.Maximum Olson, ESPN Team WriterSep 1, 2024, 03:19 AM ETCloseCovers the Big 12Joined ESPN in 2012Graduate of the University of NebraskaArizona pass receiver Tetairoa McMillan kicked off his very foreseed junior period with a record-setting night.The preseason All-American and projected first-round draught selection put a new college report with 304 acquiring backyards as well as 4 goals on 10 catches in the No. 21 Wildcats' 61-39 gain New Mexico.The 6-foot-5, 210-pound wideout delivered the first 300-yard performance by an university receiver given that Ohio Condition's Jaxon Smith-Njigba put up 347 obtaining lawns versus Utah in the 2022 Rose Dish. Simply five various other FBS receivers have actually outdoed 300 backyards over recent decade.In Arizona's 1st video game as a participant of the Big 12, McMillan signed up the second-most obtaining yards in an activity busy background. His previous career high was a 266-yard video game versus competing Arizona Condition last season.Editor's Picks2 RelatedMcMillan scored on plays of 69, 17, 78 and 40 lawns and nearly had a fifth TD reception yet was actually tackled at the 1-yard line. Majority of his acquiring backyards (176) followed the catch." T-Mac is obviously special, man," first-year Arizona train Brent Brennan stated. "He is actually only something else." McMillan missed time this offseason while recouping from a lesser leg accident experienced in spring season technique as well as said it thought "amazing" to be back in action." These last four months, I have actually been grinding as well as all set to come back on the area," he claimed. "Having the ability to merely play with my brothers once more, it is actually merely a real blessing. No matter the reports, I'm just delighted to be back on the industry along with my brothers." New Mexico maintained the Wildcats throughout the first half and took a 24-17 lead behind time in the 2nd one-fourth. Three plays later, McMillan burned the Lobos for a 78-yard catch and run down the sideline to tie it up.Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan came to be the 7th FBS recipient previously many years to leading 300 acquiring backyards in a video game as well as also racked up on plays of 69, 17, 78 as well as 40 backyards. AP Photo/Darryl Webb" Those large dynamites were simply extraordinary," Brennan mentioned. "He outran the entire secondary on the huge one down the sideline. He's excellent. He's an awesome competition, and also he is actually likewise certainly not happy. He felt like, 'Our company can participate in better.' That's what you anticipate." Arizona produced 627 overall backyards of offense and also balanced 11 backyards per play, along with quarterback Noah Fifita tossing for 422 lawns and also transfer managing spines Jacory Croskey-Merritt (New Mexico) and Quali Conley (San Jose State) blending for 196 rushing lawns as well as four scores.McMillan emerged as one of college volleyball's very most prominent playmakers in 2023 with 90 catches for 1,402 yards (5th most in the FBS) and also 10 goals as a student on a Wildcats crew that won 10 video games and the Alamo Bowl.After Jedd Fisch as well as his mentoring team left to consume at Washington in January, Fifita and McMillan decided to bypass the move site and also stay at Arizona. The former teammates at Servite High School in Anaheim, The golden state, wanted to maintain playing with each other and aid Brennan design an opponent." Everyone in this property, the league our experts currently possessed, the lifestyle our company had actually set in below, we simply failed to desire to leave this property," McMillan said. "The tradition that our company currently had actually continued here, our company wanted to continue this legacy. By the end of the day, we came to Tucson to be plan changers. With any luck, Tucson, y' all can easily locate pride in our play.".