{"id":54067,"date":"2025-06-07T03:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T03:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54067"},"modified":"2025-06-07T03:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T03:40:14","slug":"breaking-cowboys-joe-milton-gets-surprising-qb-ranking-and-goes-viral-for-insane-athleticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54067","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Joe Milton Gets Surprising QB Ranking And Goes Viral for Insane Athleticism.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Cowboys QB Joe Milton showed off his freakish athleticism during team photo shoot while also earning some national praise.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>Dallas Cowboys\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Joe Milton is not your average backup QB.<\/p>\n<p>Milton stands 6-5, 246 pounds, and has a cannon of an arm. He also possesses supreme athleticism for a man of his size.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s tweet below.)<\/p>\n<p>Milton has only started one\u00a0NFL\u00a0game, but his ceiling as a backup quarterback could be through the roof.<\/p>\n<p>SI ranked Milton as the 17th-best backup in the league. &#8230; a surprise in two ways.<\/p>\n<p>First, their thoughts &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome 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\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u2019 backups a week before the playoffs. The Patriots were quick to trade the 2024 sixth-round pick. But the\u00a0Cowboys were impressed with Milton\u2019s lone start, sending this year\u2019s fifth-round pick to New England to land Dak Prescott\u2019s backup,\u201d the site wrote.<\/p>\n<p>No, we wouldn&#8217;t argue about &#8220;too low&#8221; &#8230; because two weeks ago &#8211; maybe unbeknownst to SI &#8211; Milton wasn&#8217;t even the No. 2 QB here.<\/p>\n<p>So No. 17 is a pleasant surprise in that regard.<\/p>\n<p>And one more: At this early stage, &#8220;average&#8221; is good enough &#8230; because it&#8217;s all upside with &#8220;Bazooka Joe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-twitter-embed\">\n<figure class=\"m-embed mm-embed--twitter l-inline\">\n<div data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fishsports\/status\/1930943148789838289\" data-rhp=\"1\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Jmb214_&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1930943148789838289&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fathlonsports.com%2Fnfl%2Fdallas-cowboys%2Fdallas-cowboys-joe-milton-surprising-qb-ranking-and-goes-viral-insane-athleticism-backflip-dak-prescott&amp;sessionId=cfef70c773f6118e6cd1a037562ea28e6f4624f2&amp;siteScreenName=athlonsports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1930943148789838289\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>While being ranked No. 17 is &#8220;average,&#8221; Milton still ranked higher than 10 players who drafted in rounds earlier than his sixth-round selection. 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