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DJ Miller - Football - University of Kentucky Athletics 7

DJMiller

  • position Wide Receiver
  • height 6-3
  • Weight 204
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
  • High school Cardinal Ritter

2025 – Freshman
• Saw action in seven games with three starts (vs. Auburn, Florida and Vanderbilt) as a true freshman
• Had 13 catches for 175 yards and two scores
• Saw his first collegiate action vs. No. 21/17 Texas and caught two passes for 13 yards
• In his second career game vs. No. 17/17 Tennessee, totaled five catches on all five of his targets for a team-best and career-best 120 yards and two touchdowns … had a career-long, 56-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter, the first of his college career, followed by a 28-yarder in the third quarter … Tied the school record – with seven others – for most touchdown pass receptions by a freshman in a game with two … First freshmen to do so since Dane Key and Barion Brown in 2022 … Became just the seventh freshman in school history with a 100-yard receiving game and just the eighth such performance
• Had at least one catch in six of his seven games

High School
• A four-star prospect by Rivals and 247Sports Composite
• Rated the No. 5 player in Missouri and the nation’s No. 33 wide receiver
• Played in 33 games during his prep career and totaled 109 catches for 1,703 yards and 18 scores
• A four-year letter winner and three-year starter for head coach Brennan Spain
• Member of the two-time Class 5A state champion teams (2023 and 2024)
• Had 71 catches for 1,032 yards (14.5 yards per catch) with eight touchdowns in 11 games as a senior
• Named All-Metro First Team in 2024
• Totaled 66 catches for 1,361 receiving yards with 25 touchdowns as a junior
• Also an excellent baseball player
• Chose Kentucky over offers from Tennessee and Ole Miss

Personal
• Full name is Dejerrian but goes by DJ
• Born in St. Louis, Missouri
• Son of Jerry Miller and Dewande Holmes
• Siblings are Branden Miller, Keith Holmes, Kameisha Holmes and Kiera Holmes
• Major is undecided

DJ Says
• Nickname is “DJ”
• Three words to describe him are chill, intelligent and confident
• After his football career is over, he would like to own a gym and become a personal trainer
• Beside playing sports, he’s also a really good cook
• If he could eat one thing for the rest of his life he would choose pizza

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