Omarion Miller’s first month in Tempe hasn’t been smooth, but the signs are starting to point in the right direction. The senior receiver opened his Sun Devil career with eight catches for 102 yards and a touchdown, then followed that with a steadier showing against BYU on Halloween, when he hauled in four passes for 37 yards and a score.
That touchdown was his first in almost a month, and it came on a jump ball against BYU. More importantly for ASU, it hinted at what this offense could look like when Miller and WR1 Reed Harris are both pulling attention.
The BYU game was the first time the Sun Devils really had to deal with an opponent taking Harris away. The Boston College transfer was doubled with a safety over the top, and that approach cut into ASU’s offensive production. It also opened the door for Miller to get more involved.
The question now is whether Colorado will try the same thing Saturday. If it does, ASU could be looking at a dangerous two-man passing attack for freshman quarterback Jake Fette.
“They forgot I’m still on the team,” Miller said. “Guys tend to want to try to take him (Harris) out of the game, which leaves a lot for me.”
Miller sounds ready for the moment, and his history in November backs that up. In 2025 with Colorado, he put up 22 catches for 378 yards and four touchdowns, including two 100-yard receiving games. For comparison, he had 23 catches for 430 yards and four touchdowns through the first seven games, nearly matching those totals in three fewer games.
Now he gets the added layer of facing his former team.
“Just anxious to get on the field and ball,” Miller said about Saturday. “Taking on a leadership role and showing the young guys in the room how it’s supposed to be done.”
His coach sees the breakout coming, too.
“It's like, man, you don't have a breakout game. But in multiple (of our) games, one more catch of these deep balls down the field, and you go for six for 110 instead of five for 55.
It’s like six for 99, two touchdowns, and then it’s like, oh there’s your breakout game. So it goes back to: you’re never as far away as you think.
It just hasn’t happened yet, and it’s close. I mean, last week there were multiple opportunities that one of those balls get caught, and that was his breakout game.
There it is, just one of the four to five other opportunities, one of the balls in the end zone on the face gets caught. It’s a touchdown.
There’s a breakout game. One of the balls go in the other direction on the deep balls.
Boom! There’s your breakout game.
So it’s gonna happen, it’s just a matter of when, because we’re all around it.”
And from the sideline, the work has stood out.
“He’s been unbelievable. He’s been an unbelievable teammate, unbelievable worker, unbelievable coming to practice. He’s been a joy to coach.”
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