McKenzie Milton is not a household name, but his skill set might be better than Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield’s.

In the fourth quarter of Monday’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the UCF quarterback somehow made an Auburn defender fly past him and found a wide receiver in the back of the end zone for a go-ahead touchdown.

Milton and the Knights were driving into Tigers territory and had the ball on the Auburn 8-yard line. Milton took the snap and rolled to his right where he was meet by an Auburn defensive lineman. He made a little shimmy-and-shake move to turn up the field and move towards the line of scrimmage. Without crossing the line, he threw the football across his body and between a couple to defenders. He somehow found wide receiver Dredrick Snelson in the back of the back of the end zone for the touchdown.

The Knights went up 27-20 after the impressive play.

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