Rodney Miller Jr. did not simply walk on the court and play 40 minutes per game for coach Jim Larrañaga upon his arrival to Coral Gables, Fla. He’s had to earn every minute of gameplay, in fact.
The redshirt senior center out of Laurelton, N.Y., spent his high school playing days at Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), coming into the Miami program as a three-star recruit. The 6-foot-11 big man was recruited as the No. 15 nationally ranked center in 2015.
“Coming into my freshman year, I had a bag load of moves and Coach L hounded on me, ‘Hey Rod!