Arthur Miley (born March 3, 1993) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

outside linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, ...

who is currently a

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. He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

Southern University Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...

for the SU Jaguars. In 2014, Miley was named First-team All-SWAC. He has also spent time with the

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...

Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. T ...

Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ...

, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and San Antonio Commanders.

Professional career

Carolina Panthers

Miley signed with the

as an undrafted free agent on May 8, 2015. He was placed on injured reserve on September 5, 2015. On February 7, 2016, Miley's Panthers played in Super Bowl 50. In the game, the Panthers fell to the

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...

by a score of 24–10. Miley was released by the Panthers on September 3, 2016.

Miami Dolphins

On January 10, 2017, Miley signed a reserve/future contract with the

. He was waived on August 7, 2017.

Carolina Panthers (second stint)

Miley was claimed off waivers by the Panthers on August 8, 2017. He was waived on September 1, 2017.

Indianapolis Colts

On December 19, 2017, Miley was signed to the

' practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Colts on January 1, 2018. He was waived by the Colts on May 1, 2018.

San Antonio Commanders

In September 2018, Miley signed with the San Antonio Commanders of the

Alliance of American Football The Alliance of American Football (AAF) was a professional American football minor league. The AAF consisted of eight centrally owned and operated teams in the southern and western United States, seven of which were located in metropolitan are ...

. The league ceased operations in April 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miley, Arthur 1993 births Living people Players of American football from Louisiana People from Mangham, Louisiana American football defensive ends African-American players of American football Southern Jaguars football players Carolina Panthers players Miami Dolphins players Indianapolis Colts players San Antonio Commanders players 21st-century African-American sportspeople