DJ Waller

2024 – Sophomore • Saw action in seven games with four starts vs. Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Florida and Auburn • Missed the last four games vs. Tennessee, Murray State, Texas and Louisville with injury • Totaled 13 tackles and two pass breakups • Saw his first action as a Wildcat vs. South Carolina and got a tackle • Totaled a career-high tying four tackles vs. Auburn 2023 – Freshman (Michigan) • Played in 11 games in the secondary and on special teams as a true freshman in 2023 at Michigan • Helped the Wolverines amass a 15-0 record and win the College Football Playoff National Championship • Contributed 12 tackles with one pass breakup to earn a varsity letter at UM • Named the Defensive Freshman of the Week five times during the season for his performances against UNLV, Bowling Green, Indiana, • Nebraska and Michigan State High School • A consensus 3-star prospect who was rated the No. 35 athlete in the nation and the No. 20 player in Ohio by Rivals.com • Two-way player at wide receiver and defensive back for head coach Seth Antram at Chaney High School • Totaled 47 tackles with 7.0 tackles for loss, one sack, and one interception on defense • Charted 215 receiving yards with two scores offensively • Helped the Cowboys finish 10-2 in 2022, the school’s first 10-win season in more than 20 years • Named first-team all-state defense, Division III OPSWA All-Ohio • Earned All-District (Northeast Inland) first team in 2022 Personal • Born in Youngstown, Ohio • Son of D’Juan and Micah Waller and Phillisa Patton • Has seven siblings • Major is sports leadership DJ Says • He chose to play at Kentucky because Coach Stoops is a great defensive backs coach and he will coach him hard • One thing most people don’t know about him is that he loves to write music • Three words to describe him are humble, unique and relentless • The person who motivates him to work hard is his dad because he’s always trying to make him a better person and lead him the right way • If he could invite one famous person, dead or alive, to a dinner he would choose Kobe Bryant