No. 20 Tennessee (2-1, 0-1 SEC) suffered its first loss in 2023 at Florida during Week 3.
Redshirt senior quarterback Joe Milton III completed 20-of-34 passing attempts for 287 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for the Vols. He recorded six rushing yards on five attempts.
Tennessee offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Joey Halzle discussed Milton’s performance at Florida.
“Joe was really good at his decision making, his calmness on the sidelines,” Halzle said. “He kept the calm within the storm out there. Talking to him on the headset, after every single drive he was like ‘alright, cool, move on, what do we have coming next?’ The guy is really even keeled. His decision making is really good, was accurate with the football, the guy played a good game. Was happy with that.
“Obviously, we can always be better, we can be pushing for our communication for how we all get on the same page in an environment like that when it’s harder to hear and it’s not the friendly confines, so that’s where we can keep pushing to grow, but his overall game management was very good.”