The longest run by a Tennessee quarterback in the Josh Heupel era was not turned in by Hendon Hooker but by Joe Milton III, who raced 54 yards against Pittsburgh during the second game of the 2021 season.
Milton, however, views it more of a ramble than a race.
“I still look back at it,” Milton said Thursday during his appearance at Southeastern Conference Media Days, “and I was moving kind of slow.”
Milton was listed last season at 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds, and the sixth-year senior who transferred from Michigan in the spring of 2021 said his weight often ticked up to 250. That’s no longer the case, as Milton was strolling the halls at the Grand Hyatt Nashville at a noticeably more svelte 233.
“Last year, when I was doing my back flips in pregame, I was hitting the ground a little bit too hard at 245,” he said with a smile. “Also, getting in and out of cuts at 245 is different from being 233.”