Tetairoa McMillan with the Carolina Panthers, 2026
With the Carolina Panthers, 2026. Photo: MMG, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Arizona, 2022–⁠24

Tetairoa McMillan

Lettered 2022–⁠23 (school media guide)

Number
No. 4
Height
6′5″
Weight
210 lb
Class (2024)
Junior
Hometown
Anaheim, CA
Born
Apr 5, 2003, in Waimānalo, Hawaii

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Tetairoa McMillan played receiver at Arizona (2022–⁠24). He was a consensus All‑American in 2024. The Carolina Panthers took McMillan in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,402
Receiving yards, 2023 (Arizona, 10–⁠3)
Best game
304 yards
Vs. New Mexico, week 1, 2024: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 3
In FBS in receiving yards, 2024
Drafted
No. 8
Overall, 2025 NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)

Career highs

11catches, career hightwice; last at Kansas State, 2024304receiving yards, career highvs. New Mexico, 20244receiving touchdowns, career highvs. New Mexico, 2024

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Arizona3970218.0847
2023Arizona901,40215.61057
2024Arizona841,31915.7878
Career2133,42316.12678

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Arizona4WRFr.
2023Arizona4WRSo.
2024Arizona4WRJr.6′5″210

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Arizona421.4099th (n=683)0.7158.96%
2023Arizona801.2191st (n=681)0.8097.113%
2024Arizona921.3692nd (n=581)0.92125.112%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Arizona 12 games, 84 catches, 1,319 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.New MexicoW 61–⁠3910304478–
Sep 7vs.Northern ArizonaW 22–⁠10211012–
Sep 13atKansas StateL 7–⁠3111138038–
Sep 28atUtahW 23–⁠10650013–
Oct 5vs.Texas TechL 22–⁠288161040–
Oct 12atBYUL 19–⁠41578039–
Oct 19vs.ColoradoL 7–⁠34538010–
Oct 26vs.West VirginiaL 26–⁠3110202149–
Nov 2atUCFL 12–⁠56684130–
Nov 15vs.HoustonW 27–⁠3670133–
Nov 23atTCUL 28–⁠499115032–
Nov 30vs.Arizona StateL 7–⁠49668128–
2023 Arizona 13 games, 90 catches, 1,402 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Northern ArizonaW 38–⁠3365139–
Sep 9atMississippi StateL 24–⁠318161155–
Sep 16vs.UTEPW 31–⁠10689137–
Sep 23atStanfordW 21–⁠20426014–
Sep 30vs.WashingtonL 24–⁠31645219–
Oct 7atUSCL 41–⁠4361380393
Oct 14atWashington StateW 44–⁠6768018–
Oct 28vs.Oregon StateW 27–⁠24880125–
Nov 4vs.UCLAW 27–⁠10481134–
Nov 11atColoradoW 34–⁠319107126–
Nov 18vs.UtahW 42–⁠188116151–
Nov 25atArizona StateW 59–⁠2311266157–
Dec 28 ✦vs.OklahomaW 38–⁠2410160042–
2022 Arizona 12 games, 39 catches, 702 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3atSan Diego StateW 38–⁠20353137–
Sep 10vs.Mississippi StateL 17–⁠39469027–
Sep 17vs.North Dakota StateW 31–⁠28119019–
Sep 24atCaliforniaL 31–⁠49359124–
Oct 1vs.ColoradoW 43–⁠20590128–
Oct 8vs.OregonL 22–⁠49548115–
Oct 15atWashingtonL 39–⁠497132246–
Oct 29vs.USCL 37–⁠45362033–
Nov 5atUtahL 20–⁠45478145–
Nov 12atUCLAW 34–⁠28117117–
Nov 19vs.Washington StateL 20–⁠31375047–
Nov 25vs.Arizona StateW 38–⁠35–––––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2025Combine or pro day 2025
Height6′4⅛″
Weight219 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size10″
Wingspan77⅞″
40-yard dash4.48 s
10-yard split1.58 sW

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 21 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2025Carolina Panthers17701,0147
2026 (so far)Carolina Panthers4263852
NFL career21961,3999

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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