Mililani High quarterback McKenzie Milton was born on a Thursday.

"And he was at a football game on a Saturday," said his mother, Teresa, who has been a University of Hawaii season-ticket buyer for 26 years.

That loyalty will extend. Milton, a junior, has accepted a 2016 scholarship offer from the Rainbow Warriors.

Of his decision, Milton said: "It’s home, and it’s close to family and friends. I’d really like to be able to help turn the program around. I think Coach (Norm) Chow is a great coach, and I’d like to learn a lot from him. I think he can teach me a lot. He’s been there, and he’s done that. I look forward to the opportunity they’ve given me."

Milton is a dynamic quarterback who led Mililani to the state football title two weeks ago.

He can pass (3,392 yards, 35 touchdowns in 2014). He can run (808 yards, 12 touchdowns). He can pass while running.

"He’s definitely worth more than the price of admission," Mililani coach Rod York said.

"You put the athletic ability with him just being a great kid. He’s the guy you don’t mind dating your daughter because he’s going to treat her with great respect. He’s very humble."

Milton, like his three older brothers, was born in Wahiawa General Hospital. He was named after the doctor who helped deliver him — Dr. William McKenzie. He was a standout catcher — his baseball team played in the Cal Ripken nationals — before focusing solely on football. Then again, that choice was not a surprise.

"The kid slept in a uniform since he was 4," Teresa said.

Milton cobbled together sportswear from his brothers to create his own uniform. Later, when he played youth football and had his own uniform, "he would go to bed with everything on," Teresa recalled. "We would say: ‘You have your uniform on.’ He’d say: ‘I know, I’m ready for my game tomorrow.’ "

As a lifelong Warriors fan, Milton watched UH quarterbacks Timmy Chang, Colt Brennan and Bryant Moniz.

As Mililani’s offensive coordinator in 2010, Chang implemented a spread-and- attack scheme. It is a thinking man’s offense in which each receiver has the option of up to four routes per play. It plays to a defense’s weakness and, when the defense adjusts, the offense targets another weakness.

"He’s a smart quarterback," York said. "A lot of times he goes through his third and fourth progressions. He’s one of the very few high school quarterbacks who can go through four progressions."

Against Punahou in the title game, Milton threw for 421 yards and seven touchdowns.

"I told Coach Chow: ‘I hope you know you’re getting a very special kid,’ " York said.

Milton cannot sign a letter of intent until Feb. 3, 2016.

By then, he hopes he will have future teammates at the signing ceremony.

"I hope a couple more guys from Hawaii will be willing to come along with me," Milton said.