Miami entered the draft needing to fix their linebacker group as they were relying on Koa Misi to get healthy. With McMillan now in the fold, he will challenge to start while Misi could be relegated to a back-up role which could help.
According to Ian Wharton who put out a comprehensive draft guide ranked McMillan the 2nd best LB in this years draft behind Reuben Foster:
Strengths:
- Defensive leader as a SAM and MLB in three years. Moved to MLB full-time as a junior.
- Quality delayed blitzer, showing good downhill burst, awareness and finishing ability.