The numbers are in and fans of the Carolina Panthers are overwhelmingly in favor of general manager Dan Morgan’s decision to draft Arizona Wildcat wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan with the eighth overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. This comes just one year after the team traded into the first round of the 2024 NFL draft to nab South Carolina Gamecock wide receiver Xavier Legette.
Never before have the Panthers drafted two wide receivers in back-to-back years. The team has drafted skill players in back-to-back years, most recently with Christian McCaffrey (2017, eighth overall) and D.