"Do your research and you'll see, I'm like that," McMillan continues. Then, worried that this random conversation about his passing prowess four days before his NFL debut as a receiver might be forgotten soon, he points to a nearby laptop, telling this reporter to pull up highlights from his high school days. When that seems like too much legwork, digging deep on Google, he asks for the Arizona versus West Virginia game on October 6, 2024.
"Go towards the end," he directs. "Second half, we scored the next play, so look for that."
Finally, there it is.
"Ohhhh," smiled TMac, rubbing his hands together, already excited for the assembled crowd to see his turn at quarterback.
The Wildcats were facing first-and-goal from the 3-yard line. McMillan came out of a stack on the left side and ran a jet sweep, taking the pitch from his quarterback and running right. The plan was to set up on the right side of the formation (in the middle of the field, since this is a college with wide hashmarks) and throw to a tight end in the end zone.
But a rusher came free as McMillan was setting up for the throw, pushing the receiver into the open backfield. From there, he ran back to the 25-yard line, escaping the defense, circling around, looking for any open receiver. In theory, he had one in his quarterback, Noah Fifita, who was standing wide open around the 5-yard line, with no one between him and the goal line. The pass from McMillan was right on his hands, but Fifita, somewhat unprepared for the ball to come his way, couldn't hold on.