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Tetairoa McMillan ( teh-tie-ROW-uh; born April 5, 2003), nicknamed T-Mac, is an American college football wide receiver for the Arizona Wildcats.




Early life


McMillan was born on April 5, 2003, in Waimānalo, Hawaii, later moving with his family to Southern California at the age of 12. He attended Servite High School in Anaheim, California. As a senior, he was a finalist for the Gatorade Football Player of the Year after he had 88 receptions for 1,302 yards and 18 touchdowns. For his career, he had 179 receptions for 2,640 yards and 34 touchdowns. McMillan was selected to play in the 2022 All-American Bowl. In 2021, McMillan also won the Polynesian Football Player of the Year Award. A five-star recruit, he originally committed to the University of Oregon to play college football before flipping to the University of Arizona, joining high school teammates Noah Fifita, Jacob Manu, and Keyan Burnett. McMillan was the highest rated recruit in the history of the school.




College career


McMillan earned immediate playing time his true freshman year at Arizona in 2022. In his first career game, he had three receptions for 53 yards and a touchdown in the 38–20 victory over San Diego State. On October 15 against Washington, he had seven receptions for 132 yards and two touchdowns in the 49–39 loss. He finished the 2022 season with 39 receptions for 702 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns.
In the 2023 season, McMillan had 90 receptions for 1,402 yards (fifth-most in the nation) and ten touchdowns in 13 games. Against Arizona State, McMillan caught 11 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns, setting a new Territorial Cup receiving yards record as the Wildcats won 59–23. He was named a third-team AP All-American at the end of the regular season. In the 2023 Alamo Bowl against Oklahoma, McMillan had ten receptions for 160 yards for Arizona as they won 38–24, finishing the season on a seven-game winning streak.
After coach Jedd Fisch departed Arizona to take the Washington head coaching job, McMillan elected to remain at Arizona for the 2024 season. Prior to the season, McMillan was named a preseason first-team AP All-American and was a projected first-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft. In the Wildcats' opening game of the 2024 season against New Mexico, McMillan caught ten passes for a school-record 304 yards and tied the school record with four touchdown catches in a 61–39 victory. During the season, McMillan surpassed Bobby Wade for the most receiving yards in Wildcats' program history.




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External links


Tetairoa McMillan on Twitter
Arizona Wildcats bio

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• Tetairoa McMillan
• Polynesian Football Player of the Year Award
• T-Mac
• Noah Fifita
• Waimānalo, Hawaii
• 2024 Arizona Wildcats football team
• Servite High School
• 2024 Big 12 Conference football season
• Bobby Wade
• NCAA Division I FBS receiving leaders