TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tennessee sixth-year quarterback Joe Milton III rushed 15 times during Saturday’s 34-20 loss at Alabama.
Should Volunteers fans start getting used to that?
“It was a part of our game, and we used him last week, too,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said. “He’s got to be a part of it for us.”
Milton rushed eight times for 34 yards in last weekend’s 20-13 downing of Texas A&M but was nearly twice as busy inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, with his 15 carries netting 59 yards. That total is a bit misleading given that he had 14 rushes for 76 yards — an average of 5.43 — until suffering a 17-yard sack in the game’s final minute.
In Tennessee’s opening drive of the game that traveled 75 yards in eight plays, Milton set the tone with a 9-yard carry that the 6-foot-5, 235-pounder finished off by lowering his shoulder into Crimson Tide safety Malachi Moore.