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Tetairoa McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan is a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Tetairoa McMillan: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Tetairoa McMillan at a glance

Tetairoa McMillan is a 23-year-old wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, listed at 6'5" and 212 pounds. The Carolina Panthers drafted McMillan 8th overall in the first round in 2025, out of Arizona, and 2026 is McMillan's 2nd NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects McMillan for 229.0 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR10 at the position and works out to 14.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 5 games of 2026, McMillan has scored 89.1 PPR points, or 17.8 per game. That is 38.9% of the full-season projection; at the current rate McMillan would finish with about 303 points, ahead of the 229.0 projected. The best week so far is 45.2 points in Week 4 against DET, the WR1 finish that week. McMillan has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 3 of 5 games, a 60% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, McMillan ranks in the 90th percentile in receiving yards, the 89th percentile in receptions and the 86th percentile in target share. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 59th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

2025 is the only completed season on record: McMillan finished as WR15 with 213.4 PPR points in 17 games. The totals so far read 102 receptions, 1,485 receiving yards and 9 receiving touchdowns.

Tetairoa McMillan by the numbers

McMillan has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 2 times and finished in the top twelve 3 times. The career high is 45.2 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2026 against DET, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 2 games of 30 or more PPR points and 4 100-yard receiving games. In all, McMillan has reached 20 points in 2 games, 9% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, McMillan drew 9.8 targets per game at an average depth of 11.5 air yards. 28% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 6 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

McMillan is playing on a four-year, $27.9 million contract signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2025, an average of $7.0 million per year with $27.9 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
229.0
PPR / game
14.7

Week 1 projection

Tetairoa McMillan is projected for 12.9 PPR points at home against CHI in week 1, with a likely range of 1.3 to 31.9.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 3.7 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
56.3
Dynasty
59.8
Superflex redraft
65.4
Superflex dynasty
68.9
TE premium dynasty
36.0

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026CAR5483247120089.1
2025CAR17122701,014700213.4

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