On Monday, the first weekly honors were announced by The American and for the fifth time in his collegiate career, UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton was named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week.

The Heisman candidate quarterback went 24-of-32 through the air, throwing for 346 yards and tied a career high with five touchdowns. He also added 50 yards rushing, didn’t throw an interception and didn’t fumble the ball in just three-quarters of action against UConn.

However, if you ask Milton about the weekly accolade, the junior quarterback would tell you it was a group effort.

“It’s cool. I think it means to the team, in the sense that it’s not my performance, it’s the team’s performance that reflects that. Tre Nixon, Gabe Davis, Dredrick Snelson, Otis Anderson, Adrian Killins, they’re out there making plays so it’s a reflection of the team and how they play,” said Milton during Monday’s press conference.

Throughout the entire game, Milton was not sacked once by the UConn defense. Milton said he’s “very comfortable” with the “veteran group” up front.

“Jordan (Johnson), “Hudy” (Tyler Hudanick), Wyatt (Miller), Jake Brown, they’re seasoned so I’m very comfortable with all those guys,” said Milton. “I’m sitting back there three, four, five seconds, all the time in the world to find my receivers. My plays are a reflection on what they’re doing. It all starts up front.”

According to Milton, his success is “a reflection of what they do”. Offensive lineman Wyatt Miller backed Milton up and said he doesn’t want anyone getting to Milton.

“We don’t want anybody touching him and we’re not doing our job if they do,” said Miller.

The redshirt senior admitted that what the team had practiced ahead of the matchup with the Huskies, but felt that the game went “well”.

“They came out with some stuff that we didn’t expect, it was a different front than what we practiced. But I think we handled it well as far as a change from what we were expecting,” said Miller.

Despite the fact that UConn’s defense played differently than what was practiced heading up to game day, Miller believes it says a lot about the offensive to adapt in the game and give up no sacks.

“That shows a lot about our offensive line, is that we practiced one thing all week and they come out with something different and we still have success and have a great game up front,” said Miller.

Not allowing a single sack for an entire football game is not only a goal for this offensive line, but it is also the expectation according to Miller.

“That was our expectation. That’s our expectation going into every game as far as, we don’t want anybody to lay hands on No. 10 (McKenzie Milton). That’s our goal, that’s our mantra."