Miles is a major figure in Bissinger's book as one of the top high school running backs in Texas.
He was heavily recruited by dozens of top college football schools, but his promising career was derailed by a knee injury.
Four days later an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Dean, examined Miles and felt the injury was severe enough to require arthroscopic surgery.
Miles returned against Abilene High School, however left the game limping with a cramp after only a handful of carries.
The next week against Midland Lee High School, Permian lost, with Miles threatening to quit the team at halftime for his lack of playing time.
The film was a box office and critical success and, in turn, spawned an NBC television series of the same name, which began airing in October 2006.
Miles became the first freshman starting running back at Ranger, but his speed and agility was absent due to his aggravated knee injury.
He failed out of Ranger College after the 1989–90 academic year and then spent some time playing semi-professional football in Culpeper, Virginia.
As of June 2018, Miles lives in Copperas Cove, Texas with his wife, Becca, and is working for Jack Welch Recruiting.
[7] In 2023, Miles was sentenced to 13 years in prison after an Ector County jury found him guilty of Failure to Comply With Sex Offender Registration Requirements.
released a song entitled "Hometown Hero" on his mixtape Krit Wuz Here, in which he features Boobie Miles quotes from the movie Friday Night Lights.
[9] Anthony Dixon, a former running back and special-teamer for the Buffalo Bills, is nicknamed "Boobie" in reference to Miles.
Quavo, member of hip hop trio Migos, references Miles in the song "Bad and Boujee" with the line "Run with that sack, call me Boobie".