Bubba Miller Used to Pump Iron, and Now He Recycles It
It’s true that iron has played a big role in Bubba Miller’s entire adult life.
Stephen “Bubba” Miller, born and raised in Franklin, was a star football player and wrestler in high school at Brentwood Academy, and he won two state wrestling titles in 1990 and 1991. He was also a stellar offensive lineman for the Brentwood Academy Eagles, and he ultimately signed a scholarship to play football for the University of Tennessee.
Miller pumped iron and muscled his body to more than 300 pounds, and he started in 47 straight games for the Volunteers from 1992-1996. He even served as a captain of the team in 1995.
He was such a good college player that the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles drafted him, and Miller played the center position in Philadelphia for six consecutive seasons. He then finished his football career with the New Orleans Saints for one season.
After his football days ended in 2002, Miller returned home to Williamson County. He purchased an interest in Supershear LLC, a Franklin-based company that manufactures a portable hydraulic shear used to extract catalytic converters from vehicles that don’t function anymore.
After learning more about the recycling of catalytic converters, Miller founded Arrington Metals in 2004 in the Williamson County community of Arrington. The company purchases and sells recyclable metal and has estimated sales of nearly $400,000 each year.
In 2009, Miller expanded Arrington Metals by opening a new division called B. Miller Recycling, located on Carters Creek Pike in west Franklin. The full-service scrap metal facility buys and sells metal, and it offers containers and specialized scrap metal service to large commercial and industrial customers.
The company accepts metals such as aluminum, copper and iron, and large items such as stoves, refrigerators and car parts, as well as entire cars themselves. B. Miller Recycling is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Story by Kevin Litwin
