Mills accepted an athletic scholarship in 1986 to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a four-year letterman for coach Galen Hall and coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football teams from 1987 to 1990 [REF].
As a senior, Mills was a second-team All-SEC (SEC) selection, and a team captain of the Gators squad that finished with a 9-2 overall win-loss record and a best-in-the-SEC record of 6-1 [REF].