Career
The five-time divisional All-Star and two-time Outstanding Lineman finalist sits fourth in the record books for games played (321) from 1978 to 1996 for the Calgary Stampeders, Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal Concordes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was a 5-time Canadian Football League Eastern Division All-Star and a 2-time Canadian Football League Outstanding Lineman finalist. On February 21, 2013 the Canadian Football Hall of Fame announced that he would be in their class of inductees in September 2013.
The Gee-Gees Miles Gorrell Award for Best Lineman is named in his honour.
From 2005-2010, Gorrell served as a Player Personnel Assistant & Director of Canadian Scouting with the Toronto Argonauts. In the Summer of 2008, Gorrell and his family moved to Toronto, Ontario.