For the first time in school history, Tennessee football produced a player with 3,000-plus yards of total offense in three straight seasons.
Quarterback Hendon Hooker totaled 3,561 yards in 2021 and 3,565 yards in 2022. Quarterback Joe Milton III recorded 3,112 total yards in 2023. Both signal-callers played under head coach Josh Heupel.
Top eight total yard seasons in Tennessee history:
1. 3,789 – Peyton Manning (1997)
2. 3,777 – Joshua Dobbs (2016)
3. 3,578 – Tyler Bray (2012)
4. 3,565 – Hendon Hooker (2022)*
5. 3,561 – Hendon Hooker (2021)*
6. 3,490 – Erik Ainge (2007)
7. 3,156 – Peyton Manning (1996)
8. 3,112 – Joe Milton III (2023)*
*Heupel era
Milton’s career at Tennessee has concluded after opting out of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.
“Joe has been with us throughout our bowl preparation just as he has been going through his own process of how he was going to handle things at the end,” Heupel said. “Guys are excited to get an opportunity to play with Nico (Iamaleava). They appreciate Joe obviously for everything that he has done. He’s been a great teammate to everybody inside that locker room, he’s been a great teammate to Nico, as well. He’s been a part of the preparation, and he will be with us all week long to continue to help us.”
