BOSTON — The NFL offseason is a wierd time. And the strangest a part of this offseason has been the meteoric rise of 1 Mr. J.J. McCarthy.
The 21-year-old final suited up for a soccer sport on Jan. 8, when he received a nationwide championship with Michigan. On the time, he was extensively thought of to be a late-first spherical or possibly early second-round decide. Since then, regardless of taking part in in zero soccer video games, McCarthy has shot up draft boards. It is to the purpose the place some mock drafts have him being taken with the No. 2 or No. 3 total decide.
It is … quite a bit.
Whereas actually, a draft prospect can impress coaches and entrance workplaces throughout interviews and conferences, it is nonetheless a bit troublesome to grasp a participant having such a meteoric rise come out of nowhere.
And, hey, who is aware of, possibly it is all 100% factual. Perhaps the Commanders love McCarthy. Perhaps the Patriots do, too. Perhaps he shall be taken as excessive as some individuals are actually predicting. Or possibly it is all smokescreens and misdirection, as executives attempt to construct no matter narrative they need to use to their benefit.
However on the very least, the collegiate stats put up by McCarthy should not befitting of a excessive decide. Not less than not this 12 months.
J.J. McCarthy’s Faculty Stats
Think about this: McCarthy began 28 video games for Michigan. In these 28 video games, McCarthy accomplished 15 or fewer passes in 15 of them. That’s to say, in additional than half of his video games performed, McCarthy accomplished 15 or fewer passes. And in three of these video games, he completed with a single-digit completion quantity. (He was 8-for-17 towards Nebraska in 2022, he was 8-for-13 towards Bowling Inexperienced final 12 months, and he was 7-for-8 final 12 months towards Penn State. Michigan received all three video games by a mean rating of 30-8. Make of that what you’ll.)
McCarthy additionally had 13 begins with underneath 200 passing yards, and he had simply three profession video games with 300-plus passing yards.
By way of touchdowns, McCarthy threw zero of them in eight of his begins. He threw only one landing in 5 begins, and two touchdowns in seven video games. He threw three touchdowns in a sport eight instances, and greater than three simply as soon as, when he threw 4 touchdowns towards Michigan State final 12 months.
By way of the spectacular numbers, McCarthy’s might be present in his lack of interceptions. He threw three interceptions as soon as (towards Bowling Inexperienced, by some means) and two interceptions as soon as (towards TCU), however in any other case both threw one interception (six instances) or zero interceptions (32 instances) within the 40 video games that he took the sector.
How J.J. McCarthy’s Stats Examine To Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye
That is actually the place the separation between the highest three quarterbacks and McCarthy stands out — once more, speaking strictly from a statistical standpoint.
Caleb Williams had 10 video games with 4 or extra landing passes, whereas Drake Maye had six and Jayden Daniels had 5. McCarthy had one.
Williams had 15 video games with 300-plus passing yards. Daniels had 14, and Maye had 12. Once more, McCarthy had three.
Williams additionally had 5 video games with 30 or extra completions, whereas Maye had three and Daniels had two. McCarthy did not have any.
Daniels was clearly a prolific rusher, operating for 2 or extra touchdowns seven instances, although Williams additionally had six video games with two or extra dashing touchdowns. Maye discovered the tip zone on the bottom twice in a sport on three events, whereas McCarthy scored two dashing touchdowns in a sport simply as soon as.
And although every quarterback’s taking part in time diverse, the disparity within the uncooked stats is simply too nice to disregard.
Passing Yards
Daniels: 12,750
Williams: 10,082
Maye: 8,018
McCarthy: 6,226Passing TDs
Williams: 93
Daniels: 89
Maye: 63
McCarthy: 49Speeding Yards
Daniels: 3,307
Maye: 1,209
Williams: 966
McCarthy: 632Speeding TDs
Daniels: 34
Williams: 27
Maye: 16
McCarthy: 10
Clearly, there’s much more to quarterbacking than statistics can present. And with Michigan being so good throughout McCarthy’s two seasons as starter (they went 28-1), he was clearly doing what wanted to be finished for the Wolverines to win video games. And there have been loads of quarterbacks who stuffed up the stat sheets in school solely to wrestle within the professional sport. Groups additionally should not predictable relating to drafting quarterbacks excessive within the draft, with instances like Jake Locker at No. 8 being notably memorable. Understood.
It is simply troublesome to imagine that with out some historical past of explosive playmaking at crucial place on the sector that any group — not to mention a number of groups — would critically think about spending a top-three and even top-five decide on this participant.
Finally, we’ll discover out simply how a lot groups are literally in love with McCarthy when picks begin coming off the board on April 25. From the skin, he nonetheless seems to be a quarterback who belongs within the second tier of prospects.
BOSTON — The NFL offseason is a wierd time. And the strangest a part of this offseason has been the meteoric rise of 1 Mr. J.J. McCarthy.
The 21-year-old final suited up for a soccer sport on Jan. 8, when he received a nationwide championship with Michigan. On the time, he was extensively thought of to be a late-first spherical or possibly early second-round decide. Since then, regardless of taking part in in zero soccer video games, McCarthy has shot up draft boards. It is to the purpose the place some mock drafts have him being taken with the No. 2 or No. 3 total decide.
It is … quite a bit.
Whereas actually, a draft prospect can impress coaches and entrance workplaces throughout interviews and conferences, it is nonetheless a bit troublesome to grasp a participant having such a meteoric rise come out of nowhere.
And, hey, who is aware of, possibly it is all 100% factual. Perhaps the Commanders love McCarthy. Perhaps the Patriots do, too. Perhaps he shall be taken as excessive as some individuals are actually predicting. Or possibly it is all smokescreens and misdirection, as executives attempt to construct no matter narrative they need to use to their benefit.
However on the very least, the collegiate stats put up by McCarthy should not befitting of a excessive decide. Not less than not this 12 months.
J.J. McCarthy’s Faculty Stats
Think about this: McCarthy began 28 video games for Michigan. In these 28 video games, McCarthy accomplished 15 or fewer passes in 15 of them. That’s to say, in additional than half of his video games performed, McCarthy accomplished 15 or fewer passes. And in three of these video games, he completed with a single-digit completion quantity. (He was 8-for-17 towards Nebraska in 2022, he was 8-for-13 towards Bowling Inexperienced final 12 months, and he was 7-for-8 final 12 months towards Penn State. Michigan received all three video games by a mean rating of 30-8. Make of that what you’ll.)
McCarthy additionally had 13 begins with underneath 200 passing yards, and he had simply three profession video games with 300-plus passing yards.
By way of touchdowns, McCarthy threw zero of them in eight of his begins. He threw only one landing in 5 begins, and two touchdowns in seven video games. He threw three touchdowns in a sport eight instances, and greater than three simply as soon as, when he threw 4 touchdowns towards Michigan State final 12 months.
By way of the spectacular numbers, McCarthy’s might be present in his lack of interceptions. He threw three interceptions as soon as (towards Bowling Inexperienced, by some means) and two interceptions as soon as (towards TCU), however in any other case both threw one interception (six instances) or zero interceptions (32 instances) within the 40 video games that he took the sector.
How J.J. McCarthy’s Stats Examine To Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye
That is actually the place the separation between the highest three quarterbacks and McCarthy stands out — once more, speaking strictly from a statistical standpoint.
Caleb Williams had 10 video games with 4 or extra landing passes, whereas Drake Maye had six and Jayden Daniels had 5. McCarthy had one.
Williams had 15 video games with 300-plus passing yards. Daniels had 14, and Maye had 12. Once more, McCarthy had three.
Williams additionally had 5 video games with 30 or extra completions, whereas Maye had three and Daniels had two. McCarthy did not have any.
Daniels was clearly a prolific rusher, operating for 2 or extra touchdowns seven instances, although Williams additionally had six video games with two or extra dashing touchdowns. Maye discovered the tip zone on the bottom twice in a sport on three events, whereas McCarthy scored two dashing touchdowns in a sport simply as soon as.
And although every quarterback’s taking part in time diverse, the disparity within the uncooked stats is simply too nice to disregard.
Passing Yards
Daniels: 12,750
Williams: 10,082
Maye: 8,018
McCarthy: 6,226Passing TDs
Williams: 93
Daniels: 89
Maye: 63
McCarthy: 49Speeding Yards
Daniels: 3,307
Maye: 1,209
Williams: 966
McCarthy: 632Speeding TDs
Daniels: 34
Williams: 27
Maye: 16
McCarthy: 10
Clearly, there’s much more to quarterbacking than statistics can present. And with Michigan being so good throughout McCarthy’s two seasons as starter (they went 28-1), he was clearly doing what wanted to be finished for the Wolverines to win video games. And there have been loads of quarterbacks who stuffed up the stat sheets in school solely to wrestle within the professional sport. Groups additionally should not predictable relating to drafting quarterbacks excessive within the draft, with instances like Jake Locker at No. 8 being notably memorable. Understood.
It is simply troublesome to imagine that with out some historical past of explosive playmaking at crucial place on the sector that any group — not to mention a number of groups — would critically think about spending a top-three and even top-five decide on this participant.
Finally, we’ll discover out simply how a lot groups are literally in love with McCarthy when picks begin coming off the board on April 25. From the skin, he nonetheless seems to be a quarterback who belongs within the second tier of prospects.
