.Max Olson, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 1, 2024, 03:19 AM ETCloseCovers the Significant 12Joined ESPN in 2012Graduate of the University of NebraskaArizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan kicked off his highly foreseed junior season along with a record-setting night.The preseason All-American and also projected first-round draft choice established a new school document along with 304 getting yards and four goals on 10 catches in the No. 21 Wildcats' 61-39 win over New Mexico.The 6-foot-5, 210-pound wideout provided the 1st 300-yard performance by an university recipient due to the fact that Ohio Condition's Jaxon Smith-Njigba set up 347 acquiring yards against Utah in the 2022 Flower Bowl. Just 5 other FBS receivers have actually topped 300 yards over recent decade.In Arizona's initial game as a member of the Major 12, McMillan signed up the second-most obtaining lawns in an activity in conference background. His previous occupation high was actually a 266-yard video game against competing Arizona State final season.Editor's Picks2 RelatedMcMillan slashed on plays of 69, 17, 78 and also 40 lawns as well as nearly possessed a 5th TD receiving yet was taken on at the 1-yard line. More than half of his obtaining lawns (176) came after the catch." T-Mac is actually clearly exclusive, male," first-year Arizona train Brent Brennan mentioned. "He is actually only another thing." McMillan missed out on opportunity this offseason while recuperating coming from a reduced leg accident suffered in spring season practice and mentioned it felt "fantastic" to become back in action." These final 4 months, I have actually been actually grinding and all set to get back on the field," he mentioned. "Being able to just have fun with my bros once again, it's only a correct good thing. Regardless of the files, I'm simply satisfied to be back on the industry along with my siblings." New Mexico maintained the Wildcats throughout the first half and also took a 24-17 top late in the second one-fourth. Three plays eventually, McMillan burned the Lobos for a 78-yard catch as well as diminish the side project to tie it up.Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan ended up being the seventh FBS receiver over the last many years to best 300 obtaining gardens in an activity and also counted on plays of 69, 17, 78 as well as 40 yards. AP Photo/Darryl Webb" Those large dynamites were simply incredible," Brennan said. "He beats the whole second on the big one down the side project. He's remarkable. He is actually an excellent competitor, and also he's additionally certainly not contented. He resembled, 'Our experts may play better.' That's what you anticipate." Arizona produced 627 complete lawns of offense as well as averaged 11 lawns per play, with quarterback Noah Fifita throwing for 422 gardens as well as move running spines Jacory Croskey-Merritt (New Mexico) and Quali Conley (San Jose Condition) blending for 196 rushing lawns and also 4 scores.McMillan became among university soccer's most prominent playmakers in 2023 along with 90 catches for 1,402 backyards (fifth very most in the FBS) as well as 10 goals as a sophomore on a Wildcats team that won 10 video games and the Alamo Bowl.After Jedd Fisch as well as his mentoring staff entrusted to manage at Washington in January, Fifita as well as McMillan chose to bypass the transmission site as well as stay at Arizona. The previous colleagues at Servite Senior high school in Anaheim, The golden state, desired to keep playing with each other as well as assist Brennan design a challenger." Everybody in this property, the brotherhood our experts already had, the society our team had set in below, we simply failed to would like to leave this structure," McMillan pointed out. "The heritage that our team actually had restarted below, our team would like to proceed this heritage. By the end of the day, our experts concerned Tucson to be plan changers. With any luck, Tucson, y' all can discover satisfaction in our play.".