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Four-star Colorado commit Dre’lon Miller accounted for more than 4,000 yards of total offense and 53 total touchdowns during his high school career at Silsbee (Texas).
Colorado football has shifted the majority of its recruiting focus from the high school ranks to the NCAA transfer portal under the direction of coach Deion Sanders. While every other program in the new Big 12 has at least 11 commits from the Class of 2024 (eight schools have at least 19 commits), the Buffaloes have just nine (in addition to 15 transfer portal commits).
Sanders doesn’t typically recruit high school athletes, but Dre’lon Miller isn’t your typical high school athlete.
“He (Sanders) told me that he doesn’t recruit a lot of high school kids so, just getting the chance to talk to one of the best to do it and, you know, him telling us how he wants to make history, being able to make history for ‘Coach Prime’ would be an amazing thing to do,” Miller said.
It doesn’t take long to figure out why Sanders wants Miller in Boulder, Colorado.
The 6-foot, 190-pound athlete has played all over the field for Silsbee (Texas) High School — wide receiver, running back, wildcat QB, defensive back, returner — and made impact plays at every position. Throughout the course of his high school career, Miller has accounted for 4,409 yards of total offense (3,571 receiving, 778 rushing, 60 passing) and 118 total tackles on defense to go along with five interceptions.
Those are video-game numbers, and Silsbee head coach Randy Smith has had a front-row seat to the Miller show since 2020.
“Dre’lon is a special player,” Smith said. “He’s extremely explosive and has really good ball skills. He can go up and get the ball with anybody but once he gets it, his run after catch is extremely special.
“For me, personally, you don’t get to coach many kids like him over the…
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Author : The Coloradoan
Publish date : 2023-12-19 20:14:14
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