McKenzie Milton

#10 · QB · Sr. · Florida State5′11″ · 192 lb · Kapolei, HI

McKenzie Milton: QB · Florida State · #10.

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McKenzie Milton

QB · Florida State · Sr · #10

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. On tape: 248 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Louisville, Week 4, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

2/23Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (8.7%).

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Florida State in the news

FSU coach buyout figure disclosedNov 1
Dabo criticizes misspelled plane bannerThe New York Times Nov 1
3* WR Majay Thompson decommits from FSUNov 1
FSU president updates AD searchSaturday Down South Oct 28

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Florida State	81	139	58.3%	775	5.6	3	6	103.6	34
2018	UCF	171	289	59.2%	2,663	9.2	25	6	161.0	77
2017	UCF	265	395	67.1%	4,037	10.2	37	9	179.3	93
2016	UCF	194	336	57.7%	1,983	5.9	10	7	113.0	31
Career		711	1,159	61.3%	9,458	8.2	75	28	146.4	65

Season	Team
2021	Florida State	31	−13	−0.4	0	12
2018	UCF	79	307	3.9	9	23
2017	UCF	106	613	5.8	8	55
2016	UCF	100	158	1.6	3	63
Career		316	1,065	3.4	20	63

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 38-41vs No. 9 Notre Dame	5/7	48	0	0	6.9	74.7
Wk 2	L 17-20vs Jacksonville State	18/31	133	1	1	4.3	14.1
Wk 3	L 14-35@ Wake Forest	11/16	119	0	2	7.4	2.4
Wk 4	L 23-31vs Louisville	24/39	248	1	1	6.4	13.9	Season-high 248 yds
Wk 10	L 14-28vs NC State	22/44	233	1	1	5.3	35.9
Wk 13	L 21-24@ Florida	1/2	-6	0	1	-3.0	0.0
Total		81/139	775	3	6	5.6	—

Signature game

Week 10 · 2021

L 14-28

vs NC State

233 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 35.9

With A. Mastromanno — 44.9 yards per punt · 9 punts · 3 inside the 20 · J. Corbin — 33 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · 3 rec · 25 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Wake Forest · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA −3.94McKenzie Milton run for a loss of 2 yards to the WFrst 13
Week 4 · Louisville · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.29McKenzie Milton pass complete to Ontaria Wilson for 17 yds to the Lvile 46 for a
Week 10 · NC State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.99McKenzie Milton pass complete to Jordan Young for 28 yds to the FlaSt 49 for a
Week 4 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.98McKenzie Milton pass complete to Camren McDonald for 22 yds to the Lvile 47 for a LOUISVILLE Penalty, Personal Foul (15 Yards) to the Lvile 38 for a
Week 4 · Louisville · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.70McKenzie Milton pass complete to Malik McClain for 15 yds to the FlaSt 45 for a
Week 10 · NC State · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.68McKenzie Milton pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 8 yds for a TD, (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)

4 more plays

Week 4 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Milton to Parchment: a 23-yard pass.
Week 2 · Jacksonville State · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Milton to Rector: a 2-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.43McKenzie Milton pass complete to Jordan Wilson for 35 yds to the NCSt 30 for a
Week 10 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −2.35McKenzie Milton sacked by Ibrahim Kante for a loss of 6 yards to the FlaSt 43

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

81/139 (58.3%) · 3 TD · 6 INT

132 of 139 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 132 passing plays (78 completions) against the box score's 139 attempts (81 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

3.30197 of 204 QBs

Sack rate

6.7%129 of 204 QBs

Sacked on 6.7% of dropbacks (129 of 204) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (197 of 204).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

56%of completions

44 comp5.0 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

33%of completions

26 comp13.5 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds

10%of completions

8 comp23.9 yds avg

Overall 58.3% completion on 139 attempts · 8 deep completions averaging 23.9 yds.

Teams and coaches

2016UCF6-7HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2017UCF13-0HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2018UCF12-1HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#100 / 167 · 40th pct

44.9%

Sack rate#100 / 167 · 40th pct

6.8%

EPA / dropback#147 / 167 · 12th pct

0.09

Interception rate#156 / 167 · 7th pct

4.1%

Explosive rate#157 / 167 · 6th pct

6.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#63 / 169 · 56th pct

Fumbles lost#82 / 159 · 36th pct

Completion %#122 / 169 · 28th pct

58.3%

Rush yards#129 / 169 · 24th pct

-13

Pass yards#150 / 169 · 12th pct

775

Rush TDs#133 / 169 · 11th pct

Pass TDs#157 / 169 · 6th pct

Yards / att#159 / 169 · 6th pct

5.6

Season trend

EPA / dropback— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Sack rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Interception rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2021 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 137 dropbacks

34Zeitgeist Passer Rating104th of 133 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 103.6 126th of 133 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 22 places higher than passer rating does: the schedule adjustment credits the defenses faced.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

45.0%40th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +1.9% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.059th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.3 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

6.9%38th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.4% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (5 of 142 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	166	0.8	5.7	0.8
Road2g	56.5	0.0	2.2	1.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	137	0.5	6.2	1.0
Weeks 8+2g	114	0.5	1.1	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

Pass share

32.3%

146 pass / 306 run

Plays / game

37.7

12 games

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

139 pass attempts and 31 carries in 6 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

McKenzie Milton

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Style of play

Fans

Florida State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

139 pass attempts and 31 carries in 6 games

Seven seasons, two schools

Moves

2021 6 games