Former Olympia High QB Joe Milton traded to the Dallas Cowboys

Former Olympia High football quarterback Joe Milton, along with a seventh-round pick, has been traded from the New England Patriots to the Dallas Cowboys for a fifth-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft. 

Milton, who graduated from Olympia in 2018, was a three-star prospect out of high school and signed with the Michigan Wolverines. After three seasons in Ann Arbor, he transferred to Tennessee in 2021 and started 29 games over three seasons for the Volunteers. 

The Patriots selected Milton in the sixth round of last year’s draft to serve as a backup quarterback to fellow rookie Drake Maye. He played in one game for New England as a rookie, throwing for 241 yards on 22-for-29 passing and scoring two touchdowns in a 23-16 win over the Buffalo Bills in Week 18 — one of the Patriots' four wins last season.