.Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2024, 03:19 AM ETCloseCovers the Major 12Joined ESPN in 2012Graduate of the Educational institution of NebraskaArizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan started his extremely foreseed junior period along with a record-setting night.The preseason All-American and forecasted first-round draft choice established a brand-new college file along with 304 getting gardens as well as 4 goals on 10 catches in the No. 21 Wildcats' 61-39 win over New Mexico.The 6-foot-5, 210-pound wideout supplied the 1st 300-yard functionality through a college recipient given that Ohio Condition's Jaxon Smith-Njigba put up 347 obtaining gardens against Utah in the 2022 Flower Bowl. Simply 5 various other FBS recipients have actually surpassed 300 yards over the past decade.In Arizona's initial video game as a participant of the Huge 12, McMillan registered the second-most getting backyards in a game busy record. His previous career high was a 266-yard activity versus competing Arizona Condition last season.Editor's Picks2 RelatedMcMillan slashed on plays of 69, 17, 78 and 40 gardens and also almost had a fifth TD reception however was actually taken on at the 1-yard line. More than half of his getting backyards (176) followed the catch." T-Mac is actually clearly special, male," first-year Arizona train Brent Brennan claimed. "He is actually only another thing." McMillan skipped opportunity this offseason while recovering coming from a lower leg personal injury gone through in spring technique as well as claimed it thought "amazing" to become back at work." These last four months, I have actually been grinding as well as ready to come back on the industry," he pointed out. "Being able to simply play with my brothers again, it's simply a true blessing. Irrespective of the records, I am actually only happy to become back on the field along with my bros." New Mexico kept up with the Wildcats throughout the 1st fifty percent and also took a 24-17 lead late in the second fourth. Three plays later on, McMillan got rid of the Lobos for a 78-yard catch and run down the subsidiary to match it up.Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan came to be the seventh FBS receiver previously decade to best 300 acquiring gardens in a video game and additionally counted on plays of 69, 17, 78 and also 40 yards. AP Photo/Darryl Webb" Those major dynamites were actually merely awesome," Brennan claimed. "He beats the entire secondary on the significant one down the subsidiary. He is actually amazing. He's an outstanding competition, as well as he's also certainly not contented. He resembled, 'We can easily participate in far better.' That's what you hope for." Arizona made 627 complete backyards of offense as well as averaged 11 yards every play, along with quarterback Noah Fifita tossing for 422 yards and transmit managing spines Jacory Croskey-Merritt (New Mexico) and also Quali Conley (San Jose State) mixing for 196 rushing yards as well as 4 scores.McMillan emerged as one of college football's very most dominant playmakers in 2023 with 90 catches for 1,402 yards (5th most in the FBS) and also 10 touchdowns as a student on a Wildcats crew that won 10 games as well as the Alamo Bowl.After Jedd Fisch and his mentoring workers entrusted to consume at Washington in January, Fifita and McMillan opted to bypass the transmission gateway as well as stay at Arizona. The previous colleagues at Servite Secondary school in Anaheim, California, wanted to maintain playing together and also help Brennan construct a challenger." Everyone in this structure, the brotherhood we currently possessed, the lifestyle our experts had actually set in listed here, our company simply didn't want to leave this structure," McMillan pointed out. "The tradition that our experts currently had began over right here, our company desired to proceed this heritage. At the end of the time, we related to Tucson to become plan changers. Hopefully, Tucson, y' all can find pleasure in our play.".