by Bill Seals
The latest unofficial visit for an Iowa State commitment also included a stop for his brother to take in the track and field program in Ames.
O’Fallon John Burroughs senior Derrick Miller visited this past Saturday with his younger brother Brandon, who is being recruited by the Cyclones for his work in the middle distances.
For the 6-foot-0, 176-pound Derrick Miller, the stop was just another in a line of them as he gets prepared to sign with ISU in December.
“It was wonderful,” said Miller. “We drove up Saturday morning and got there for my brother’s track visit. He went with the track team and got to see some of them work out, then we went to the football facility where we checked in. We had a nice meal, talked to some of the coaches and some of the fellow commits. It was pretty cool seeing those guys in person.
“After we got done eating, we went out on the field for pregame and got to see some of the guys warming up and coaches coaching them up. That was cool to see. We stayed there until the guys went inside and went back up to our seats. It was pretty cool watching the fans pack it up, then we watched a great upset over West Virginia, rushed the field and then go to the locker room afterwards.”
Miller, a three-star prospect, is one of the highest-rated prospects in the Cyclones’ class. He has a 5.6 Rivals rating, is the 15th overall player in Missouri for 2019 and the 74th cornerback nationally.
A two-way standout for Burroughs, Miller said he’s been getting more familiar with his future side of the ball in college. The West Virginia game presented another opportunity for him to pick up on the finer points.
“The DBs have been great and the defense overall has been outstanding,” he said. “That’s how you win is defense. If your defense is good, then you can win a lot of games. Lately, the defense has been very good.
“I’m dissecting their games and learning tips and tricks from what I can catch. I talk to Coach D.K. (McDonald) and Coach (Derek) Hoodjer about how they’re doing and they give me rundowns. I’m getting all the information I can so I can do my best once I get up there.”
Although he put in a lot of work perfecting his trade in the offseason, Miller hasn’t been tested much this fall. Receivers he’s guarding have only been targeting five times and he has intercepted three of those balls and broken up the two others.
“I have worked on my corner technique and can always get better at my game in that aspect,” he said. “I’ll be playing DB in college, so I think that’s helped. I haven’t had a ball caught on me yet this year.”
The latest unofficial visit for an Iowa State commitment also included a stop for his brother to take in the track and field program in Ames.
O’Fallon John Burroughs senior Derrick Miller visited this past Saturday with his younger brother Brandon, who is being recruited by the Cyclones for his work in the middle distances.
For the 6-foot-0, 176-pound Derrick Miller, the stop was just another in a line of them as he gets prepared to sign with ISU in December.
“It was wonderful,” said Miller. “We drove up Saturday morning and got there for my brother’s track visit. He went with the track team and got to see some of them work out, then we went to the football facility where we checked in. We had a nice meal, talked to some of the coaches and some of the fellow commits. It was pretty cool seeing those guys in person.
“After we got done eating, we went out on the field for pregame and got to see some of the guys warming up and coaches coaching them up. That was cool to see. We stayed there until the guys went inside and went back up to our seats. It was pretty cool watching the fans pack it up, then we watched a great upset over West Virginia, rushed the field and then go to the locker room afterwards.”
Miller, a three-star prospect, is one of the highest-rated prospects in the Cyclones’ class. He has a 5.6 Rivals rating, is the 15th overall player in Missouri for 2019 and the 74th cornerback nationally.
A two-way standout for Burroughs, Miller said he’s been getting more familiar with his future side of the ball in college. The West Virginia game presented another opportunity for him to pick up on the finer points.
“The DBs have been great and the defense overall has been outstanding,” he said. “That’s how you win is defense. If your defense is good, then you can win a lot of games. Lately, the defense has been very good.
“I’m dissecting their games and learning tips and tricks from what I can catch. I talk to Coach D.K. (McDonald) and Coach (Derek) Hoodjer about how they’re doing and they give me rundowns. I’m getting all the information I can so I can do my best once I get up there.”
Although he put in a lot of work perfecting his trade in the offseason, Miller hasn’t been tested much this fall. Receivers he’s guarding have only been targeting five times and he has intercepted three of those balls and broken up the two others.
“I have worked on my corner technique and can always get better at my game in that aspect,” he said. “I’ll be playing DB in college, so I think that’s helped. I haven’t had a ball caught on me yet this year.”
