Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton is one of the several top quarterbacks working as a counselor at this year’s Manning Passing Academy.
On Friday night, the event held its annual throwing competition. And Milton, who has one of the biggest arms in the college game, absolutely showed out.
A clip of Milton uncorking a near end-zone-to-end-zone bomb is going viral on social media.
“The CRAZIEST throw Ive ever seen… Joe Milton, University of Tennessee, roughly 80 yards to the opposite back corner of the end zone!” QB coach Brian Thiebaud wrote on Twitter.
Take a look at the clip here:
The CRAZIEST throw Ive ever seen… Joe Milton, University of Tennessee, roughly 80 yards to the opposite back corner of the end zone! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/lmbImOCnKW
— Brian Thiebaud (@txqb) June 24, 2023
Peyton Manning himself hyped up Milton’s arm strength during his media availability on Friday.
“Oh man, we’ve had some great ones here. But I’m not sure there’s been more anticipation for this Friday night throwing tonight. We usually start the throwing on, I don’t know, maybe the 30 yard line, going toward the other end zone. You figure that you’ve got 80 yards thats safe, that you’re not going to run a kid into the goalpost. I’m not sure the 30’s safe with Joe. We might need to back him up on our own 10 and give him 100 yards to work with. But, big arms is great but I watch Joe practice, I know how much he studies. He’s an accurate quarterback and he’s a great kid as well,” Manning said, via On3 Sports.
It’s fair to say that Milton delivered on this hype.