DJ Waller Jr.

Height:
6-3
Weight:
210
Position:
CB
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Youngstown, Ohio
High School:
Chaney
Prev School:
Kentucky

2025: Started in two games, missing most of the season with injury ... Totaled a tackle and a PBU in the season opener vs. Toledo ... Also started in the regular-season finale at Louisville but left in the first quarter with injury

2024: 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: 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.