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RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - Ladypanther - 04-24-2025
How often do you read an article from Honolulu news? Sweet one here:
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/04/24/we-are-very-proud-him-waimanalo-native-mcmillan-expected-go-high-nfl-draft/
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As the National Football League Draft begins this week, Hawaii native Tetairoa McMillan enters as one of the most electrifying prospects.
The Arizona wide receiver just completed a dazzling three-year run with the Wildcats that now has him on the cusp of being a first-round NFL draft pick
It’s all part of a story that starts in Waimanalo.
“Christmas time, he would spend his time here with us, but when the boy comes here he doesn’t wanna go home,” said McMillan’s grandmother, Blanche McMillan. “He goes, ‘Grandma, can I stay here and live with you?’ I said, ‘No, go back home.’ He loves here. I know his heart is full over here, but his education and sports is all there in the mainland.”
McMillan, who is one of six siblings, was born on Oahu and moved to Southern California as an infant, but the islands always remained home.
“This is his roots. This is where we are,” said McMillan’s sister, Lexus McMillan. “In the summer time, we spent probably like three months out of the summer here. Basically, this is where we grew up.”
McMillan’s athletic prowess emerged early in life.
His father, Ikaika, first spotted the potential when McMillan played baseball at 5 years old.
“Just the way he would get ground balls, catch balls, hit balls as a baseball player and I knew from then, that he was going to be a great athlete,” Ikaika McMillan said. “Then when came to football, it was like damn, he really is talented.”
It wasn’t long before the rest of the country would see that.
McMillan graduated from Anaheim’s Servite High School as a four-star recruit and needed only three seasons to become the Arizona’s all-time leader in receiving yards.
“He’s remained true to himself, humble kid, good kid. No get in trouble, but he doesn’t like the spotlight as well,” said his mother, Shawny Dutro.
McMillan can try to keep a low profile, but that’s not stopping the rise in popularity and national attention.
“It’s something he’s still trying to get used to, because he just wants to be a normal person when he goes around, and it’s hard now because everybody recognizes him,” said McMillan’s sister, Kiana. “They ask for pictures and autographs. Just something he’s got to get used to.”
Many draft experts have the 6′5″ wideout as the first receiver taken off the board. If he goes in the top 10, he’d be among the highest selections for a player of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
“I’m proud to have a grandson like him, very proud of him,” Blanche McMillan said. “I’m happy to be surrounded by his love. We are very proud of him.”
RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - BlackCatzFan - 04-24-2025
Robbie Anderson 2.0. This kids attitude is bad when he don’t get the ball. Future bust.
RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - OceanPanther - 04-24-2025
I felt this way when we drafted our 2013 draft.., we drafted 2 hog mollies. Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short..
Many fans were depressed over these two picks.
2 years later we’re in the Super Bowl.
Let’s hope Dan Morgan and Dave have their ducks in a row
RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - Hobbit99 - 04-24-2025
DAN and DAVE are going to be "roasted alive" for this. --- And deservedly so...
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RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - Ladypanther - 04-24-2025
(04-24-2025, 10:01 PM)OceanPanther Wrote: I felt this way when we drafted our 2013 draft.., we drafted 2 hog mollies. Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short..
Many fans were depressed over these two picks.
2 years later we’re in the Super Bowl.
Let’s hope Dan Morgan and Dave have their ducks in a row
Good point there. While I was surprised I am going to trust Dave and Dan on this. I am not going to compare my opinion based on a few internet clicks vs their access to months of work by a scouting department. their interviews, film study, research and probably 12-18 hour days, 7 days a week to get this right. As with anything in life...you cannot predict everything. I hope this works. McMillian sounds like a talented guy who works hard and is also a good person. Hoping he is the bomb!
RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - Hobbit99 - 04-24-2025
CONSIDERING -- Our current Defensive situation. This is the WORST pick I have ever seen in the modern football era. -- TRUTH
I think I'll go have a couple of shots (bottles) of tequila and some Corona chasers .....
My head hurts -- and I can't ... anything.
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RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - Firstchance - 04-24-2025
Matt Golden to the Packers. Not as tall but fight more, has more speed and doesn’t drop passes. He is my preference our our selection.
RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - BlackCatzFan - 04-24-2025
(04-24-2025, 10:49 PM)Firstchance Wrote: Matt Golden to the Packers. Not as tall but fight more, has more speed and doesn’t drop passes. He is my preference our our selection.
He was my WR pick. Tmac struggles bad against press coverage, and it’s known. You press him a little, and he gets so flustered.
RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - Firstchance - 04-25-2025
Well I had the opportunity to sleep on this selection. How we were in the position to take the best available player, even if it was a defensive player, where we have really sucked. After calming down I really believed that statement from Dan Morgan. It makes the best sense, when you are really good or going through a complete overhaul. I get and I agree totally. Now when I look at this T Mac selection which I originally thought was horrible, it was not. Instead it was abysmal.
RE: The 1st round pick is.........WR McMillan - Hobbit99 - 04-25-2025
(04-25-2025, 09:04 AM)Firstchance Wrote: Well I had the opportunity to sleep on this selection. How we were in the position to take the best available player, even if it was a defensive player, where we have really sucked. After calming down I really believed that statement from Dan Morgan. It makes the best sense, when you are really good or going through a complete overhaul. I get and I agree totally. Now when I look at this T Mac selection which I originally thought was horrible, it was not. Instead it was abysmal.
First ... You've gotta stop messing with our heads.!!! I thought (for a minute) that you had slipped a cog or something. But then I realized you were just messing' .... There's a word in English diction that describes that ^^^ up there ^^^, but I've temporarily misplaced that word ..
Hmm... I'll get it back -- sometime.
Found it. It was buried in a little used sector of my brain. Of course, some would argue that ALL of my brain is "little used" --- but that is a subject for another time.
"Satire". That's the word I was searching for. "Satire"
Good one, First ... You had me going for a minute.
