McMillan was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1988 and 1989.
In 1988, McMillan was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. He led the AFC in interceptions that year with eight.
McMillan was the first Jets player in team history to play in the Pro Bowl his first two seasons.
If you watched this kid his first two years, you thought he was ticketed for Canton, he was that good. Those two years he was the best ballhawking safety in the league,
THINK ED REED, he was that kind of ballhawk. I remember one game he picked off Marino, when Marino was at the top of his game and terrorizing defenses, and took it to the house. Marino went nuts. Got red faced and was cursing up a storm on the sidelines. It was hilarious.
Anyway, I don't know what happened, there were rumors that he had a huge chip on his shoulder that really alienated his teammates, and that he became too infatuated with INT's and padding his stats and would often blow his coverage while trying to jump routes for INT's, there were also rumors that he got a big head and became uncoachable. I'm not sure what it was, its still a bit of a mystery, but for whatever reason he went from being the best ballhawking safety in the league in his first two years, to losing his starting job by year four or five, then getting cut or traded for a bag of peanuts, and having a hard time even staying in the league. Its one of the steepest and most rapid declines I have ever seen for what looked like a great player that did not involve injuries or drug suspensions.