2025 NFL Draft scouting report: Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan

The Arizona wideout has been all over the 2025 NFL Draft news after his widely reported 40-yard dash time, so let's talk about his scouting report

Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan has been all over the 2025 NFL Draft news cycle after his widely reported 40-yard dash time at his pro day. So what better time to whip up his scouting report?

After racking up an insane two-year run as the top receiver for the Wildcats, McMillan entered the offseason as WR1 for many. Now just about a month out from the draft, many still have him sitting there after tallying 1,300 yards and eight touchdowns in 2024.

So let’s talk about the big-bodied receiver. Should we be worried about his 40-yard dash time at all or is it a reflection of what is already on tape? Here is a 2025 NFL Draft profile for Tetairoa McMillan:

Measurements

Height: 6’4”

Weight: 219

Arm Length: 31.5”

Hands: 10”

Testing Numbers

40-yard dash: 4.55s (60th percentile)

10-yard split: 1.6s (51st percentile)

Vertical Jump: 34” (49th percentile)

Broad Jump: 10’ (57th percentile)

Hands

Plucky, plucky hands. He catches the ball away from his body and does not risk the ball bouncing off of his breastplate. His ability to win through contact is suspect. Especially at his size. While he was above a 50% contested catch rate in 2024, he was right at that mark for his career.

While he had a career-high in drops in 2024, he is a consistent football catcher. With a massive catch radius, McMillan shows the prowess to reel in off-target passes at will, making spectacular looks routine.

Route Running

McMillan is a smooth operator, which is rare for a guy listed at 6-foot-5. This is evident as the massive framed receiver is fluid when stemming suddenly and creating leverage, allowing him to create blindspots almost at will.

When he snaps off his routes at a steeper 45-to-90-degree angle, he takes an added step to get out of his break. McMillan's route tree is a diverse one from all alignments from X and into the slot.

Separation

When getting off of the line of scrimmage and looking to earn a release, Tetairoa McMillan is a bit weak working through contact. He struggles to get hands off of him. Working vertically, McMillan doesn't draw much distance between him and the man across from him with average long speed.

McMillan is a pro at finding green grass to settle into. McMillan has a smooth package of releases to work from. Winning in the air is a massive advantage for creating separation.

Body Control

Along the boundary, McMillan shows full awareness of where his body is on the field to reel in the pass and get a foot in bounds. Even when he elevates along the boundary, it is as if there is a magnetic force between his feet and the green grass in-bounds.

McMillan has a great throttle to tempo his routes and keep defensive backs on their heels. He side-hustles as a contortionist because he can get his body adjusted to the football.

YAC-Ability

This has been a massive improvement in McMillan's game. Entering this season, he forced just 14 missed tackles. He tripled that number in 2024 with 29. McMillan’s YAC numbers remained pretty consistent throughout his collegiate career, hovering right around 500 over the last two years. He has shown the fluidity to make a man or two miss in the open field with the football in his hands.

McMillan does not have dominant burners to break angles in the open field. He's not a player a team will design designated runs and manufactured touches to at the NFL level, though.

Final 2025 NFL Draft grade on Tetairoa McMillan

Nothing about his testing profile, even at a 4.55 40-yard dash, goes against what his on tape. He’s not a burner and that’s not how he wins. No change to his scouting report or 2025 NFL Draft profile should be made because of this.

He’s a bit of a weird evaluation overall, however. He should be more physical and consistent through traffic than he is for a guy his size. However, there is no reason he should be as fluid as he is at his size either. McMillan is a bit of a unicorn and makes him a bit hard to pin down.

He profiles best as a pure X at the NFL level who may also give his team some ability to win as a big slot in mismatch situations as well.

I have a high second round grade on McMillan and he finishes as my WR2 behind Missouri’s Luther Burden III.