2015 JSU Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 31
DeBarriaus Miller
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fort Valley, Ga.
- High School:
- Peach County HS
• 2015 Preseason All-OVC
JSU CAREER
2014: Started all 12 games for the Gamecocks as a junior, mostly at safety before being forced to move to cornerback late due to injuries in the backfield…was fourth on the team and second in the defensive backfield with 55 tackles, 33 solo…tied for the team lead with four interceptions and had a team-best 47 interception return yards…added six pass break ups and one fumble recovery…notched at least two tackles in every game, including a season-high seven against UT Martin on Oct. 4…had six tackles three times in the final four games of the season and five three other times…at Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 8, had six tackles and two interceptions…recorded his four picks in a span of four games from Oct. 11 to Nov. 8…had five tackles and three basses broken up on Nov. 15 against Eastern Illinois.
PRIOR TO JSU: Spent two seasons at Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Miss…as a sophomore in 2013, was the Golden Eagles’ leading tackler with 92 stops and a team-high 48 solo tackles…had 4.5 tackles for a loss, one interception, two pass break-ups, three passes defended and two quarterback hurries…had a season-high 15 tackles vs. East Carolina, while recording 14 against Nebraska…intercepted a pass and returned it 14 yards against Florida international…as a freshman in 2012, saw action right away and appeared in 10 games while drawing starts in four games…started at safety against Marshall and UAB and at Rice and SMU…finished with 22 total tackles (17 solo, 5 assisted).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Chad Campbell at Peach County HS…a two-way star for Peach County.
PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 12, 1993, in Fort Valley, Ga…the son of Nathaniel and Selundee Miller…majoring in sport management at JSU.
JSU CAREER
2014: Started all 12 games for the Gamecocks as a junior, mostly at safety before being forced to move to cornerback late due to injuries in the backfield…was fourth on the team and second in the defensive backfield with 55 tackles, 33 solo…tied for the team lead with four interceptions and had a team-best 47 interception return yards…added six pass break ups and one fumble recovery…notched at least two tackles in every game, including a season-high seven against UT Martin on Oct. 4…had six tackles three times in the final four games of the season and five three other times…at Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 8, had six tackles and two interceptions…recorded his four picks in a span of four games from Oct. 11 to Nov. 8…had five tackles and three basses broken up on Nov. 15 against Eastern Illinois.
PRIOR TO JSU: Spent two seasons at Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Miss…as a sophomore in 2013, was the Golden Eagles’ leading tackler with 92 stops and a team-high 48 solo tackles…had 4.5 tackles for a loss, one interception, two pass break-ups, three passes defended and two quarterback hurries…had a season-high 15 tackles vs. East Carolina, while recording 14 against Nebraska…intercepted a pass and returned it 14 yards against Florida international…as a freshman in 2012, saw action right away and appeared in 10 games while drawing starts in four games…started at safety against Marshall and UAB and at Rice and SMU…finished with 22 total tackles (17 solo, 5 assisted).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Chad Campbell at Peach County HS…a two-way star for Peach County.
PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 12, 1993, in Fort Valley, Ga…the son of Nathaniel and Selundee Miller…majoring in sport management at JSU.
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