Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice: Tetairoa McMillan (2025 Fantasy Football)

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Throughout the draft, we’ll take a closer look at fantasy-relevant prospects, giving you an overview of their strengths and weaknesses, and assessing their fantasy value in both redraft and dynasty formats. Here’s our dynasty rookie draft advice for Tetairoa McMillan.

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Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Outlook

Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice

Jalon Walker to the Panthers seemed etched in stone for quite some time, but instead, they opted for one of the top receivers in the draft, the big-bodied Tetairoa McMillan. He enters a Panthers depth chart devoid of receiver talent and profiles as their WR1. Of course, the biggest question mark is quarterback Bryce Young, the man throwing him the ball. He showed some promise after starting the 2024 season, getting benched, and resuming his starting role, but he still has ways to live up to his former No. 1 overall draft slot. For dynasty drafts, McMillan, for now, should be a top-three pick. He’ll get plenty of volume and should produce immediately.

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DBro’s NFL Draft Scouting Report & Player Comp

Scouting Report:

Wide receivers who are 6-foot-5 should not move the way that McMillan does. When a player of McMillan’s size can run a crisp whip route, I take notice. McMillan can pull this off. His hips are fluid and allow him to uncover quickly at the top of his stem. Add in his footwork, and McMillan moves like a 6-foot-1 receiver. It’s incredibly impressive.
McMillan has no issues separating early and late in his routes. His start/stop ability and short area burst are exceptional. Yes, you’ll see some routes where McMillan has defenders muddying the catch point, but that doesn’t mean he can’t separate.
McMillan is an underrated route technician. He adds subtle head fakes, jab steps, pacing variations and more to his routes. McMillan understands leverage, when to sit down versus zone and when to exploit a corner’s blindspot. He also has multiple moments on film where he waits for a corner to flip their hips in the wrong direction before snapping off his route at the top of the stem.
McMillan has excellent body control in the air to play above the rim and in the red zone. He’s a catch-point bully with vice grips for hands. His catch radius is massive as he also has the flexibility to adjust to ankle biters and scoop them off his shoe laces. Over the last two seasons, McMillan secured 54.6% of his contested targets.
McMillan is battle-tested against man coverage. He has the upper body strength, play strength, release package and route prowess to get loose from man coverage. Over the last two seasons, McMillan has had the third-most and 10th-most man coverage targets (among FBS wide receivers) while also ranking eighth and 10th in yards per route run against man coverage.
McMillan can create yards after the catch (YAC) unlike many wide receivers of his size. His combination of immediate acceleration and tackle-breaking shows up in the metrics. Last year, he ranked second in missed tackles forced and 27th in YAC.

Player Comp: Drake London with better YAC ability