Preseason Interview with OL Mason Miller
Undoubtedly one of the leaders of the offensive line, Mason Miller took a huge step forward last season, providing versatility by starting at right tackle and guard in 2023.
Undoubtedly one of the leaders of the offensive line, Mason Miller took a huge step forward last season, providing versatility by starting at right tackle and guard in 2023.
How is the recovery from hip surgery going?
It feels good. It feels great. It feels a million times better than it felt all of last year.
Being from Ada, did you always want to play at NDSU?
Honestly, playing football really wasn’t on my radar until 11th grade when I got my first offer. Coach Entz gave me my first offer and I knew right then and there that I was going to play here.
I thought I was going to be a basketball player before that.
You played football previously though, correct?
I did, but I was just a really tall skinny kid. I think I weighed probably 215lbs when they recruited me here. So I was super tiny.
Did things click for you with football around that age though?
Not really. Even when I got here, during pass pro, I was just playing basketball and just trying to stay in front of guys. I think, actually, my first fall camp day I was like 260lbs. So, I was 40lbs smaller than I am now. I didn’t really know what I was doing with football until I got here.
What was that experience like when you started being that small?
It was just getting bullied on the field every single day. There were guys who were 315lbs, 320lbs just beating the crap out of me. But it was really good—it toughened me up.
