Tennessee Vols player tops ESPN's list of most important players in 2023 College Football Playoff race
ESPN revealed their list of the top 25 most important players in 2023's College Football Playoff race and a Tennessee Vols redshirt senior came in at No. 1. Bill Connelly, a writer for ESPN, listed Vols quarterback Joe Milton as the most important player in the battle for the four playoff spots. From ESPN: It […]
ESPN revealed their list of the top 25 most important players in 2023's College Football Playoff race and a Tennessee Vols redshirt senior came in at No. 1.
Bill Connelly, a writer for ESPN, listed Vols quarterback Joe Milton as the most important player in the battle for the four playoff spots.
From ESPN: It couldn't be anyone else. Milton gets a third chance to become a star after misfiring at Michigan in 2020 and Tennessee in 2021, and whether he succeeds or fails — whether Tennessee becomes a potential Georgia or Alabama spoiler or an outright SEC favorite — we'll know why.
If he still takes too many sacks and toes the wrong side of the line between patience and slow decision-making, he'll probably end the year on the bench behind five-star freshman Nico Iamaleava. But if he's firing quickly to Ramel Keyton, Bru McCoy and Squirrel White and fully harnessing the explosiveness of both Josh Heupel's offense and his own right arm — he's almost certainly got the strongest arm in college football — then the sky's the limit for Tennessee. Forget spoiler talk and put them in the national title conversation.
Milton undoubtedly has the talent to be a Heisman Trophy contender and to lead Tennessee to a national championship.
But he has to show this fall that he can make that talent translate into wins over the course of a full season.
The Vols are betting big on Milton in 2023. If he delivers, the payoff could be massive for Tennessee football.
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