Dallas Cowboys quarterback Joe Milton is not your average backup QB.

Milton stands 6-5, 246 pounds, and has a cannon of an arm. He also possesses supreme athleticism for a man of his size.

Milton recently went viral after a video of him doing a standing backflip in full uniform and gear was posted on social media. (See Mike Fisher’s tweet below.)

Milton has only started one NFL game, but his ceiling as a backup quarterback could be through the roof.

SI ranked Milton as the 17th-best backup in the league. … a surprise in two ways.

First, their thoughts …

“Some might argue that this ranking is too low for Milton after dazzling in his Week 18 start last season for the Patriots. However, Milton, who went 22-of-29 for 241 yards and two total touchdowns, faced the Buffalo Bills’ backups a week before the playoffs. The Patriots were quick to trade the 2024 sixth-round pick. But the Cowboys were impressed with Milton’s lone start, sending this year’s fifth-round pick to New England to land Dak Prescott’s backup,” the site wrote.

No, we wouldn’t argue about “too low” … because two weeks ago – maybe unbeknownst to SI – Milton wasn’t even the No. 2 QB here.

So No. 17 is a pleasant surprise in that regard.

And one more: At this early stage, “average” is good enough … because it’s all upside with “Bazooka Joe.”

While being ranked No. 17 is “average,” Milton still ranked higher than 10 players who drafted in rounds earlier than his sixth-round selection. Some of the names Milton ranked higher than include 2024 fifth-round pick Spencer Rattler, veteran fourth rounders Josh Dobbs and Jarrett Stidham, five players who were drafted as second or third-round picks, and former first-round picks Kenny Pickett and Mitchell Trubisky.

Milton has impressed during OTAs and gives the Cowboys a true dual-threat backup quarterback. He will have a great opportunity to learn from one of the league’s best quarterbacks in Dak Prescott this upcoming season.