Jalen McMillan Fantasy Football Outlook (2025)

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Wed, Aug 20th 2025, 11:10am EDT

Jalen McMillan started slowly in his rookie season but came on down the stretch. In Weeks 14-18, he was the WR11 in fantasy points per game, spiking seven touchdowns. During those five games, he had an 18.4% target share, 63.2 receiving yards per game, 2.09 yards per route run, a 22.9% first-read share, and 0.099 first downs per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). Outside of the insane touchdown production, McMillan's efficiency stats were all nice. Unfortunately for him, the Bucs felt the need to further upgrade their wide receiver room despite his stretch performance with their selection of Emeka Egbuka and Chris Godwin's return. McMillan has been pushed into the WR4 role, and his neck injury in the preseason could hold him out until after their bye week this season (Week 9). He's a last-round pick in your drafts only if you have an IR spot to stash him with, but he's best left on the waiver wire this year in most leagues.