McKenzie Milton, the former quarterback for the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Florida State, has joined the University of Tennessee’s football coaching staff as an offensive analyst. Milton was a standout quarterback for UCF and will reunite with his former head coach, Josh Heupel, at Tennessee.
Milton had an impressive career at UCF, leading the Golden Knights to an undefeated season in 2017. He continued to be the team’s starting quarterback under Heupel before suffering a severe injury in 2018, which kept him on the sidelines for two years. Despite the injury, he was named the 2018 AAC Offensive Player of the Year.
After graduating from UCF in 2020, Milton transferred to Florida State, where he played in six games and made four starts in the 2021 season. He will now begin his coaching career at Tennessee and use his experience to help the program in any way he can.
According to Heupel, Milton’s “perseverance, determination, and leadership” will make him an outstanding future coach. As a graduate assistant, Milton will help the Tennessee football program in any way he can.
Milton expressed his excitement about getting back into football after spending the past year coaching camps and clinics and working on NIL opportunities with UCF. Though he will not have an on-field role this year with the Vols, Milton plans to learn as much as he can about all position groups and special teams.
Milton suffered a severe knee injury in the regular season finale in 2018 that nearly forced the amputation of his right leg, causing him to miss the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Despite the injury, Heupel kept Milton as a team leader and credited him with being instrumental in the development of quarterbacks.
Milton said he was excited to be back in Tennessee, adding that he knew “half the staff in some way, shape, or form” from prior places he’d been. Milton’s experience and leadership will be a valuable asset to the Tennessee football program.
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