Tetairoa McMillan 2025 NFL Draft & Dynasty Profile
Tetairoa McMillan 2025 NFL Draft & Dynasty Profile
Position: WR | School: Arizona | Class: Junior | Date of Birth: April 5, 2003 | Height: 6-5 | Weight: 212 lbs
Tetairoa McMillan Bio
Tetairoa McMilla spent his early childhood in Waimanalo, HI before moving with his family to California. There, he attended Servite high school in Anaheim as a football, basketball, and volleyball athlete. On the football field, McMillan caught 88 passes for 1,302 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior on his way to California State Player of the Year honors in 2022. He finished his career with 179 receptions, 2,640 yards, and 34 touchdowns. It was enough to draw plenty of interest from college scouts.
As a four-star recruit in the class of 2022, McMillan received a number of offers, including from Oregon, Arizona State, LSU, Miami, USC, Colorado, Penn State, Notre Dame, Texas, and others. He originally committed to Oregon before opting to follow a few of his high school teammates, including quarterback Noah Fifita, to Arizona. McMillan became the highest rated recruit in school history.
As a true freshman in 2022, McMillan set a school record for most receiving yards by a freshman with 702 yards and eight touchdowns on 39 receptions. He doubled his production in 2023, hauling in 90 balls for 1,402 yards and 10 touchdowns in 13 games. His 1,402 receiving yards were the fifth-most in the nation. It was enough to earn third-team All-American and second-team All-PAC-12 honors.
McMillan picked up right where he left off in 2024, setting the school record for receiving yards in a game (304) in Week 1 against New Mexico. He went on to break the school’s career receiving yardage record as well. Through 12 games, McMillan has 1,319 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on 84 receptions.
College Stats
Tetairoa McMillan college stats courtesy of sports-reference
Positives
- Size
- Catch Radius
- Route Running
- Can run the full route tree
- Can win on all three levels
- Reliable & Strong Hands
- Ball Tracking
- Alignment Versatility
- Body Control
- Contested Catches/Catch in Traffic
- YAC
- Age 19 Breakout
- 7 catches per game (2024)
- 3.02 yards per team pass attempt (2024)
- 44% receiving touchdown share (2024)
- 44.4% Dominator Rating (2024)
Negatives
- Inconsistent vs press coverage
- Lacks game-changing top-end speed
- Inconsistent separation on vertical routes
- Room to grow on routes vs physical outside man coverage
Highlight Reel
Archetype: Prototype Alpha X
NFL Comp: Drake London
Performance Score: TBD
Draft Projection: Top-10
NFL Draft & Dynasty Outlook:
Tetairoa McMillan is a prototypical alpha X-receiver who enters the 2025 NFL Draft as one of the best wide receivers in the class. He wins with size and physicality while possessing surprising lateral agility and quickness for a player of his size. He’s a fluid route runner who can line up anywhere in the formation and can run the entire route tree. McMillan does an excellent job of tracking the ball in the air while utilizing his size to box out defenders and meet the ball at its highest point. He has excellent body control and field awareness with the strong hands to win in traffic, along the sideline, or in contested situations. There is no ball he can’t come down with. That will make him especially dangerous in the red zone or on back-shoulder throws.
Once he has the ball in his hands, the job isn’t done. McMillan is an aggressive runner after the catch, utilizing his size, strength, speed, and quickness to create additional yardage after almost every reception.
Where there is opportunity for growth, is against physical defenders. McMillan doesn’t always create the separation we’re used to seeing from him when he can’t out-physical his cover guy with pure size and strength. That starts at the line on his release and is true at the top of his routes as well.
In the NFL, McMillan projects as a team’s No. 1 option who will command volume. Offenses will utilize his versatility to create mismatches both on the outside and as a big slot. He will dominate in the red zone and be a guy his quarterback can rely on in any situation. He has the size, athletic traits, and overall skill set to be a true difference maker at the next level. McMillan won’t have to wait long to hear his name called on draft night. He will likely be a top-10 pick with a real chance to break into the top-5. He is worthy of your consideration as early as the 1.01 in dynasty rookie drafts.
NEXT: Travis Hunter 2025 NFL Draft & Dynasty Profile
RANKINGS DYNASTY
Fantasy Football Season Is NOW At Underdog. Sign up and draft now! Use Promo-Code: YARDSPER to claim your Special Pick + First Time Deposit offer up to $1,000 in bonus cash!
