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Cooper Mays, Tennessee C, praises Joe Milton III, says offense won’t change
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With Heisman Trophy candidate Hendon Hooker lost for the season with a torn ACL suffered on Saturday against South Carolina, it’s time for the Joe Milton III show.
The senior from Pahokee, Florida, will get the start on Saturday night at Vanderbilt, and the guy who will be hiking the ball to Milton, Cooper Mays, believes not much will change even though the Volunteers are switching quarterbacks this late in the season.
Mays on Milton running the offense: I dont think there will be any change… Yall have seen what Joe has done, I don’t think we’ll play any different.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) November 22, 2022
Mays has been in awe of Milton’s arm strength, too.
#Vols junior center Cooper Mays on Joe Milton III: He just flicks his wrist and sends it 65, 70 yards. No baseball crowhop or nothing. Just flicks it. He does it every day. It's incredible, his arm.
— Wes Rucker (@wesrucker247) November 22, 2022
Milton put up some decent numbers after Hooker left Saturday night’s game, going 4 for 8 for 108 yards passing, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions. He had a 91.4 quarterback rating, too.
Mays has also been impressed with Milton’s leadership off the field.
“He’s always going to have everyone’s back in the locker room, he’s going to be the same person every day,” Mays said.
Mays on Milton off the field: He's always going to have everyone's back in the locker room, he's going to be the same person every day.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) November 22, 2022
For the season, Milton has completed 23 of 33 passes for 573 yards, 6 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, all obviously in a relief role for Hooker. On Saturday night, Milton will finally get his shot in a starting role.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
