A finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, Milne’s performance as a junior was sensational.
Dax Milne may be one of the best feel-good college football stories of 2020. Milne, who walked on at BYU out of Bingham High, is a finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, which will be announced Monday. It is an award given to the top college football player who started their career as a walk-on. Milne’s symbiotic relationship with best friend Zach Wilson this past season exploded into a highlight film making production. Comeback routes, quick slants, arrow stop-and-goes, post streaks, quick outs, breakaway high point catches for TDs, and tiptoeing down the sidelines for scores. All of them were part of Milne’s repertoire to put in the vault for all time. Much love BYU pic.twitter.com/8rJpDAQXi3 Milne, a junior, announced this past week he would put his name in the NFL draft after receiving an evaluation from NFL scouts. He is one of four college receivers with a grade of over 90 this season according to PPFCollege.com. A walk-on star junior who climbed up the school’s list of best receivers on a possible NFL roster? That’s the stuff dreams are made of. Milne’s bid for the Burlsworth Trophy put him as one of three finalists. The other two are seniors Grant Morgan, a linebacker at Arkansas, and Pittsburgh center Jimmy Morrissey. Related Milne’s career-best game came at Houston when he caught passes for 184 yards and three touchdowns. In 2020, he had six games of 100 yards receiving. The person who will miss him most on the field is his position coach Fesi Sitake, who has helped mold Milne’s remarkable route-running talent into a bonafide game-breaker. It was Sitake who first recognized how good Wilson was while recruiting for Weber State and gave him his first offer.
