Former Montana State basketball player Brandon Miller pleaded guilty Friday for his role in the shooting death of a cocaine dealer in a case that stunned the community and led the school to re-evaluate its athletics' recruiting policies.

The 23-year-old Miller pleaded guilty to murder and tampering with evidence in connection with the June 2006 death of Jason Wright, whose body was found in an MSU agricultural field. He also pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon in a pistol-whipping at a downtown Bozeman bar two weeks before Wright was killed. A kidnapping charge in the Wright case was dismissed along with other charges in the bar fight.

District Judge Mike Salvagni scheduled Miller's sentencing for May 5. The plea agreement recommends consecutive sentences totaling 130 years in prison.

Also charged in the Wright case is John Lebrum, a former MSU redshirt football player. His trial is scheduled for April. Both have been jailed since their arrests in late June 2006.