Carolina Panthers rookie wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan had Olympic aspirations in another sport long before it was announced that flag football would make its Olympic debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games .

“I didn’t play like a normal volleyball player,” he said. “I guess you could say I was kind of dangerous out there.”

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McMillan was a star volleyball player at Servite High School in Anaheim, Calif., where he tied the school record for most kills in a match. He was recruited by UCLA, USC and Stanford to play both football and volleyball collegiately before ultimately deciding to leave the state and focus on just playing football at the University of Arizona.

His high school volleyball coach, Matt Marrujo, even told Panthers.com that

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