#86

Trey Miller

Senior tight end for Louisiana. 2025: 13 catches, 102 receiving yards.

TE · Louisiana · Sr. · #86

Weston, NE

CFB Index 28 · #155 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to Louisiana for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs UABCajun FieldLouisiana by 7.5

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

TD rate: 18th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

102

receiving yards · 2025

13 catches · 7.8 per catch

Best game: 2 rec, 18 yds, vs Marshall

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Louisiana. 2025: 13 catches, 102 receiving yards.

Transferred from Wayne State to Louisiana in 2025.

His career, year by year

Trey Miller

TE · Louisiana · Sr · #86

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He got to Louisiana by way of Wayne State. One game to point at: 18 rec yds, 2 receptions against Troy — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

28Below cohort / limited sample #155 of 156?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / target (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Catch rate#683 / 798 · 14th pct

56.5%

Yards / catch#696 / 798 · 13th pct

7.8

Explosive rate#750 / 798 · 3rd pct

0.0%

EPA / target#783 / 798 · 2nd pct

-0.07

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#154 / 175 · 9th pct

Yards / catch#160 / 175 · 9th pct

7.8

Rec TDs#152 / 175 · 7th pct

Rec yards#166 / 175 · 5th pct

102

Long catch#170 / 175 · 3rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

17%4 of his 23 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.2	8.2	6.4	0.0
Road5g	1.4	12.2	9.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.2	10.2	8.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	10.2	7.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

28 · #155 of 156 TEs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #16 of 16 Sun Belt TEs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Louisiana	13	102	7.8	0	--
Career		13	102	7.8	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 34–10

vs McNeese

1 REC

Dominant 24-point win at home against McNeese.

With B. Davis — 132 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · R. Williams — 2 rec · 18 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · South Alabama · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.07(15:00) Shotgun #2 L.Winfield pass complete short right to #86 T.Miller caught at UL 44, for 8 yards to the USA47 (#28 D.McKenzie), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Troy · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.64(02:26) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 L.Winfield pass complete short left to #86 T.Miller caught at LA 30, for 16 yards to the LA 41 (#4 T.Thompson), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · McNeese · 1&18 · Q3 · EPA -1.01Daniel Beale pass complete to Trey Miller for no gain to the MCN 49
Week 5 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +0.91Daniel Beale pass complete to Trey Miller for 8 yds to the UL 33
Week 4 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.85Daniel Beale pass complete to Trey Miller for 14 yds to the UL 29 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.84Lunch Winfield pass complete to Trey Miller for 10 yds to the UL 35 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Delaware · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.66No Huddle-Shotgun #2 L.Winfield pass complete short middle to #86 T.Miller caught at DEL15, for 14 yards to the DEL12 (#7 K.Seay), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · South Alabama · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA -0.60(04:24) Shotgun #2 L.Winfield pass complete short right to #86 T.Miller caught at USA39, for 2 yards to the USA39 QB hurried by #32 B.Myrick (#28 D.McKenzie), out of bounds
Week 11 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.34(01:53) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 L.Winfield pass complete short right to #86 T.Miller caught at TXST31, for 16 yards to the TXST18 (#1 B.Crosby), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Troy · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA -0.24(04:51) Shotgun #2 L.Winfield pass complete short right to #86 T.Miller caught at TROY35, for 2 yards to the TROY34 (#6 J.Powe), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 34-10vs McNeese	1	0	0.0	0
Wk 4	L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan	1	14	14.0	14
Wk 5	W 54-51vs Marshall	2	18	9.0	10	Season-high 18 yds
Wk 7	L 14-24@ James Madison	1	5	5.0	5
Wk 8	L 10-22vs Southern Miss	1	3	3.0	3
Wk 9	L 23-35@ Troy	2	18	9.0	16
Wk 10	W 31-22@ South Alabama	2	10	5.0	8
Wk 11	W 42-39vs Texas State	1	16	16.0	16
Wk 14	W 30-27vs UL Monroe	1	4	4.0	4
Bowl	L 13-20@ Delaware	1	14	14.0	14
Total		13	102	7.9	16

The tight end room · Louisiana

#88Caden JensenTE · Jr.231 receiving yards · 2025
#83Brock ChappellTE · Sr.108 receiving yards · 2025
#86Trey MillerTE · Sr.102 receiving yards · 2025
#46Emiliano SoldevillaTE · Jr.no box-score line yet
#44Teddy GawlikTE · So.2 games · 2026

4 more on the roster · Louisiana team page

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

Trey Miller

202510 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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