J. J. McCarthy

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J.J. McCarthy
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McCarthy with the Wolverines in 2023
No. 9 – Minnesota Vikings
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (2003-01-20) January 20, 2003 (age 21)
La Grange Park, Illinois, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:219 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school:
College: Michigan (2021–2023)
NFL draft: 2024  / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Career history
Roster status:Unsigned draft pick
Career highlights and awards
Player stats at PFR

Jonathan James McCarthy (born January 20, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, winning three consecutive Big Ten Conference titles, and a national championship in 2023. He finished his career at the University of Michigan with a 27–1 record (.964) as the starting quarterback, the third-highest winning percentage in college football history. McCarthy was selected 10th overall by the Vikings in the 2024 NFL draft.

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Early life and high school

McCarthy was born on January 20, 2003, in La Grange Park, Illinois. [1] He attended Nazareth Academy for high school until transferring to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, as a senior in 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of Nazareth's football season. [2] In two seasons as the starting quarterback at Nazareth, he led his team to a 26–2 record with consecutive appearances in the IHSA Class 7A state championship game, winning the state title as a sophomore in 2018. [3] In his lone season at IMG, he led his team to an 8–0 record and a consensus high school football national championship. [4]

McCarthy was a five-star recruit in the 247Sports Composite Rankings, which aggregates the ratings of the major recruiting services. [5] At age 16, McCarthy said Ryan Day "lied to my face" by telling him in March that Ohio State would not take a quarterback in the 2021 recruiting class until the end of the summer, but then accepted a commitment from Kyle McCord in April. Despite growing up an Ohio State fan, McCarthy committed to rival Michigan the next month. Speaking about his new hatred of Ohio State, he said, "I used to love them. Now I want to kill them." [6] [7] [8]

McCarthy played hockey growing up and said that was actually his first love, not football. Around his freshman year of high school, he made the decision to give up hockey in order to focus on football. McCarthy called it "one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make." [9]

In eighth grade, he received a scholarship offer to play football at Iowa State from head coach Matt Campbell. [10] [11] [12]

College career

2021 season

In May 2019, McCarthy committed to play college football at the University of Michigan. [13] [14] [15]

On September 4, 2021, he made his debut against Western Michigan, completing four of six passes for 80 yards, including his first collegiate touchdown pass, a 69-yard reception by Daylen Baldwin. [16] [17]

He appeared in 11 games during the 2021 season, primarily as the backup quarterback to Cade McNamara, completing 34 of 59 passes for 516 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions. He also rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns. [18]

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McCarthy against Ohio State, 2022

2022 season

Prior to the 2022 season, McCarthy competed with Cade McNamara for the role as Michigan's starting quarterback. [19] Before the opening game, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh announced that the competition was close and would continue at least for the first two games, with McNamara starting in the first week against Colorado State and McCarthy starting in the second week against Hawaii. [20]

McCarthy started and played most of the first half against Hawaii, completing 11 of 12 passes for 229 yards and three touchdowns while leading the Wolverines to a 42–0 halftime lead. [21] In his postgame press conference, Harbaugh announced that McCarthy would start against UConn in week 3 and added, "He's the starter moving forward on merit." [22] [23]

McCarthy continued as Michigan's starting quarterback, completing 15 of 18 passes against UConn for 214 yards, 18 of 26 passes against Maryland for 220 yards, and 18 of 24 passes against Iowa for 155 yards. [24] [25] [26] Against Indiana on October 8, he completed 28 of 36 passes for 304 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception (on a ball tipped up into the air in the end zone). [27]

McCarthy helped lead the Wolverines into an undefeated matchup with Ohio State on November 26. He passed for 263 yards and three passing touchdowns and recorded a rushing touchdown in the 45–23 victory. [28]

In the Fiesta Bowl, he completed 20 of 34 passes for a career-high 343 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, both returned for touchdowns, in the 51–45 loss to TCU in the College Football Playoff Semifinals. [29]

For the 2022 season, he completed 208 of 322 passes for 2,719 yards, 22 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a 155.0 quarterback rating. [30]

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McCarthy following Michigan's victory in the 2024 Rose Bowl

2023 season

On September 2, 2023, against East Carolina, McCarthy recorded his best career passing game at home (280 yards, three touchdowns). McCarthy's 86.7% completion percentage (26-for-30) ranked second-highest in program history, behind Elvis Grbac's 90.9% (20-for-22) against Notre Dame on September 14, 1991. [31]

On October 7, against Nebraska, he completed 12 of 16 passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns. With two passing touchdowns in the game, he tied Todd Collins for ninth-most in program history with 37 career touchdowns. [32] On November 4, against Purdue, he completed 24 of 37 passes for 335 yards. With 335 passing yards in the game, he passed Tom Brady for ninth on the program's all-time passing list. [33]

On November 25, in the win against Ohio State, he completed 16 of 20 passes for 148 yards and a touchdown. With 148 passing yards in the game, he passed Shea Patterson for seventh on the program's all-time passing list. [34]

In the win against Iowa, in the Big Ten Championship Game, McCarthy became the fastest quarterback to reach 25 career wins in the 144-year history of Michigan football (26 starts). On January 1, 2024, against Alabama in the Rose Bowl, he completed 17 of 27 passes for 221 yards and three touchdowns in a 27–20 overtime win, and was named Rose Bowl Offensive Player of the Game. [35] [36]

After the Rose Bowl, head coach Jim Harbaugh said that McCarthy is the greatest quarterback in Michigan football history. Tom Brady agreed with Harbaugh's statement in an Instagram comment. [37]

On January 8, 2024, against Washington in the College Football Playoff National Championship, he completed 10 of 18 passes for 140 yards in a 34–13 win, leading Michigan to an undefeated 15–0 record and its first national championship title since 1997. [38] [39]

McCarthy finished his career at Michigan with a 27–1 record (.964) as the starting quarterback, the third-best winning percentage by a quarterback in college football history and the best by any college quarterback since 1971. [40] [41]

Statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2021 1100–0345957.65168.752152.3271244.62
2022 141312–120832264.62,7198.4225155.0703064.45
2023 151515–024033272.32,9919.0224167.4642023.23
Career [42] 402827–148271367.66,2268.74911160.51616323.910

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill
6 ft 2+1⁄2 in
(1.89 m)		219 lb
(99 kg)		31+5⁄8 in
(0.80 m)		9 in
(0.23 m)		4.23 s6.82 s
All values from NFL Combine [43] [44]

McCarthy was selected by the Minnesota Vikings tenth overall in the 2024 NFL draft. [45] He was one of six quarterbacks taken in the first round, tying the 1983 draft for the most in NFL history. [46]

Personal life

McCarthy is a practitioner of meditation, which he began doing in high school. [2] [47] [48] [49] McCarthy is engaged to high school sweetheart Katya Kuropas. [50]

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