Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan posted a single-game program record 304 receiving yards and tied a program record with four touchdown receptions in Saturday’s 61-39 season-opening win over New Mexico to earn Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week.
The game at Arizona Stadium marked the first with Arizona as a member of the Big 12 after 46 years competing in the Pac-12. It was also the dawn of the Brent Brennan Era.
McMillan notched his fifth straight game with 100-plus receiving yards — which leads FBS players — in the victory over the Lobos.
He joined Larry Heater (Pac-10 offense) and Cleveland Crosby (Pac-10 defense) in 1978 to win conference player of the week honors during the first year in a Power 5 conference.
All eyes on T-Mac
Tetairoa McMillan has been named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week pic.twitter.com/s8GhW7EZnc
— Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall) September 2, 2024
It is his second conference offensive player of the week honor of his career, after earning Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week following the regular-season-ending win over Arizona State in 2023.
The 304 receiving yards surpassed Jeremy McDaniel’s 283 yards receiving to grab the top spot in program history. McMillan also has the third-most receiving yards in a single game in program history, 266 at Arizona State to close out 2023 regular season.
McMillan reeled in four touchdown grabs to tie a single-game record set by Jacob Cowing last year against USC.
He is now sixth in program history with 22 touchdown receptions in his career, needing one more tto move into the top five and tie Mike Thomas and Bobby Wade (Arizona’s receivers coach) for fourth place.
In the win over New Mexico, McMillan became the first player in FBS history to have a game with 10-plus receptions, 300-plus receiving yards, 30.0-plus yards per reception, and 4-plus receiving TD (per OptaSTATS).
The Wildcats’ 61 points in the game are their 14th-most in program history, and the most ever scored in a head coach’s debut. Arizona posted 627 yards of total offense, its most since going for 673 total yards against Colorado in 2022.
The Wildcats host Northern Arizona on Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast by ESPN+. How to watch ESPN+.
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