Omarion Miller
Arizona State#36 overallDraft Movement
Up 9 spots since Jun 8
Scouting Report
Omarion Miller is a long, physical outside receiver who transfers into Arizona State for 2026 after three seasons at Colorado, and he arrives as one of the more coveted wideouts in the portal. He is the classic catch-point winner: at a verified 6-foot-1 and 209 pounds he plays with real length and play strength, and the ball skills are the whole calling card. His 2025 tape is a recovery story after a season-ending leg injury wiped out 2024, and he answered with 45 catches for 808 yards and eight touchdowns across eleven games to earn second-team All-Big 12. He averaged nearly 18 yards a catch, which reads as explosive but is built on tracking and finishing the deep ball rather than separating with burst. Contested catching is where he lives, winning eleven of eighteen contested tries and stacking 14 contested catches on the season. He beat West Virginia for 128 yards with three traffic wins and torched Arizona for two scores, and he added nearly 300 yards after the catch. As a true freshman in 2023 he flashed a 197-yard eruption against USC with Shedeur Sanders throwing, so the ceiling flashes are real and long-standing. The limitation is ordinary long speed; he wins the ball in the air more than he pulls away, and that gets harder every Sunday against NFL corners. He dropped six passes on his target load in 2025, and the route detail underneath stays basic, leaving him quiet against zone and disappearing for stretches. Kansas State wrote the blueprint to cap him: physical coverage, forced volume, and patience, since the explosive plays rarely came in bunches when the deep shot was taken away. The durability file is also thin given the 2024 leg injury and a Week 1 hamstring in 2025. Arizona State hands him a featured role in a proven receiver-development program that just turned Jordyn Tyson into a projected first-rounder, and Kenny Dillingham should feed him a high-target diet as the clear No. 1. The projection today is developmental: a contested-catch and red-zone
The Tape
Strengths
- Elite contested-catch producer, winning eleven of eighteen contested tries and 14 total on the year
- Tracks and adjusts to the deep ball as well as anyone in the class
- Real length and play strength let him finish through corner contact downfield
- Genuine red-zone weapon with eight touchdowns across an eleven-game season
- Physical presence and reliable target across the middle of the field
- Strong hands that pluck the ball away from his frame on 50-50 balls
- Dangerous after the catch, adding nearly 300 YAC and 7.8 yards after contact per reception
- Willing, engaged blocker in the run game
Weaknesses
- Average long speed
- separation downfield depends on positioning, not burst
- Dropped six passes in 2025, several stalling scoring drives
- Route detail underneath stays basic, leaving him beatable versus zone
- Disappears for long stretches and struggles to string good plays together
- Thin durability file after a 2024 season-ending leg injury and a 2025 hamstring
- Beatable by physical, high-volume coverage as Kansas State's blueprint showed
- Only one big statistical season on his resume
NFL Comparison
Keon Coleman (big-bodied outside X who wins contested and downfield more than with separation speed); Rashod Bateman (long, ball-skills receiver whose value rides the catch point over burst); Josh Reynolds (developmental size-and-tracking wideout who profiles as a red-zone and vertical role player)
College Stats
2023 (Colorado): 11 receptions, 234 yards, 1 TD; 2024 (Colorado): 10 receptions, 216 yards, 1 TD; 2025 (Colorado): 45 receptions, 808 yards, 8 TD
College Market Value
Our model prices him at $1.54M on the open college market, built from production, pedigree, role and Arizona State's program money. No credible deal has been reported for him this season.
The college fantasy model projects 9.1 PPG (WR59), after 10.1 PPG across 11 games last year.
Portal: transferred from Colorado to Arizona State for 2026.
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Awards & Honors
Second Team All-Big 12 (2025)