Tetairoa McMillan draft odds: Will it be the Jaguars or Cowboys?

Essentially every team in the top 10 of the NFL Draft could use help at wide receiver, but this year’s prospect pool is lighter than recent years at that position.

Travis Hunter is technically the highest-rated prospect at wideout, but he’s a two-way player who could spend more time at cornerback in the NFL.

After Hunter, the consensus No. 2 overall pick, there isn’t another receiver projected to go inside the top 10, according to most mock drafts and the bookmakers.

The one player who could break those mocks and defy the odds is Tetairoa McMillan from Arizona. 

McMillan, who recorded 1,319 yards on 84 catches and scored eight touchdowns for the Wildcats in 2024, is a -300 favorite to be the first wide receiver selected (sportsbooks are considering Hunter a cornerback in these markets) at the NFL Draft.

Former Texas Longhorn Matthew Golden is the only other realistic option in this market at +145. The next player on the board is Emeka Egbuka at 50/1. 

The most common projection for McMillan is that he lands with the Dallas Cowboys at No. 12 overall, but there has been plenty of smoke coming out of JerryWorld that Dallas is working on a trade. 

Dallas is the co-favorite at BetMGM to select McMillan, along with a surprising team: The Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Jaguars and Cowboys are the co-favorites to draft Tetairoa McMillan. Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images

The short odds on the Jaguars should get bettors and mock drafters’ ears up, because the wideout is +300 to go inside the top five (Jacksonville selects fifth) and +175 to go inside the top 10. 

Which team will draft Tetairoa McMillan?

The odds movement is likely stemming from the scuttlebutt about the Chicago Bears being in cahoots with the Jaguars to move up to No. 5 to select Ashton Jeanty. 

If the Jaguars like McMillan, which was reported earlier in the week on the Rich Eisen Show, they could afford to swap picks with Chicago and still feel safe about landing McMillan with the No. 10 pick. 

All of that has made it pretty complicated to price McMillan’s draft position.

He is allegedly being courted by the team with the No. 5 pick, but they would likely only select him if they moved back to 10, unless you think they like him enough to spend the fifth overall pick on a player most pundits project to go six or seven spots later. Make sense?

In other words, don’t be surprised if McMillan’s odds continue to move as we approach 8 p.m. ET on Thursday.