Omarion Miller injury update: Deion Sanders shares expected timeline for Colorado WR

Colorado has likely lost a key piece of depth in its receiving corps for the season, Deion Sanders announced Tuesday. Omarion Miller is out for the year after getting hurt in Saturday’s loss to Kansas State.

Miller had a huge game against the Wildcats, catching 8 passes for 145 yards, but now it appears as though he is lost for the season.

“I think he had surgery yesterday, so I don’t think he’ll be back this season,” Deion Sanders said during his press conference on Tuesday.

Omarion Miller is a former four-star recruit in the class of 2023. He played in 10 games and made a pair of starts for the Buffaloes last season.

The Louisiana native finished with 11 catches for 234 yards and a touchdown last year and had 10 catches for 216 yards already this year, while appearing in all six games.

Omarion Miller is capable of producing even more, but the Buffaloes have a deep receiving corps, which kept him from getting more opportunities.

“I mean our message to him is to get yourself together when it’s time to rehabilitate yourself and get in the right frame of mind so you can come out bigger, stronger, faster and better,” Deion Sanders said. “Because the kid is, I would say fifth man, one of the best fifth men in the country, you know, if he’s our fifth receiver, which we don’t say that, but then he’s one of the best in the nation to me.”

Omarion Miller still has a couple of years left to try to leave his mark on the Colorado program. Sanders expects him to be even more involved in the years to come.

“I’m proud of him. Proud of him for just staying focused, knowing he wasn’t a starter. But had the ability to start,” Sanders said. “But when he came in he gave you everything he had. Proud of him.”

Colorado will face Arizona on the road on Saturday, looking to bounce back from its loss this past weekend.