Electrifying 2022 Prospect Jamarion Miller Latest Running Back to Sign With Alabama Football

Miller flipped his commitment from Texas to the Crimson Tide back on Thanksgiving Day

From the get-go, the plan for Alabama football was always to sign multiple running backs in the 2022 recruiting class and mission accomplished. 

Along with Geneva County's (Hartford, Ala.) Emmanuel Henderson, Jamarion Miller from Tyler, Texas is the latest tailback to sign on the dotted line with the Crimson Tide on Wednesday.

Miller flipped his original commitment from Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns to Alabama back on Thanksgiving Day and shut down his recruitment. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound running back will enroll early in Tuscaloosa.

In 11 games during his senior campaign at Tyler Legacy, Miller tallied 1,355 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns while catching six additional scores for a total of 380 yards. As a junior in 2020, Miller averaged 10 yards per carry. 

Today caps a special high school career for Tyler Legacy RB Jamarion Miller:

4,688 rushing yards
47 rushing touchdowns
8.2 yards per carry

998 receiving yards
14 touchdowns

Just part of why the Texas commit is still one of the nation’s most-coveted running backs. pic.twitter.com/KPPujzmtxA

— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) November 20, 2021

Unlike years in the past like the 2021 which saw Alabama land seven players from the Lone Star State, Miller is currently the only signee from the state of Texas. 

Miller officially visited Tuscaloosa during the weekend of October 23rd, nearly a month before his verbal pledge. Florida, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma were all involved in his recruitment at some point. 

Alabama could very well be done at the running back position for the 2022 cycle but Georgia Tech transfer Jahmyr Gibbs is a name to watch if the Crimson Tide decide to try and add more depth to a position that took hit after hit in 2021.

Congratulations to Jamarion Miller (@JamarionMiller1) for signing his National Letter of Intent with @AlabamaFTBL!

Good luck in your future academic and athletic journey.#CodeRED #RecruiTLegacy @TLRedRaiders | @TylerLegacyFB pic.twitter.com/3sBtFVNnvz

— Tyler ISD 🏛 (@TylerISD) December 15, 2021

JAMARION MILLER

RB, 5-10, 195, Tyler, Texas/Tyler Legacy

Highly regarded running back recruit from the talent-rich state of Texas … a four-star prospect by all major outlets … the No. 86 player overall and No. 6 running back recruit nationally by 247Sports … also listed as the No. 16 player from Texas by 247 … listed as the No. 18 prospect from Texas along with the No. 7 running back and 97th-rated recruit overall on the 247Composite … No. 114 on the Rivals250 and the seventh-ranked running back by the site … also tabbed the No. 16 player from Texas by Rivals … ESPN.com listed him as the No. 122 recruit on the ESPN300 and the No. 9 running back overall … the 33rd-rated player from the Midlands Region and No. 25 player in Texas by ESPN … coached by Joe Willis at Tyler Legacy … totaled 1,355 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns to go with 380 receiving yards and six scores for the Red Raiders during his senior season … owns the TLHS school record for career rushing yards with nearly 5,000 across four seasons … chose Alabama over in-state Texas.