A few weeks earlier, Joe Milton found a new team in the 2024 NFL Draft when he was selected in the sixth round by the New England Patriots. With former Vol Jerod Mayo taking the head coaching position, the Patriots, embarking on a completely new chapter in their history, also selected North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye with the third overall pick.
There’s also seasoned quarterback Jacoby Brissett on the team.
For Milton, it’s a good starting point with a possible future as a backup over the following few campaigns. Unquestionably, you had the impression that some teams would be enamored with Milton’s physical tools.
That team was the Patriots, and Eliot Wolf appears to have been their acting decision-maker.
“You know I arrived early and saw Joe warm up before I got to see him play live in the final game of the season versus Vanderbilt. “It’s amazing to watch him toss the football,” Wolf stated on The Adam Schefter Podcast. You know, he’s athletic, 6 feet 5 inches, 245 pounds, and he has an arm like a rocket. He participated in that offense, which is not an NFL offensive, under Heupel. However, we believe there are certain aspects there that we can build upon and work with.
While choosing a young player like Milton, Wolf cited the experience and judgment of offensive assistants Ben McAdoo and Alex Van Pelt, as well as Drake Maye.
Milton’s performance versus Vanderbilt was by far his best of the year. On his last day of play, Milton was unstoppable the entire evening. In the end, he completed 22 of 33 passes for 383 yards and four touchdowns. Tennessee defeated the Commodores 48–24 thanks to his two touchdowns on the ground.
We had all been kind of waiting for this kind of performance, and a Vanderbilt team that was 2–9 was the ideal venue to see it. In 2023, Milton, all things considered, never really managed to fit the puzzle together. In the end, his passing total was 2,813 yards and 20 touchdowns.
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