The University of Mississippi Athletics
2017 Baseball Roster
DJ Miller
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Madison, Ill.
- High School:
- Granite City
Career: Earned two letters, playing in 34 games (seven starts) … Hit .143 (6-for-42) with one double, two home runs, five RBI and seven runs.
2017: Played in 19 games and made four starts in left field … Hit .167 with three runs and four RBI … Three of his four hits went for extra bases (two home runs, one double) … Against ULM, belted a pinch-hit homer, a two-run blast, for his first career multi-RBI game (5/5) ... Hit his first career home run against UAPB (4/19) ... Made his 2017 debut smacking a pinch-hit RBI double in the seventh inning versus Arkansas State (2/21).
2016: Played in 15 games, making three starts (two at DH, one in left field) … Went 2-for-18 at the plate with four runs and one RBI … Knocked in his first career RBI in the win over Memphis (4/19) ... Tallied two runs and one hit in his first two games as a Rebel ... Made his first career appearance against FIU (2/19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Granite City High School where he lettered three years and was coached by John Moad and Scott Smollie … Named 2015 Honorable Mention All-American and First Team All-Region (Central) by Perfect Game … Tabbed as the 12th-best player in Illinois and third-best outfielder in the state by Perfect Game … Earned first team all-state, all-conference and all-area honors as a senior … Collected second team all-area and all-conference accolades during his junior campaign … Also lettered in basketball for three years.
PERSONAL: Son of Darrell Sr. and Cassandra Miller … Born: April 29, 1997 … Has two older siblings, Camera and Dariel … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.
