Tetairoa McMillan played at Arizona for three seasons, earning All-American honors during his junior year in 2024.
A second Big 12 player has visited with the Seattle Seahawks.
Tetairoa McMillan, a junior wide receiver from the University of Arizona, has recently visited with Seattle and several other teams ahead of this year’s draft. McMillan is expected to be one of the first receivers taken off the board, if not the first.
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Here’s what Yahoo Sports’s Nate Tice had to say about McMillan:
A monster on the outside, McMillan is a smooth athlete with excellent hands and ball skills that give him true X-receiver upside.
McMillan consistently creates yards with the ball in his hands because of his strength and balance, and plenty of burst in such a big frame. He is also a good route runner who can consistently sink on his route breaks, with plenty of burst and speed to create separation on the intermediate levels.
He was dominant in 2024 when the ball was anywhere in his vicinity and has the makings of a matchup nightmare at the next level. He also already has experience working from the slot, not just vertically but on underneath routes as well, with his ability to get in and out of breaks. He really shines on these routes.
McMillan is a big receiver who most importantly plays big. His volleyball and basketball background constantly show up in his game; he is very comfortable extending for throws away from his frame (which happened often at Arizona) and doesn’t lose speed when catching the ball on the move because of his confidence in his hands.
The wideout lacks elite long speed, but he still has enough speed — and most importantly the frame and ball skills — to win consistently vertically. McMillan brings a lot to the table and can be an instant strong contributor at the next level because of his route running polish and ball skills.
Where McMillan lacks in long speed, he makes up for in ball skills and route running.
ESPN ranks McMillan as number one on its list of available receivers this year. The Arizona star had a very solid 2024 campaign, being named a consensus All-American and earning All-Big 12 First-team honors at season’s end. In addition, McMillan was also named Second-team All-Pac-12 in 2023, Arizona’s final year in the conference before moving to the Big 12 for 2024.
Historically, the Seahawks have only drafted six players from Arizona, the most recent of whom was linebacker Marcus Bell back in 2000. Seattle’s highest draft pick from Arizona was center Joe Tofflemire, who was taken in the second round of the 1989 draft.