Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2010
John Henry Mills was a four-year letterman at tight end under head coach Bill Dooley. Mills is Wake's all-time leading receiver among tight ends with 142 receptions for 1,652 yards.
A three-time All-ACC first-team selection from 1990 through 1992, he finished third in the ACC in receptions in 1990 with 46 and led the league in 1991 with 51.
Against Duke in 1990, he caught 12 passes for 230 yards, still the second-most receiving yards in a game in school history.
A fifth-round pick of the Houston Oilers in the 1993 NFL Draft, Mills played seven seasons in the NFL with Houston, Oakland and Minnesota. In 1996, while with the Oilers, he earned All-Pro honors as a special-teams player.
Mills was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame on Sept. 19, 2009.
