James Earl "Boobie" Miles Jr. (born April 16, 1970) is a former high school football runningback for Permian High School, and was a primary subject in the book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger, and the movie inspired by the book. He attended Permian High School in Odessa, Texas. Miles is a major figure in Bissinger's book as one of the top high school runningback a in Texas. He was sought by dozens of top college football schools, but his promising career was derailed by a knee injury.