School: Arizona
Year: Jr
Position: WR

Physical Attributes

• Height: 6-5
• Weight: 212
• RAS: DNC
• 40 Time: 4.53

Rankings

• Joe’s Ranking: 7.2
• Consensus Position Rank: 2
• My Position Ranking: 2
• Difference in Ranking: 0
• Tier: 1
• Projected Round: 1

Games Watched

• Colorado ’23
• Colorado ’24
• Utah ’24

Ryan’s Notes

Positives

• Tetairoa shows explosive movement skills and twitch that don’t belong to a man of his size and strength.
• I have been constantly impressed by how much force he is able to generate off of his cuts and how efficient he is in losing as little momentum as possible through his break downs.
• He uses his hands well to win the position battle and if anything he should be more active with them even when he gets a free release.
• You can see his ability to process zones quite clearly as he sets up throwing windows through shifting defenders out of position before sitting down in the space he created, this is QB friendly route running which again is rare at his size.
• He can catch anything with an incredible catch radius when his feet are on the floor and he is clearly consistent with a drop rate of 2.2% although as he’s not a contested catch specialist per se, that should be taken as if he is an intermediate possession type.
• I really like the way he works back to the ball when his QB is scrambling, he doesn’t just break to the sideline, he turns with precision and drifts into space with his back to the defender to brace for contact.
• He runs well away from the ball too with smart leans through stacks and full send clearout routes which his teammates will appreciate. .
• First play of the Arizona State game shows you why he’s more than a downfield receiver, he’s dynamic with the ball in his hands with the power, balance and poise to turn simple catches into chunk gains. He broke three tackles here and that could have been a touchdown run had the rest of the offense just given up to let him do his thing.
• Flexible position wise and can play either the Z, X or even a Big Slot on tight split teams.

Negatives

• Whilst I think he has exceptional movement skills and technical knowledge, his burst in short areas is not elite and he can find himself being cut off by corners who are anticipating his next move.
• He has a problem that’s endemic of having weaker quarterback play in that he jogs through the second phase (post-release and pre-break) of his vertical stems in order to match with the tempo of the offense’s speed.
• McMillan is a willing blocker with strength for force, his technique is sufficient but he lets leverage go through poor positioning or timing. Although judging by the alignment of his fellow receivers I think this is a design flaw but still I’d like to see him do better when arriving.
• He dropped a big pass in the second half vs Utah after being out of the game plan but this was a fantastic route so it was a shame he couldn’t haul the ball out which was in front of him as he tracked it well the whole way through a very high arc, that’s still a catch you’d want an elite player to make though and he compounded that mistake with another drop on a simpler stop route two plays later; this tells me he might not do well in a low volume target role and may need to be in the game plan

Ryan’s Summary

McMillan sits somewhere between Drake London and Eric Decker in that mould as a big powerful receiver with quick feet and a great catch radius without the elite explosive movement skills. He can line up anywhere you want him to and perform that role to a decent standard however his fit as a flexible X that can fit into a spread team on either side is going to be enticing for some teams to pass up. He catches anything thrown his way so can be a young QBs best option when things get tough under pressure. In other classes he would be a Tier 1b or 2 prospect as a slightly less dynamic big option however he has the potential to do great things and I can’t see him slipping too far into the second half of the 1st round.