Braxton Miller spent his rookie season absorbing more knowledge about how to play the wide receiver position, attacking the learning curve.

It was a valuable experience for the converted Ohio State quarterback and former Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Year.

The Texans' third-round draft pick wound up starting six of 10 games at slot receiver, catching 15 passes for 99 yards and one touchdown. He had three runs for zero yards as a Wildcat quarterback and three kickoff returns for 41 yards.

"I learned a lot," Miller said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles where he provided feedback on digital NFL trading cards to Panini America, the trading card partner of the NFL Players Association. "It's just learning the little small details about getting separation, how to run your route, the little teaching techniques. I'm going to come back in 2017 and turn it up to another level.

"I just want to make sure my body is in line for the coming season, eat healthy, make sure I'm on the right workout plan, enhance the things I already know and be a better player."

Miller's season was halted in December when he was placed on injured reserve due to a sprained AC joint suffered when he landed hard on his right shoulder against the Green Bay Packers. Miller missed time earlier in the season with a strained hamstring.

Miller didn't require surgery for the shoulder injury and he's been healthy for the past few weeks.

Miller said he's looking forward to the offseason and will split his time between training in Houston and back at Ohio State.

As gifted and precocious an athlete as the 6-1, 205-pound Springfield, Ohio native is, Miller remains a work in progress at the wide receiver position.

Overall, Miller made a sound adjustment to competing against bigger, talented cornerbacks than he faced in college.

"I'm still learning more," Miller said. "I've got to maintain and enhance what I learned and learn a bit more. I'm on the right track. I think I did pretty well, besides the injuries I sustained. Other than that, it went pretty good.

Miller's top play was in a road Monday night game at Mexico City when he executed a slick double-move for his first NFL touchdown, freezing Oakland Raiders cornerback David Amerson with a jab step before cutting across the middle for a 12-yard score.

It was plays like that one that displayed the potential of Miller, who finished his Buckeyes career with 8,609 yards of total offense on 5,295 passing yards and 3,314 rushing yards and 52 touchdowns.

Mentored by retired NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, an ESPN analyst, Miller met with him in Los Angeles to discuss his rookie season and future outlook.

"Braxton hasn't been playing the wide receiver position for very long, so what he's doing is nothing short of remarkable," Johnson said. "He had so much to learn. Quarterbacks are quarterbacks and wide receivers are wide receivers, it's so much different. You can say all you want about how quarterbacks understand routes, but it's still different.

"He's learning fast. He's adjusting. I'm proud of his progress. Come a few years from now, he'll be so much more advanced and the Houston Texans will be very happy with Braxton because he's not even close to being a finished product. It's exciting."

Miller praised the quality of the Panini digital cards. He grew up collecting Pokemon cards. He looks forward to his young son one day seeing one of his NFL trading cards.

"Absolutely, that would be great," Miller said. "That's legendary stuff. That would be awesome."