CAREER
Earned First Team All-Ivy League honors as a running back in 2021 … In three-year, 26-game, seven-start career, rushed for 1,281 yards on 258 carries with six touchdowns and a 5.0 average yards per carry and has 20 receptions for 73 yards with a long of 15 on career … Career-long run of 83 yards ranks as the sixth longest rush in school history … Totaled 1,281 all-purpose yards (73 receiving, 1,281 rushing, 63 on kick returns) on career (54.5 yards per game) … Also made three tackles on special teams … Among school’s career leaders, ranked No. 9 in career rushing yards (1,281), No. 4 in most yards per carry in a career (5.0), No. 7 in most rushing yards per game (49.3) … After his 2021 season, in Columbia season records, ranks No. 6 in most yards (841), No. 5 in most yards per carry (5.6), and No. 7 in most yards rushing per game (81.4) … Three-year letterman.
2021
First Team All-Ivy League honoree as a senior running back … Earned First Team All-Ivy League honors by Phil Steele Magazine … Saw action in all 10 games with four starts at running back … Earned the Most Valuable Player award at team banquet … Finalist for Columbia’s on-campus William V. Campbell Performer of the Year award … Ranked No. 2 in the Ivy League in both rushing yards (814) and rushing yards per game (81.4), third in rushing yards per carry (5.61), and fourth in all-purpose yardage per game (92.20), along with four touchdowns on 145 carries on year … Also ranked No. 26 nationally in rushing yards per carry (5.61), No. 30 in rushing yards per game (81.4) and caught nine passes for 43 yards, led the team in all-purpose yardage (920), ranked No. 2 on the squad in total yards, and also played extensively on special teams, totaling three tackles on the year … Explosive runner with speed, Miller had six runs of 40 yards or more and 12 rushes for over 20 yards (8 percent of his carries) … His long run of 75 yards and career-high in rushing yards (187) came vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Concluded season with three 100-yard rushing games and three runs over 60 yards or more … In two-game stretch, accumulated 323 rushing yards, two touchdowns on 23 attempts for a 9.5 yards per carry average at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) and Penn (Oct. 16) … His 323 yards in two games ranks as the third-best total for rushing yards and consecutive games ever at Columbia … Rushed for 67 yards and a 42-yard touchdown on 13 carries in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Rushed for 39 yards, including a 22-yard carry on 16 rushes vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Rushed for 65 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown run on 11 carries and caught one pass for six yards vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Finished with 83 all-purpose yards, including 35 on 11 carries and 50 on three kickoff returns at Yale (Oct. 30) … Rushed for 58 yards on 25 carries with a long of 18 and caught a career-high four passes for 27 yards at Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Rushed for a career-high 187 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown run on 16 carries and caught two passes vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … The 187 yards ranked tied for the 11th-best single-game rushing performance in school history and his 11.7 yards per carry ranks as the eighth-best game mark in school history … Rushed for 136 yards on 18 carries, including a 65-yard touchdown run and caught one pass for nine yards at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Finished with 19 rushing yards on 10 carries and a reception at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Ran for a 63-yard run and finished with 91 rushing yards on seven carries vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25) … Registered his first career 100-yard rushing game with 117 yards on 18 carries with a long of 23 yards in season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
2020
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
2019
Played in all 10 games with two starts as a sophomore running back … Listed on the depth chart as the starting and backup running back … Rushed for 150 yards and one touchdown on 52 carries for a 2.9 average with a long run of 18 yards and caught six passes for eight yards on year … Totaled 158 all-purpose yards … Rushed for 24 yards on seven carries and caught a pass in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 23) … Caught two passes and rushed three times for eight yards at Yale (Nov. 2) … Rushed for 12 yards on seven carries at Dartmouth (Oct. 25) … Scored touchdown on 17-yard run, rushed for 28 yards on six carries and caught a pass for 10 yards vs. Penn (Oct. 19) … Rushed for 20 yards on five carries at Princeton (Oct. 5) … Finished with a season-high 38 yards rushing, a season-long 18-yard run and caught one pass in season opener at Saint Francis, Pa. (Sept. 21).
2018
Saw action in six games with one start as a first-year running back … Listed second on the depth chart at running back before suffering a season-ending injury during Columbia’s sixth game vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 20) … Two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week selection (Sept. 17 and Oct. 8) … Rushed for 317 yards and one touchdown on 61 carries for a team-best 5.2 average and 52.8 average yards per game and caught five passes for 22 yards (4.4 average per catch) … Also added 339 all-purpose yards … Caught a career-high four passes for 16 yards and rushed for 35 yards on six carries at Penn (Oct. 13) … On a career-high 18 rushing attempts, ran for 80 yards vs. Marist (Oct. 6) … Made first career start, rushed for 35 yards on eight carries and made first career reception vs. Princeton (Sept. 28) … Rushed 17 times for 61 yards with a long of 12 at Georgetown (Sept. 23) … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 17) after he led the Lions with 93 rushing yards on eight carries and scored his first career touchdown on an impressive 83-yard scamper at Central Connecticut State (Sept. 15) … The 83-yard run ranked as the longest run in school history for a first-year and ranked as the sixth longest run in school history … His 11.6 yards per carry (8-93) ranked tied for the eighth best total yards per carry in a game in school history and the top mark in school history for a first-year … His 93-yard rushing game vs. CCSU ranked as the third most rushing yards for a first-year in school history.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Richmond Senior High School in Richmond County, N.C. where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Bryan Till … Two-time All-Conference selection … Named team captain as a senior in 2017 … Saw action at running back, wide receiver and defensive back … In varsity career, rushed for 1,703 yards and 25 touchdowns on 217 carries and caught 20 passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns with 30 total touchdowns … Rushed for 1,327 yards and 19 touchdowns on 158 carries (8.4 yards per carry) and caught eight passes for 94 yards as a senior … Rushed for over 100 yards in seven of the Raiders’ 11 regular season games while averaging 120.6 yards per game … Earned Richmond County Athlete of the Week honors … Rushed for 206 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries in season opener vs. Ronald Reagan … Rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns on 24 carries vs. David W. Butler … Rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns on 10 carries vs. Hoke County … Rushed for 180 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries and ran for an 88-yard touchdown vs. Seventy-First … Rushed for three touchdowns and 129 yards on 17 carries in season finale vs. Scotland … Selected to compete in the Carolina’s Shrine Bowl football game in Spartanburg, S.C. … Led the Raiders to a 7-5 overall record and 5-2 league record as a senior … Rushed for 294 yards and five touchdowns on 55 carries in 11 games played as a junior … Scored on a 97-yard kickoff return with 31 seconds remaining to give the Raiders a 21-14 win over Pinecrest during junior season … Scored eight touchdowns and rushed for 300 yards as a freshman … Played for the Carolina Sharks 7v7 team … Also competed in basketball, swimming and track and field … Personal-best in the 100-meter dash was a 10.2 … Earned the school’s highest freshman grade point average (4.78) … Member of the National Honor Society and National Beta Club … Volunteers at his church.
PERSONAL
Born Dante Davon Miller on May 14, 1999 … Son of Antoinette Flowers … Has two siblings: Choyce and Trey … Members of his family are originally from Brooklyn, N.Y. … Sister Choyce is a producer for the Huffington Post … Nickname is DMillz … Hobbies and interests include playing Dragon Ball Z, singing, business, pictures, travel, swimming, running and lifting weights … Favorite sports figure: Barry Sanders … When he was a kid, he pretended to be the Flash … Role model is his mother because she is the “hardest working person he knows” … Seven current or former NFL players attended his high school … Committed to Columbia on January 12, 2018 … Chose Columbia to further his academics and become a better person and also because his mother and he wanted to make a “40-year decision rather than a 4-year decision” … Selected Columbia over James Madison, Illinois, Navy, Air Force, Furman, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Wofford, Elon, Wake Forest, Liberty and other Ivy League schools … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Sociology.
Track & Field Career Bests
60-Meter Dash (Indoor) - 6.91
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2020
ARTICLES
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