Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-7vs Lafayette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#23
Steve Miller
Freshman defensive back on UConn's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 185 lb · Greensboro, GA · Greene County HS
Transferred USC → UConn for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 514 nationally · Signed with USC
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive back on UConn's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to USC in 2025.
- Transferred from USC to UConn in 2026.
Steve Miller
Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 1 tackles against Lafayette — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with USC3-star out of Greene County
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Gordon Sammis
UConn
Coaching transition mid-career: Gordon Sammis → Jason Candle. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to UConn
2025USC
2026UConn
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
2026UConn1-1HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 56–7
vs Lafayette
1 TOT
Dominant 49-point win at home against Lafayette.
With K. Osborne — 265 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 90 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · T. Warner — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG
Game log
The secondary · UConn
- #10Jayden Davis34 tackles · 2025
- #24Zion Paret13 tackles · 2025
- #18Kylish Hicks9 tackles · 2025
- #17Jalil Martin6 tackles · 2025
- #23Steve Miller1 tackle · 2025
16 more on the roster · UConn team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology