Miles Battle

Senior cornerback for Utah. 2023: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

CB · Utah · Sr. · #1

6′4″ · 205 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 39 · #222 of 339 cornersLow confidenceUtah 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 330 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Utah. 2023: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2018.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Utah in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Utah, 93 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Signed with Ole Miss4-star out of Cy Creek

202311 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#330 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

1 coach

2018–2023

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

39Below cohort / limited sample #222 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#512 / 2842 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#873 / 2842 · 68th pct

Tackles#1202 / 2842 · 57th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2235 / 2842 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.3
Road5g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #222 of 339 corners

Former four-star. Now #222 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Utah	32	23	0.5	0.0	3	1	--
2022	Ole Miss	33	21	0.0	0.0	4	1	--
2021	Ole Miss	22	9	0.0	0.0	8	1	--
2020	Ole Miss	6	6	0.0	0.0	4	--	--
2019	Ole Miss	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Ole Miss	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		93	59	0.5	0.0	19	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2023

W 14–7

vs UCLA

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Bouwmeester — 44 AVG · 6 IN 20 · 54 LONG · N. Johnson — 117 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.4 · 2 rush yds (14 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-11vs Florida	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 31-7vs Weber State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 14-7vs UCLA	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 7-21@ Oregon State	4	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 34-14vs California	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	W 34-32@ USC	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 6-35vs Oregon	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 55-3vs Arizona State	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 11	L 28-35@ Washington	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 12	L 18-42@ Arizona	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 7-14@ Northwestern	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		32	23	0.5	0.0	1	3

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