Milner is a very good pass receiver. He’s developing into a great deep threat down the middle of the field. Milner has soft hands and pretty good speed. While he’s averaged over 20 yards per catch, he'll never make Bulldog fans forget about the physical presence of Leonard Pope, but as a receiving-first tight end, there's no doubt Milner has NFL potential.
NEGATIVES
Milner is a bit light for the position, and although he's shown to be an OK blocker, his pass receiving is clearly his strength. Milner has room to grow, but I'm not sure he wants to put on 20 more pounds at the expense of his speed in pass routes. Consistency has been an issue for Milner, so he'll need to show that he can come up big every week and not take half a season off like he did at the end of 2005 where he fell off the face of the Earth for 7 games.
FINAL WORD
Milner has a ton of potential and could certainly blow up this year, making a name for himself as the next great Georgia TE, but after his vanishing act last season, I have to wonder if he's going to show up at all this year or just how much he's going to be part of the offensive game plan. He seemed to be a favorite target of DJ Shockley for a while and then…poof! Will he return to his 2005 first half form this year or stay on the back of the milk carton?
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