Dejuan Miller

Dejuan Miller (born April 10, 1990) is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the Tri-Cities Fever of the Indoor Football League. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners.

Early years

Born Eric Dejuan Cunningham, Miller grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey and attended Metuchen High School where he was all-state in 2007 as well as a finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year Award. He completed high school with over 110 career receptions and over 1,600 yards receiving and 30 total touchdowns, which are all school records. He also holds the record for the most all-purpose yards in a career as well as touchdown receptions in a game and catches in one game. He also played on the defensive side of the ball, amassing over 220 career tackles and 11 career interceptions. In his Junior year versus South River, in one game he had four interceptions (school record) and 5 tackles along with 9 catches 122 yards and a touchdown. In his senior year versus Dunellen he amassed 24 tackles in one game. In addition to football, Miller excelled at basketball and track. He lettered in all three sports since his freshman year, for a total of 12 letters during his career. He would become one of only a few athletes at his school to score over 1,300 career points and have over 720 career rebounds in basketball. He finished his career 3rd all-time in school history in points. In his senior year of basketball, he finished with an average of 24.5 points per game which was top three in NJ at the time. The four years prior to Miller's arrival, the high school basketball team was a combined 16–75. During his four-year career, they were 65–35. In track, Miller set school records for the 100-meter, 200-meter and second place in the 400-meter. He placed 2nd in the Group I state championship in the 200M and 400m as a Junior and Senior. He also placed 5th in the 200M at the NJ Meet of Champions (which includes the top 6 of each event among all group championships).

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Dejuan Miller WR	Metuchen, New Jersey	Metuchen High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	4.55	Jun 7, 2007
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 13 (WR)   Rivals: 32 (WR), 6 (NJ)  ESPN: 26 (WR)
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Oklahoma Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 26, 2012.  "2008 Oklahoma Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved September 26, 2012.  "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 26, 2012.  "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved September 26, 2012.  "2008 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 26, 2012.

Miller committed to the University of Oklahoma on June 7, 2007.^[1]

College career

Miller was recruited by several top schools with likes of Penn State, Oklahoma State, Florida, Michigan, Boston College, Ole Miss and Cincinnati.^[2] Miller played in six games during his freshman year and had two receptions with the longest coming in the season opener. In 2009, Miller broke out against Kansas State with a career-best nine receptions for 93 yards and one touchdown. He also had his second best career game against Stanford in the Sun Bowl with 6 catches for 88 yards. Against Nebraska, he tallied 5 catches for 70 yards. In 2010, he played a huge roles against Texas and Cincinnati with 5 catches for 63 yards and 3 catches for 66 yards. Against Kansas State he recorded his second touchdown along with 3 catches for 42 yards. In his last home game vs Iowa State he tallied a game high 7 catches for 86 yards. He started 13 games in his career and played in 38. He recorded 75 catches for 892 yards in his collegiate career.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

In September 2012, Miller signed with Tri-Cities Fever, of the Indoor Football League, for the 2013 season. He had 23 catches for 330 yards and 3 touchdowns this season.^{[citation needed]} He played in 9 games and started in 6.^{[citation needed]} He led the team in receiving yards in 4 out of the 6 games he started for the Fever. He also led the team in Yards Per Catch in 2013 with 14.4, which was one of the highest in the IFL. In August 2013, Miller re-signed for his second season with the Fever.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Miller is the son of Jeremy Miller, the former CEO of the hip hop magazine The Source while his mother, Cornelia is the former general manager of the southern hip hop magazine Down. Born in Oklahoma City, Miller moved to Brooklyn, New York at a young age with his parents. They settled in Metuchen, New Jersey when Miller was eight years old. His younger brother, Dorian, is currently a freshman at Rutgers University and will be playing for the Scarlet Knights this fall.

References

External links

• Oklahoma Sooners bio