After winning the National Championship, Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy is on to the NFL. The least-experienced of the top quarterbacks in this draft, the projections on him have quite the range – from the top 10 to outside of the top 100.
J.J. McCarthy scouting report
Background
College: Michigan
Age: 21
Height: 6’3
Weight: 202
Awards: All-Big Ten First Team (2023), All-Big Ten Second Team (2022)
McCarthy was a four-star recruit coming out of IMG Academy, and the sixth-ranked quarterback in the Class of 2019. He played in mop-up roles as a freshman, then won the starting job in camp his sophomore year.
In his two full seasons as a starter McCarthy went 27-1, leading the Wolverines to two College Playoff Appearances. He led the sixth-highest scoring offense in the nation in 2022, when the 14th-highest last year. After this year’s Rose Bowl win, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh called him “the greatest quarterback in University of Michigan—college football history…in a college career there’s been nobody at Michigan better than J.J.”
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