TALLAHASSEE (SNN-TV) – Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Kentucky linebacker J.J. Weaver are the winners of college football’s Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year award.
Milton’s comeback was more than two years in the making after he suffered a severe leg injury in 2018 while playing for Central Florida. After missing two full seasons, he beat the odds simply by being able to walk again unassisted.
In the Seminoles’ first game of the season, Milton came off the bench to help Florida State force overtime in an eventual loss to Notre Dame.
Milton ended up starting four games for the rebuilding Seminoles and finished the season with 775 yards passing and three TD passes.