Columbia University Athletics

CAREER
 
In 16-game, three-start career, has rushed for 467 yards on 113 carries with two touchdowns and a 4.1 average yards per carry … Also has caught 11 passes for 3 yards with a long of 12 on career … Career-long run of 83 yards ranks as the sixth longest run in school history … the Totaled 497 all-purpose yards on career (31.1 yards per game) … Two-year letterman.
 
2019-20
 
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).

Track & Field: (Indoor) Opened collegiate career with a 6.96 in the 60-Meter Dash at the NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 17) ... Took third in the 60m at the Villanove Invitational (Feb. 1), crossing the line with a time of 6.94 ... Clocked a personal record in the 60m at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 29-Mar. 1), finishing in 6.91. (Outdoor) Season canceled.
 
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 and intends to major in business or computer science.

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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