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Derek Miller attributes ‘teamwork and sacrifice’ as reason why Aggies landed Nic Scourton

“When I look back on it, I am proud of the way people work together, positive attitude and willingness just to keep being gritty every day.”

In a recent interview with Carter Karels of GigEm247, football general manager Derek Miller recalled the process of how Texas A&M landed standout pass rusher Nic Scourton from Purdue in the NCAA Transfer Portal.

“I think what best encapsulates the whole thing that I joke about is Scourton’s announcement to get into the portal on December 26th at 9 a.m. So any Christmas holiday enjoyment — the next morning, the Scourton news was out there, and then we were trying to figure that one out,” Miller explained. “What encapsulates the time period is teamwork and sacrifice. It is the holidays. You are moving. I am not the only one who picked up, packed a bag and moved down here and said, ‘We will figure the rest out later.’

Texas A&M GM Derek Miller named ‘Top Player Personnel on the Rise’ by Our Coaching Network

“Our organization is strong because we have outstanding people on our staff, and we are part of the overall team,” Miller said in December.

When Mike Elko was hired last year as the new Texas A&M football head coach, he brought in his entire staff, including in the front office.

Elko hired Derek Miller as the Aggies recruiting general manager to serve in the same role that he previously did for Elko at Duke. This past week, Miller was chosen as the “Top Player Personnel on the Rise” according to Our Coaching Network.

Miller was the director of player personnel at Bowling Green in 2020. He took on the same gig at East Carolina. Miller previously worked at LSU and USC as well.

“Our organization is strong because we have outstanding people on our staff, and we are part of the overall team,” Miller stated after being hired in December.
After following Elko from Durham to College Station, Miller added Shaun Cook, Allen Gaudet, Kayla Hudson, Kianna Jasper and Oscar Monnier to his recruiting staff.

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Report: Texas A&M Football has hired Derek Miller as the program’s new General Manager

Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko has hired former Duke GM/Director of Player Personnel Derek Miller as the program’s new General Manager.

Echoing nearly every Aggie media member, Texas A&M and new head coach Mike Elko just made one the more critical hires amid Elko’s first month on the job, as former Duke Director of Player Personnel Derek Miller has been hired as the program’s new General Manager as of Tuesday, Dec. 5.

This relationship goes back to Mike Elko’s four seasons as the defensive coordinator at Bowling Green, where Derek Miller first served as the team’s student manager during the 2012 season. Since then, Miller has worked in various player personnel positions with LSU and South Carolina, moving up in his return to Bowling Green as the program’s General Manager/Director of Player Personnel.

For the past three seasons, Miller transitioned to East Carolina in the same position before reuniting with Elko and Duke in 2022. Miler earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management and a minor in psychology from Bowling Green

Taking over the same role he held during his time in Durham (NC), Miller will be taking over a role that has been vacant since last June, as former head coach Jimbo Fisher failed to understand the vital importance of the position in today’s football landscape, as the transfer portal and NIL continue to make a significant impact on the Aggies roster year after year.

Miller will take over all the recruiting coordination, scouting, and roster management duties, freeing up the rest of the Aggies staff to focus on the job at hand and making Mike Elko’s life slightly easier ahead of the 2024 season.

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