Dean Miller

Senior defensive end for UCF. 2025: 1 sack, 4 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DE · UCF · Sr. · #5

6′5″ · 240 lb · Los Angeles, CA

CFB Index 34 · #307 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceTransferred Kansas → UCF for 2026

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sack · 2025

4 TFL · 29 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 7 tackles, vs West Virginia

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for UCF. 2025: 1 sack, 4 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2022.
Transferred from Kansas to UCF in 2026.

The full story, with sources

Dean Miller

DE · Kansas · Sr · #5

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. He got to UCF by way of Kansas. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Missouri — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Lance Leipold — 19-18 over that span.

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2025Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

34Below cohort / limited sample #307 of 420?

Medium confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles#1415 / 2975 · 52nd pct

Solo tackles#1520 / 2975 · 47th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.4	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #307 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #307 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kansas	29	14	4.0	1.0	--	--	--
2024	Kansas	32	22	9.5	5.0	3	--	--
2023	Kansas	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		63	38	13.5	6.0	3	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 46-7vs Wagner	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 31-42@ Missouri	5	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 41-10vs West Virginia	7	3	1.5	1.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 5	L 34-37vs Cincinnati	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 27-20@ UCF	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 17-42@ Texas Tech	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 17-42vs Kansas State	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 38-21vs Oklahoma State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 20-24@ Arizona	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 14-38@ Iowa State	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 21-31vs Utah	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		29	14	4.0	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Dean Miller

2022

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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