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Arizona Wildcats Star Playmaker Tetairoa McMillan Lands Outside Top 10 in Mock Draft
There hasn’t been too much to get excited about with the Arizona Wildcats football team during the 2024 season.
They are a disappointing 3-3 at the midpoint of the regular season, unable to consistently find their footing. The three losses match their total from 2023, as they have also matched their conference losses from last season with two.
It will take a lot of work for head coach Brent Brennan to turn things around this year in Tuscon. But, when you have a player of Tetairoa McMillan’s caliber on offense, anything is possible.
The talented wide receiver has picked up right where he left off last season as one of the most productive players in the nation.
Through six games he has caught 42 passes for 742 yards, which is the most in the Big 12. He has added four touchdown receptions, as he could reset all his career-highs and re-write the program’s record book.
That level of domination has put McMillan squarely in the mix to be a top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Right now, the only wide receiver who ranks higher than him on most big boards is Travis Hunter of the Colorado Buffaloes, who could be moved to cornerback full-time at the next level.
In a 2025 NFL mock draft done by Jordan Reid of ESPN, Hunter goes No. 2 to the New England Patriots. McMillan has fallen out of the top 10 this time, landing with the New Orleans Saints at No. 12.
“The Saints could go defense here, as more youth is needed on the front. But they also covet receiver help, and the highest-ranked prospect at the position (again, I have Travis Hunter at CB) is McMillan. He is a big-body target who would be an instant complementary option alongside Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed. McMillan currently ranks third in the FBS in yards per game (123.7), and he can go up and get it, with terrific skill on 50-50 balls. He also has the flexibility to play in the slot or on the outside,” the NFL draft analyst wrote.
This would be a great landing spot for the Wildcats star. There could be some major changes on the horizon if the team continues to struggle, as head coach Dennis Allen and quarterback Derek Carr could both be out of jobs.
But, being able to work opposite of Chris Olave and with Rashid Shaheed also mixing in, McMillan would be able to operate without extra attention being thrown his way. That is the ideal kind of situation for a rookie wide receiver, as long as the Saints can find a competent quarterback to run the offense.
There is certainly a chance that the Arizona star doesn’t make to New Orleans outside of the top 10, as he is an elite talent. Reid originally had him going No. 9 to the New York Jets, but their trade to acquire Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders led to him changing things up.
Last night was the seventh consecutive game where the Diamondbacks were held to six hits or fewer. That ties a franchise record, last done in April 2022, and previously in August 2011. The team’s .477 OPS over that time is actually lower than either streak, though due to the efforts of the pitching staff, Arizona are actually 3-4 during the current run. They went 2-5 in 2022, and 1-6 in 2011. There hasn’t been a longer streak in the majors since the Angels went nine in April last year. In the National League, the Pirates went eight in June 2023. And in case you are wondering, the last team to reach a double-digit streak of games with 6 or fewer hits each time? The 1968 Astros reached 11, the year before the mound was lowered.
Let’s hope the D-backs render that moot and the offense comes to life a bit. The three runs added in garbage time last night, because one of the Rangers’ relievers couldn’t find the strike-zone, certainly padded Arizona’s resume. But they were more because of walks than hits. I’ve no doubt the team will hit better. They have batted .152 over the past week. It’s the second lowest in franchise history for a seven-game span. The only worse was April 7-15, 2022 when Arizona hit a remarkable .135, going 28-for-208 in that span. They actually scored three more runs than the current streak, mostly because they had twice as many home-runs (6-3).
Superintendent Tom Horne speaks at 2026 State of Education address
Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne spoke about controversial topics like DEI and ESAs at the State of Education address to the Legislature on Jan. 20, 2026.
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Democrats Brett Newby and Teresa Leyba Ruiz are set to make the argument to voters that they’re the best candidates to serve as Arizona’s top education official for the next four years.
The Arizona Republic will be streaming the Democratic debate for the Superintendent of Public Instruction race in partnership with the Arizona Media Association. The debate starts at 6 p.m. on May 13.
The office is currently held by Tom Horne, who will on May 14 face off in an Arizona Media Association debate against fellow Republican candidate Kimberly Yee, who currently serves as state treasurer.
Newby has worked as a behavioral analyst and professor, according to his campaign. He received a master’s degree in special education. His campaign has hinged on issues like downsizing the state’s controversial Empowerment Scholarship Program, retaining teachers and hiring more school counselors.
Ruiz attended Roosevelt Elementary School District and Phoenix Union High School District as a child before earning her Ph.D. from Arizona State University. She worked as a teacher at the middle and high school level before becoming president of Glendale Community College.
Like Newby, her campaign has also focused on the ESA program. She has also focused on advocating for more funding for public schools and supporting both rural and urban school districts. Ruiz has also spoken publicly about the teacher retention crisis as part of her campaign.
The last trip through the rotation for the Diamondbacks has been really good:
By that 5-game rolling average game score, it’s the best we’ve seen since a run around the All Star Break in 2022:
If we restrict to 5-game stretches with 5 different starters, it’s the best since September 2019:
So yeah, it’s been a while since we’ve had it this good. But this is still a far cry from the best in Diamondbacks history — the current stretch is only tied for 58th all-time. Here’s the best ever:
The good news is that there’s still quite a lot of room for Zac Gallen to improve on his last start, which had a Game Score of only 47. Doing so would give us an even better 5-game average. A score of better than 60 would surpass the 2022 streak; 69 or better would surpass 2018. Although it would take a career-best-tying 89 (reached against the Cubs on September 8, 2023) for him to pull the overall average into a tie for the franchise record. But any improvement on his last start would bring the rolling average up in the franchise rankings.
All records queried here are courtesy of Retrosheet.
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