwork with good timing and illustrates a strong base at the top of the drop. In these instances, he is capable of providing adequate torque on the ball to drive throws with authority in the short and intermediate areas of the field.
He has enough arm strength to throw bucket shots to the far sideline and hit his receivers in stride, provided he is releasing the football at the top of the drop and on time. The footwork, once he’s pressured off his spot, can wane, however.
Miller puts too much trust in his arm ability in these opportunities. While he’s got a whippy release and can alter his arm slot to throw around pressure and free runners, he does not have the arm strength to get away with muscling balls the way he tries to work intermediate targets outside the numbers or hit crossers into traffic.
Because Miller lacks ideal arm strength, his timing in the red zone is paramount. He shows the ability to move his eyes and work through front-side progressions before working back to the checkdown underneath. The pace of these when playing in the FCS vs. NFL levels will need further refinement and speed for him to find success at the next level.
There have been a few times in the red area in which Miller doesn’t quite toss throws on time, and the window slams shut because the zone windows are compressed.
Miller can be guilty of hanging on to early reads too long as well, missing checkdown opportunities, and getting himself into pressure. But when he flushes the pocket or escapes the grasp, he does show good awareness of where his outlets are.
Miller can be a chore to wrap up. He’s got good peripheral vision to avoid free runners, light feet, and a short-area twitch to slide within the pocket and find escape hatches. He is capable of running to throw and running to run.
In the play-action game, Miller shows a good ability to offer and extend the football to execute ball fakes and shows sufficient ball-handling skills to quickly flip the ball out of the mesh point. He’s an effective roll-out quarterback and can create pressure on the edges of the defense to create horizontal stretch.
Miller doesn’t play the position small, even if he is a smaller quarterback. His toughness as a runner and in the pocket to stand in and deliver throws under duress when appropriate help emphasizes his leadership ability, and he will put himself in the line of fire when the team needs it.
If you’re willing to live with the physical limitations and a developmental curve from an extended tenure in the FCS ranks, Miller has all the intangibles and a number of physical and passing gifts that should make him a long-time NFL quarterback.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Miller projects best as a developmental backup quarterback in a West Coast offensive scheme. This would amplify his light feet and ability to execute timing while avoiding putting too much stress on his ability to attack the full depth and width of the field.
Miller’s ability to get outside the pocket would be well weaponized in an outside zone scheme such as the one the Shanahan branches have invoked.
Grade: 71.50/100.00, Fifth Round Value
Big Board Rank: 161
Position Rank: QB9
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