In 1981, Millard's team won the Cotton Bowl Classic and received a #2 national ranking in the final AP Poll.
His 1982 team lost the Sun Bowl and ranked #17 in the final AP Poll, but Millard won recognition as a first-team all-conference tackle.
The Generals made the playoffs that year,[3] but after the USFL's spring season ended, Millard left the team and joined the Seahawks in the NFL that fall.
[4] Millard's blocking helped make the Seahawks an offensive powerhouse, featuring the Pro Bowl talents of quarterback Dave Krieg, wide receiver Steve Largent, tailback Curt Warner and fullback John L. Williams.
NFL scouts at the time considered him one of the most underrated offensive linemen in the game [2], but Millard won individual recognition as a second-team all-conference guard in the 1988 United Press International poll.