2020 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned second-team All-Big Ten laurels from the coaches and media...Selected to the Associated Press All-Big Ten second team...Named to Phil Steele's All-Big Ten third team...Was an honorable mention All-Big Ten honoree by Pro Football Focus.
Season: Made nine starts at left guard...Penn State ranked second in the Big Ten in total offense (430.3).
at Indiana (10/24): Helped the Nittany Lion offense gain 488 yards, including 250 on the ground...Led the way for Penn State to convert 27 first downs...Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for a career-high 119 yards and a score. Ohio State (10/31): Led the way for the Nittany Lions to gain 325 yards...Allowed Sean Clifford to throw for 281 yards and three touchdowns. Maryland (11/7): Aided the Penn State offense to gain 434 yards...Helped Sean Clifford throw for 340 yards and three touchdowns…Offense totaled a season-high 30 first downs. at Nebraska (11/14): Paved the way for the Nittany Lions to gain 501 yards, including 245 on the ground...Aided Devyn Ford to find the end zone on a five-yard run and helped Keyvone Lee score on a 31-yard rush...Protected Will Levis as he threw for 219 yards…The Penn State offense matched a season high in first downs with 30. Iowa (11/21): Protected quarterbacks Will Levis and Sean Clifford as they threw for a combined 280 yards...Aided Keyvone Lee to find the endzone on a six-yard rush. at Michigan (11/28): Helped the Nittany Lions rush to a season-high 254 yards on the ground, the most since the 2019 Cotton Bowl...Helped Keyvone Lee rush for 134 yards...Aided Keyvone Lee, Sean Clifford and Will Levis to rushing touchdowns...Paved the way for 50 total rushing attempts and four rushes over 20 yards...Helped the offense to total 417 yards. at Rutgers (12/5): Paved the way for the Nittany Lions to rush for 248 yards...The offense had 57 rushing attempts, the second most in the James Franklin era. Michigan State (12/12): Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns...The offense did not allow a sack for the first time since at Maryland in 2019...Aided Sean Clifford and Will Levis on rushing touchdowns, including a 31-yarder from Clifford. Illinois (12/19): Helped Penn State total 580 yards of offense, the seventh most in the James Franklin era...Penn State had two passing plays of 70 or more yards in the same game for the first time in program history...PSU's 42 points in the first half were its most in a half since scoring 42 points in the second half at Illinois in 2018…Helped pave the way to 253 rushing yards, Penn State’s fifth game of the season with 245-plus rushing yards.
2019 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Tabbed with the offensive line unit for the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll.
Season: Appeared in 13 games, including eight starts at right guard.
Idaho (8/31): Saw playing time on offense and special teams...Helped the Nittany Lions to gain 673 total yards, their third-most in a game since 1947...Sprung Nittany Lion rushers for 331 yards and seven touchdowns...Did not allow a sack while helping Sean Clifford to throw for 280 yards and two touchdowns and Will Levis to throw for 62 yards and a score...Aided Penn State to earn 35 first downs...Named the Coaching Staff's Offensive Player of the Week. Buffalo (9/7): Led the way for the Penn State offense to gain 357 total yards...Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns...Helped the Nittany Lions to score 38 points in the second half, including 28 in the third quarter. Pittsburgh (9/14): Helped the Nittany Lions to gain 389 yards, including 222 through the air...Led the way for Journey Brown's first career 100-yard game...Paved the way for rushing scores by Noah Cain and Devyn Ford. at Maryland (9/27): Led the way as the Nittany Lions gained 613 yards, its third-most in a Big Ten game...Helped the Nittany Lions to throw for 421 yards, their most in a Big Ten contest...Aided PSU to gain 30 first downs...Helped Sean Clifford to throw for 398 yards, the third-most in program history, including a program-record 287 yards in the first half...Helped the Nittany Lions to score five rushing touchdowns. Purdue (10/5): Helped the Nittany Lion offense to gain 460 total yards...Led the way as Sean Clifford threw for three touchdowns and rushed for one score...Aided Clifford to record his fifth-straight 200-yard passing game...Helped Noah Cain to earn his first career 100-yard game with 105 yards and a touchdown...Paved the way for the PSU offense to score 21 points in the first quarter. at Iowa (10/12): Helped the Penn State offense to gain 294 total yards, including 177 on the ground...Led the way for Noah Cain's second-straight 100-yard rushing game and 5-yard score in the fourth quarter. Michigan (10/19): Helped the Nittany Lions gain 283 total yards, including 101 on the ground...Aided Sean Clifford to throw for three touchdowns...Led the way for Clifford's 2-yard rushing touchdown. at Michigan State (10/26): Led the way for Penn State to gain 302 total yards, including 189 through the air...Protected Sean Clifford to throw for a career-high-tying four touchdowns...Paved the way for Clifford to score on a two-point conversion. at Minnesota (11/9): Guided the Nittany Lion offense to 518 total yards, including 340 passing yards...Protected Sean Clifford to throw for 340 yards and a touchdown...Led the way for Journey Brown to rush for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Indiana (11/16): Paved the way for the Nittany Lion offense to gain 371 total yards, including 192 on the ground...Guided Journey Brown to 100 rushing yards on 21 carries...Protected Sean Clifford to throw for one touchdown and rush for two scores...Led the way on an 18-play, 75-yard drive covering 9:01 to seal the game...Selected as the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Week. at Ohio State (11/23): Helped the Nittany Lion offense to gain 227 yards...Led the way for rushing touchdowns by Journey Brown and Will Levis. Rutgers (11/30): Led the way for the Penn State offense to gain 333 yards, including 252 on the ground...Helped Will Levis (108) and Journey Brown (103) to rush for 100 yards, the first Penn State teammates to run for 100 yards since Saquon Barkley (195) and Akeel Lynch (120) against Rutgers in 2015...Paved the way for Brown to rush for a career-high three touchdowns...Protected Will Levis to find Jahan Dotson for a 44-yard touchdown. vs. Memphis (12/28): Led the Nittany Lions to score a program-bowl record 53 points...Helped the Penn State offense to gain 529 total yards, the program's second-most in bowl games...Paved the way for Penn State to tie a Cotton Bowl record with five rushing touchdowns...Helped Penn State run for 396 yards, a program bowl record and the second-most in Cotton Bowl history...Helped Penn State to set program bowl records for points in a first half (35), a Cotton Bowl record...Aided the Nittany Lions to tie a program bowl record with 28 points in the second quarter, also a Cotton Bowl record...Led the way for Journey Brown to run for a program bowl record 202 yards.
2018 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in 13 games, primarily on special teams...Had one start at right guard against Maryland (11/24)...One of 40 players to make their first Penn State appearance...One of 20 players to make their first career start.
Appalachian State (9/1): Made first career appearance, seeing time on special teams. Maryland (11/24): Led the way as the Nittany Lions compiled 565 total yards, its third 500-yard performance of the season...Helped PSU to rush for 310 yards and four touchdowns, including two each by Trace McSorley and Ricky Slade...Paved the way for Miles Sanders’ 128 rushing yards.
2017 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterman for head coach Mark Nori at Stow-Munroe Falls High School...Was a team captain his senior year...Helped Stow-Munroe Falls to a 10-2 record and a state playoff appearance as a senior...Guided the Bulldogs to a 13-1 record and a bid in the state semifinals as a junior...Had a 41-7 record in four years of high school football...Selected as Offensive Player of the Year in the Suburban League as a senior...Earned all-state first-team honors as a senior and second-team accolades as a junior...Was named Beacon Journal Top 25 in 2015 and 2016...Selected All-Ohio Inland Division first team as a junior and senior and was a second-team choice as a sophomore...Rated a four-star prospect by ESPN and a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals and Scout...Ranked No. 277 among the ESPN300...Rated as the 10th-ranked player in Ohio and 21st-ranked offensive guard by ESPN...Ranked No. 4 at center and No. 20 in Ohio by 247Sports...Ranked as No. 6 in Ohio, No. 12 in the Midwest and No. 40 in the country among offensive guards by Scout...Ranked No. 19 in the country at offensive guard and No. 15 in Ohio by Rivals...Played baseball as a freshman and sophomore...Was a letterman on the basketball team as a freshman.
PERSONAL
Full name is Michael Ray Miranda...Son of Teresa and Raymond Miranda...Has one brother, Chris...Hobbies include playing video games and cooking...Majoring in telecommunications...Born March 14, 1999.