INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy is aware of the opposite high quarterbacks on this 12 months’s NFL draft have thrown extra passes, accomplished extra passes and may even had way more touchdowns.
However McCarthy stated he’ll take the one statistic he thinks ideas the size towards him.
“You already know, like, stats for me aren’t actually the massive factor, and all I actually cared about was being one of the best teammate I may very well be and being one of the best quarterback I might presumably be,” McCarthy stated Friday on the NFL scouting mix. “And the one stat I cared about was W’s, and we did fairly good in that class.”
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McCarthy made 654 go makes an attempt in his two years as a starter within the Wolverines’ run-heavy offense and had 713 go makes an attempt in his school profession. By comparability, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. had at the very least 550 makes an attempt in every of the previous two seasons, USC’s Caleb Williams had one season of 500 makes an attempt, and North Carolina’s Drake Maye had a season of 500 makes an attempt to go along with 425 final season.
However McCarthy, who’s the No. 23 participant on Mel Kiper Jr.’s newest Massive Board, led the Wolverines to 27 victories in his 28 profession begins, together with a win over Washington in January’s nationwide championship sport. It was one of the best profitable share for a starter in 5 a long time.
Resulting from what he termed “hamstring tightness,” McCarthy stated he wouldn’t take part within the broad leap or vertical leap in Saturday’s on-field exercise for quarterbacks on the mix however that he would throw.
McCarthy stated he has met with a lot of the groups within the higher half of the primary spherical. Requested about a number of of the groups particularly, the considerate McCarthy recited particular interactions with coaches and referred to as every of the conferences “superb.”
He has the scale (6-foot-3, 202 kilos) and mobility mixture groups are on the lookout for. McCarthy rushed for a mixed 508 yards in his two years as a starter with eight speeding touchdowns. McCarthy additionally led the Massive Ten final season with a 72.3 completion share and threw simply 4 interceptions.
Requested to provide a scouting report on himself, McCarthy stated Friday: “Powerful, gritty man who solely cares about profitable on the finish of the day. Loves the sport of soccer with a burning ardour, loves his teammates, just about all the pieces you need in a beginning quarterback.”
