Starting Lineup: Intimidating Greyson Miller can really stick it to Raiders opponents
To recognize the top players in Berks County football MikeDragoSports.com has selected the “Starting Lineup,” a preseason All-Berks team that includes the top linemen, backs, receivers, linebackers, and specialists.
Players are selected based on past performance, expected performance this season and college potential. Two-way players were given special consideration.
One player will be introduced each day throughout the preseason, in random order (the players are not ranked). This is the 13th and final installment of the series.
Greyson Miller, Twin Valley
| 6-1 | 250 | Senior | G/DT/DE |
You think 250-pound Greyson Miller, a two-way all-league lineman for Twin Valley, is an intimidating figure on the football field?
Imagine him chasing after you with a stick.
“Once he lays one hit,” says Raiders lacrosse coach Decker Doupe, “everyone else takes note. That can kind of soften up an opposing team for the rest of the game.”
To see Miller in helmet and pads, throwing guys around on a Friday night, you’d never imagine that he’d be able to get up and down the field so well in the spring, when he plays defense for the Raiders’ state semifinalist lacrosse team.
He does, of course. It’s no wonder football coaches at the next level look at him and praise his footwork or the way he got out in front on sweeps for Drew Engle, Evan Johnson, or Evan Myers the past few seasons.
“He just has a really strong point of attack and loves to play the game,” says Twin Valley football coach Brett Myers, who plugged Miller in at guard three seasons ago and has watched him grow into the position.
The Raiders have been one of the most productive offenses in the Lancaster-Lebanon League for several years, in part because of dudes such as Engle, Johnson, and Myers. The guys out in front of them – including a couple of All-State picks — get a share of the credit, too.
“In Greyson’s three years, we never averaged less than 400 yards or 35 points,” Brett Myers said. “Nobody in the county has a lineman who’s been around for that much productivity.”
It’s a good thing Myers said that because you’d never hear such a boast cross Miller’s lips. He’s too humble and reserved for that; he would sooner talk about the work ethic and accomplishments of his teammates than about himself.
Miller scored a couple of defensive touchdowns last season when he picked up fumbles and took them across the goal line. After one someone jokingly suggested that he be used as a fullback in goal line situations.
Miller didn’t bite.
“I just want to block for Drew, and all the other guys,” he said. “That’s what I do the best.”
Miller’s an offensive lineman to the core, a thinking player and always putting the team’s needs ahead of his.
“He’s extremely intelligent and breaks things down very well,” Doupe said. “He’s focused on understanding what everyone is trying to accomplish and how he fits in to support that, which is very similar to blocking schemes.”
At 6-1 Miller lacks the height many college coaches prefer in their linemen; Brett Myers said he compensates for that with his long arms and the ability to use them effectively as a blocker.
“He plays with great hands and leverage,” Myers said. “The thing that makes him special is his arm length. He has the wing span of 6-4 guy.”
Miller moved into a starting role in Week 3 his freshman year; he’s been there ever since, making more than 30 starts. He admits it was challenging going against all-league linemen such as Paul McClune, Noah Roehm, and Aris Drake in practice every day. But it made him better.
“They say iron sharpens iron,” he said. “It’s true. I feel we would always get great reps with each other. It’s just great having those good guys on our side.
“It was pretty intimidating (at first),” he said. “It was a big change coming up from middle school. I remember Ian Winchester coming up to me once before a game. He said: ‘Stay calm, it’s just another game.’ That’s the mentality I’ve kept. I try to never get too high or get too low, just always keep going forward.”
Miller parlayed the same defensive skills he uses in lacrosse, where he helps protect the crease, onto the football field. He moved into the starting lineup at end last year and crushed it. He made 74 tackles, including 28 solos, with three sacks and a pair of scoop-and-scores, against Donegal and Olney Charter.
“He always seems to be around the ball, and he has a knack for handling the football,” Brett Myers said. “He picks up a ball with one hand and goes.”
Miller earned first-team all-league honors on defense and second-team honors at guard. (He was also a second-team all-league pick in lacrosse.)
Because of his experience and prowess on defense Myers is moving Miller inside to a tackle spot because it’s a more important position in the Raiders’ defensive scheme.
Much as he might’ve enjoyed scoring, but Miller knows his place: It’s to clear a path for the backs, not be the guy with the ball.
“I played some running back my first year (in the Mites), but I wasn’t very good at it,” he said. “I think I got the ball one game and I fumbled. I knew I was going to be a lineman after that.”
2025 ‘Starting Lineup
| Logan Cammauf | Schuylkill Valley | RB/LB | Senior |
| Chase Eisenhower | Wyomissing | FB/ILB | Senior |
| Drew Engle | Twin Valley | RB/S/KR | Senior |
| Michael Glover | Wilson | TE/DE | Junior |
| Justice Hardy | Wyomissing | RB/WR/S/CB/KR | Junior |
| Chase Herb | Wilson | WR/S | Senior |
| Lebron Leaf | Governor Mifflin | QB/LB | Senior |
| Riley Martinez | Exeter | QB | Senior |
| Greyson Miller | Twin Valley | G/DT/DE | Senior |
| Lucas Myers | Twin Valley | RB/LB | Junior |
| Tyler Niedrowski | Wyomissing | RB/OLB | Senior |
| Cameron Small | Muhlenberg | RB/S | Senior |
| Joel Ummarino | Exeter | C/DT/DE | Senior |
