Damien Miller: S · UAB · #11.
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Damien Miller
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at UAB. On tape: 7 tackles against Tulane, Week 5, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-6vs North Carolina A&T | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 35-49@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-49@ No. 1 Georgia | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-35@ Tulane | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 21-45vs Memphis | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-42vs Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-31@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-24vs Temple | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 42-45@ North Texas | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL38 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Trent Dilfer
Pass share
50.3%
427 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
70.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #410 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at UAB, 74 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 27 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.
