3 Wildcats got honorable mention nods
In its first season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference, in 1978, Arizona finished with a losing record and landed one player on the all-conference first team. Flash forward 46 years, and with a different conference, and the same things have happened.
Junior wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan is the Wildcats’ lone representative on the All-Big 12 Conference First Team, an honor that follows up his spot on the final All-Pac-12 First Team a year already. McMillan was also an honorable mention selection for Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.
Junior cornerback Tacario Davis made the Second Team, while offensive lineman Jonah Savaiinaea, defensive back Dalton Johnson and kicker Tyler Loop were honorable mention choices.
McMillan, who is expected to declare for the 2025 NFL Draft, set the UA career receiving record with 3,423 yards. This season he had 84 receptions for 1,319 yards and eight touchdowns, leading the Big 12 in yards and ranking third nationally.
Davis had 44 tackles with six pass breakups and two tackles for loss, a year after leading finishing second in the Pac-12 with 15 PBU. He is also expected to declare for the NFL Draft, as is Savaiinaea, who started 36 straight games for the Wildcats before missing the Territorial Cup due to injury.
Johnson tied for 4th in the Big 12 with 94 tackles, a career high, with five for loss. Loop, who was Honorable Mention for Special Teams Player of the Year, was tied for third in the conference with 18 field goals including a school-record 62-yard kick against Houston on Nov. 15.