Tennessee commitment Miller surges in senior year
Cameron Miller still remembers the fall of 2004, when his dad Cedric Miller was head coach at Wooddale. His introduction to the sport came from running around the field scooping up footballs as the team ballboy and watching his older brothers play.
“I was just carrying the ball wherever it needed to go,” said MAHS receiver Cameron Miller. “Throwing it to the ref, and doing what they needed me to do. I’ve been around the game pretty much since I was born and it’s what I love to do.”
Since then, Cameron has grown into a 6-foot-1, 195-pound receiver and the No. 14 prospect in Tennessee for the Class of 2022 according to the 247Sports Composite.
The three-star Tennessee commitment warmed up to the Volunteers’ fight song “Rocky Top” before the Thursday’s opener with MASE. After the game, he was wearing a white T-shirt that spelled Tennessee in orange letters and sporting a few orange Tennessee wristbands.
“I’m getting used to it, I’ll be attending there soon so it’s something to get used to and it gives me a good feeling,” Miller said of “Rocky Top.”
He said that he plans to graduate from MAHS in December and enroll early at Tennessee.
“I’ve got four classes I’ve got to take,” Miller said. “I’m trying to move up one of them so I can graduate in December and sign in December. That’s just my goal right now, to get out of here as early as I can.”
Playing in his first football game since 2019, Miller scored three touchdowns as MAHS cruised to a 60-0 victory over MASE. He also started at cornerback and kicked off.
“I’ve been playing soccer, too, since I was a kid so that helps with the footwork,” Miller said. “Just being an athlete. They say I’m a receiver, but in my eyes, I’m really an athlete. You can move me all around the field and I’ll be prepared.”
The win marked a near-perfect start to Miller’s final season playing high school football for his dad, who is now the MAHS coach.
“It feels great. This is son No. 3. I’ve seen two come through, play, graduate and go off to college,” Cedric Miller said.