A friend of Matt Miller’s has opened up on the car crash that left the ESPN analyst with an amputated arm.
Miller, an NFL draft analyst, was badly injured on June 17 when his Ford Bronco veered over the centerline and collided with a truck.
Miller was ejected from the car and airlifted to the hospital, while the crash — and subsequent GoFundMe that was started for him — led to increased scrutiny on him for allegedly scamming fantasy football players.
Many have wondered how the crash occurred, but a friend of his told The Athletic what Miller relayed to him in a June 30 conversation.
“He’s like, ‘I wasn’t distracted. I lost control of my car. I don’t know what happened,’” Kevin Smith recalled told the outlet.
Miller, meanwhile, told The Athletic that bloodwork could confirm that he was not under the influence of marijuana or alcohol during the accident. The Post first posted video of the crash, which showed Miller’s vehicle veering into the truck’s lane. Missouri State Highway Patrol investigators said in their post-crash report that it was unclear whether Miller was under the influence.
While Miller faces a long road to recovery and is on leave from ESPN, allegations about his activity in fantasy leagues continue to mount.
He is currently under investigation from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, which has seen 26 complains about Miller since opening its probe.
Miller has a history of advertising fantasy leagues benefitting charity, and hosted 91 leagues last year on Sleeper, The Athletic wrote, citing various search tools.
The fantasy platform told the outlet that they have banned him for “stealing buy-ins from managers and not paying out league winners.”
The Athletic estimated that Miller — based on the usual entry fees and sizes of the leagues he operated — had access to around $100,000 in fees last season.
However, Miller told the outlet that that number “did not seem accurate” in an email.
The analyst has previously told a league member that his lack of access to his Sleeper, Venmo and Bluesky accounts had caused a “mess” in him reaching out to league winners.
Nonetheless, people complained to ESPN directly before his crash, as they tried to recover the money they were allegedly owed.
Miller started to pay people back and — just hours before his crash — Miller reportedly was messaging with one league member, Andy Sunday, who had been asking for his winnings.
Sunday confirmed to Miller that he received his money before Miller’s Bronco crashed soon after.
Miller said on June 10 that he was going on leave from ESPN “to best focus on my healing and recovery.”
In a statement, ESPN said: “As he announced, Matt is on a mutually agreed-upon leave.” The company is aware of the allegations against him, including the Missouri attorney general’s investigation, and plans to address them with Miller at an appropriate time, according to a person at ESPN who was not authorized to speak publicly.
Miller said that he’s “tried reaching out to all the winners from the last season to make sure they’ve been paid. My [direct messages] on all social media remain open for winners to contact me.
“Because of my limited access to my original email account, I have had trouble authenticating winners, but everyone who finished in first, second or third place will be paid out and I’ve worked hard to make that happen,” Miller said.
