Former Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy isn’t considered a “can’t miss prospect” like Caleb Williams, but it sounds like NFL evaluators like his potential.
According to NFL insider Benjamin Allbright, the league is “definitely higher” on McCarthy than the media and fans.
Allbright suggested that McCarthy could be a top-10 pick in this year’s draft. That’s possible if there’s a run on quarterbacks in April.
“League is definitely higher on McCarthy (top 10) and lower on Nix/Penix (day2/3) than media/fans according to the people I talk to,” Allbright wrote on X , formerly known as Twitter.
If McCarthy gets selected in the top 10, that would undoubtedly shake up the draft board for most analysts.
League is definitely higher on McCarthy (top 10) and lower on Nix/Penix (day2/3) than media/fans according to the people I talk to.
— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) February 8, 2024
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Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh recently predicted that McCarthy will be the first quarterback selected in this year’s draft .
“Arm talent, athleticism, ‘it’ factor, winning with numbing repetition. Don’t be surprised when he — if/when he goes to — he’s the No. 1 quarterback off the board,” Harbaugh said. “That’s my prediction right now. When people get a load of J.J. and how he can throw the ball, how he spins it, his athleticism, his intelligence. Talk about ‘it’ factor. He’s got it. The competitiveness that he has. And they get around him, and they really start digging in and they start talking to him. Yeah, that’s an early prediction for the 2024 NFL draft.”
Where do you think McCarthy will end up when it’s all said and done?