CHARLOTTE — The awards and honors continue to pour in for Tetairoa McMillan after an exciting rookie season with the Carolina Panthers.

The Pro Football Writers of America announced on Tuesday that they have named McMillan rookie of the year, offensive rookie of the year, and named him to the all-rookie team

McMillan, the No. 8 overall selection in the 2025 NFL draft out of Arizona, started all 17 games for the Panthers and caught 70 passes on 122 targets for 1,014 yards (14.5 per catch average) and seven touchdowns. The 1,014 receiving yards was the most by a rookie in franchise history, while his seven touchdown catches are second most in Panthers history and the most by any NFL rookie this season.

A total of 27 of his 70 catches were explosive receptions (16+ yards), which are the most explosive receptions and explosive plays by a NFL rookie this season. McMillan also caught seven passes on fourth down, six of which produced first downs for Carolina.

Among all NFL players, he finished the season tied for the most catches on fourth down and totaled the most explosive receptions on those six receptions with five. McMillan had a pair of 100-yard receiving games, and he registered a catch in all 17 games. He was the NFL Rookie of the Week when he caught three passes for 29 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-27 victory over Dallas in Week 6.

McMillan is the first player in Carolina history to be selected as the PFWA's Rookie of the Year and is the second Panthers player to be the PFWA's offensive rookie of the year, joining quarterback Cam Newton, who won the award in 2011.

The rookie helped revolutionized the Panthers offense this year and while he was hesitant to talk about his own success, his teammates were happy to brag on him in his place.

"TMac, he was him," bragged quarterback Bryce Young of his top receiver. "He was, he's exactly who he's been. He was elite; he's a special player.

"He'll be the offensive rookie of the year. I have all the confidence in the world, again, a special guy, stuff you can't teach, and all the stuff that you can, he's working super hard at, he's working to perfect it, and cares about the craft.

"Again, a special guy. I'm super grateful that he's on the team."

The PFWA is an organization comprised of writers and reporters around the country who cover NFL football either nationally or for specific teams.

McMillan, last week, was named a finalist for the Pepsi rookie of the year, a fan vote award, which is open until January 30. Fans can vote here.

He is also largely considered a favor to be named a finalist for the associated press offensive rookie of the year, the most prestigious of the awards, which will be handed out at NFL honors on Thursday, February 5.

2025 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: WR Tetairoa McMillan, Carolina Panthers

2025 OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: WR Tetairoa McMillan, Carolina Panthers

2025 DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: LB Carson Schwesinger, Cleveland Browns

2025 PFWA ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

Offense

QB – Tyler Shough, New Orleans Saints

RB – TreVeyon Henderson, New England Patriots; Ashton Jeanty, Las Vegas Raiders

WR – Emeka Egbuka, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Tetairoa McMillan, Carolina Panthers

TE – Tyler Warren, Indianapolis Colts

C – Jonah Monheim, Jacksonville Jaguars

G – Tyler Booker, Dallas Cowboys; Grey Zabel, Seattle Seahawks

T – Kelvin Banks Jr., New Orleans Saints; Armand Membou, New York Jets

Defense

DL – Abdul Carter, New York Giants; Mason Graham, Cleveland Browns; James Pearce Jr., Atlanta Falcons; Deone Walker, Buffalo Bills

LB – Teddye Buchanan, Baltimore Ravens; Jihaad Campbell, Philadelphia Eagles; Carson Schwesinger, Cleveland Browns

CB – Will Johnson, Arizona Cardinals; Jacob Parrish, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

S – Nick Emmanwori, Seattle Seahawks; Xavier Watts, Atlanta Falcons

Special Teams

PK – Andy Borregales, New England Patriots

P – Jeremy Crawshaw, Denver Broncos

KR – Chimere Dike, Tennessee Titans

PR – Chimere Dike, Tennessee Titans

ST – Carson Bruener, Pittsburgh Steelers