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Star Arizona WR Lands With New England Patriots in Latest Mock Draft
The Arizona Wildcats season hasn’t gone as planned, but some individual players have continued to perform at a high level. Of those players is Tetairoa McMillan, who’s expected to be a top-10 pick in the 2025 NFL draft.
While the team hasn’t played as well as they’ve needed to, now 3-2 on the year, he has 37 receptions, 664 yards, and four touchdowns.
His 17.9 yards per catch average is among the best in college football, showing his talent. In Arizona’s recent 28-22 loss to Texas Tech, he finished with eight receptions for 161 yards.
Factor that in with a 138-yard performance against Kansas State, and he’s done everything he’s needed to for NFL Scouts to still want to draft him with that high of a pick.
While the NFL is only five weeks into the season, there’s a good feeling about the teams he could potentially join. One of those is the New England Patriots, a squad that could use his services in the near future.
With rookie quarterback Drake Maye eventually taking over under center, the need for an elite wide receiver is prevalent.
That’s why Bleacher Report’s NFL Scouting Department mocked him to the Patriots on Monday.
“This pick comes from our latest top-10 mock draft from Brent Sobleski. As Sobleski noted, the Patriots just don’t have a go-to receiver right now with any kind of production. Ja’Lynn Polk profiles as a high-end No. 2 option. That was his role in Washington opposite Rome Odunze. Tetairoa McMillan has all the traits to be a true X receiver and would give Drake Maye a consistent downfield threat. Using a top-10 pick on a receiver when the offensive line is a mess could be a risky strategy, but there are other ways the Pats could address the offensive line.”
Adding McMillan could benefit him and Maye, but as Bleacher Report alluded, their offensive line has been one of the worst in the NFL.
Drafting a wide receiver doesn’t necessarily help if they want to give the second-year quarterback time to work in the pocket.
However, one could also argue that McMillan is a generational talent. If he ends up being the wide receiver he’s expected to be in the NFL, they could look to improve their offensive line in later rounds or free agency.
Even if he doesn’t land with New England, look for him to have his name called early on the first day of the NFL draft.
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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