2017 Football Roster
Roster
Dorian Miller
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Metuchen, N.J.
- High School:
- Metuchen
2017 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
2017 David Bender Trophy
2017 Team Captain
2017 (Redshirt Senior): Started all 12 games at left guard ... named honorable mentioned All-Big Ten in both the coaches' and media vote (11/29) ... awarded the David Bender Trophy at the program banquet (12/15) as the top offensive lineman on the team ... part of an offensive line that tied for first in the Big Ten with only 1.5 sacks permitted per game ... honored on Senior Day versus No. 16 Michigan State (11/25) ... part of unit that allowed no sacks and ran for 239 yards in the victory over Maryland (11/4) ... helped the offense rush for 274 yards in the win at Illinois (10/14) ... began the season opener at left guard against No. 8 Washington (9/1) ... voted a team captain.
2016 (Redshirt Junior): Started all 12 games at left guard ... part of the line that allowed no sacks and sprung an 80-yard rushing touchdown versus New Mexico (9/17) ... helped offense rush for 375 yards in win over Howard (9/10) ... started the season opener at left guard at No. 14 Washington (9/3).
2015 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started in 10 games at left guard ... part of unit that averaged 5.2 yards per carry and permitted only one sack in comeback win at Indiana (10/17) ... offense rushed for 312 yards and did not allow a sack in win over Kansas (9/26)... earned first career start at left guard in the opening win over Norfolk State (9/5), as the offense rushed for 291 yards and allowed no sacks.
2014 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw action in four games at guard ... played versus Wisconsin (11/1), at Ohio State (10/18) and against Tulane (9/27) ... made collegiate debut in home opener versus Howard (9/6).
2013 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: Played high school football for head coach Sal Mistretta at Metuchen ... lined up on both sides of the ball as a guard ... helped the Bulldogs rush for 3,941 yards and 48 touchdowns combined during his junior and senior seasons ... more than 80 percent of Metuchen's plays were rushes, running behind Miller approximately 90 percent of the time ... made 122 tackles with 12 sacks on defense in his final two prep seasons ... four-star rating from ESPN.com and Scout ... No. 21 prospect out of New Jersey with a three-star rating from Rivals ... helped lead the North team to a 28-13 win at the Chesapeake Bowl ... Star-Ledger First Team All-State selection ... never yielded a sack and Metuchen ran for over 7,000 yards during his four-year career ... on defense versus Spotswood, totaled 12 tackles, four for loss, three sacks, caused a fumble and stopped a two-point conversion in a 28-26 victory.
Personal: Brother, Dejuan, played 38 games at Oklahoma as a wide receiver with 75 receptions during his career ... an information technology and informatics major.
