NEW YORK — The outline of McKenzie Milton’s knee brace is easy to spot beneath his black joggers as he slowly makes his way toward the stage to take his place at the panel he’s speaking at as a candidate for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding amateur athlete. The brace is thick enough that it exposes his injury immediately to anyone who missed the crutches that give the UCF quarterback away in transit.
“When I was in eighth grade, my dad told me to choose between baseball and football,” Milton said.