Tetairoa Mcmillan

Former wide receiver at Arizona. 2024: 84 catches, 1,319 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Arizona · Jr. · #4

6′5″ · 210 lb · Anaheim, CA

CFB Index 94 · #4 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceConsensus AACarolina — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 8, #8 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 51 nationally · Signed with Arizona

Career night10 rec · 304 yds · 4 TDvs New Mexico (FBS) · W 61-39

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Wysong and McMillan taking over this game right nowr/CFB game thread · ▲ 2His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Arizona. 2024: 84 catches, 1,319 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arizona in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the Carolina in 2025.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2024.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #8 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Arizona, 3,423 receiving yards, an All-American season (2024) — drafted at #8 overall by Carolina.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 304 yds vs New Mexico.New Mexico · W 61-392024

202212 games

Signed with Arizona4-star out of Servite

202313 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

202412 games

All-America8 selectors
All-Big 12first

2025

Drafted by Carolinaround 1, pick 8

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#51 national

CFB

College

Arizona

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #8

Carolina · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

11 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2024)

6 first-team selectors

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022–2023

Jedd Fisch

Arizona

2024

Brent Brennan

Arizona

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jedd Fisch → Brent Brennan. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 2nd NFL season

#8Rd 1 · Pick 8

CarolinaEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Arizona5-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Pass-leaning

2023Arizona10-3HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

2024Arizona4-8HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

94All-America level #4 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (93rd percentile). Strength: yards / catch (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#44 / 610 · 93rd pct

1.39

Yards / catch#95 / 610 · 85th pct

15.7

Explosive rate#133 / 610 · 78th pct

21.1%

TD rate#175 / 610 · 71st pct

8.9%

Catch rate#204 / 610 · 66th pct

93.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#2 / 541 · 100th pct

1319

Receptions#11 / 541 · 98th pct

Long catch#27 / 541 · 95th pct

Rec TDs#34 / 541 · 93rd pct

Yards / catch#127 / 541 · 76th pct

15.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

93rd → 93rd percentile

Explosive rate

83rd → 78th percentile

Catch rate

71st → 66th percentile

TD rate

75th → 71st percentile

Yards / catch

76th → 85th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.7	122	15.3	1.0
Road5g	7.4	93.0	12.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.0	124	15.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	7.0	96.2	12.9	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #4 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #4 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arizona	84	1,319	15.7	8	--
2023	Arizona	90	1,402	15.6	10	--
2022	Arizona	39	702	18.0	8	--
Career		213	3,423	16.1	26	--

Season	Team
2024	Arizona	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Arizona	1	3	--	11	--
2022	Arizona	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	3	--	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 23–10

at Utah

6 rec · 50 yds

With N. Fifita — 197 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.4 · 10 rush yds (2 car) · M. Salgado-Medina — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · New Mexico · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +7.18Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 78 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 1 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.61Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 69 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 9 · West Virginia · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +5.08Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 34 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 12 · Houston · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.81Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 33 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 7 · BYU · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.69Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 39 yds to the BYU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas Tech · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.59Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 35 yds to the TTU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · BYU · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.46Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 18 yds to the BYU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · West Virginia · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.42Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 17 yds to the WVU 29 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · TCU · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.38Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 27 yds to the TCU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · TCU · 2&20 · Q2 · EPA +3.31Noah Fifita pass complete to Tetairoa McMillan for 32 yds to the TCU 15 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 61-39vs New Mexico	10	304	30.4	4	78	Season-high 304 yds
Wk 2	W 22-10vs Northern Arizona	2	11	5.5	0	12
Wk 3	L 7-31@ Kansas State	11	138	12.5	0	38	138-yard receiving day
Wk 5	W 23-10@ Utah	6	50	8.3	0	13
Wk 6	L 22-28vs Texas Tech	8	161	20.1	0	40	161-yard receiving day
Wk 7	L 19-41@ BYU	5	78	15.6	0	39
Wk 8	L 7-34vs Colorado	5	38	7.6	0	10
Wk 9	L 26-31vs West Virginia	10	202	20.2	1	49	202-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 12-56@ UCF	6	84	14.0	1	30
Wk 12	W 27-3vs Houston	6	70	11.7	1	33
Wk 13	L 28-49@ TCU	9	115	12.8	0	32
Wk 14	L 7-49vs Arizona State	6	68	11.3	1	28
Total		84	1319	14.2	8	78