McCarthy to offer Michigan wins in draft interviews

• Jeff Legwold, ESPN Elder WriterMar 1, 2024, 08:48 AM ET

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  Jeff Legwold is a senior author who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL at ESPN. Jeff has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years, signing up with ESPN in 2013. He likewise helps with NFL draft protection, including his annual top 100 prospects. Jeff has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors because 1999. He has actually gone to every hunting integrate because 1987.

INDIANAPOLIS– Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy knows the other top quarterbacks in this year’s NFL draft have thrown more passes, completed more passes and may even had much more touchdowns.But McCarthy said he will take the one fact he thinks ideas the scale towards him.”You understand, like, stats for

me aren’t truly the huge thing, and all I truly appreciated was being the best teammate I could be and being the very best quarterback I could perhaps be,” McCarthy stated Friday at the NFL searching combine. “And the only stat I appreciated was W’s, and we did pretty good because classification.” Editor’s Picks 2 Associated McCarthy made 654 pass attempts in his 2 years

as a starter

in the Wolverines’run-heavy offense and had 713 pass attempts in his college profession. By comparison, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. had at least 550 efforts in each of the previous two seasons, USC’s Caleb Williams had one season of 500 attempts, and North Carolina’s Drake Maye had a season of 500 attempts to go with 425 last season.But McCarthy, who is the No. 23 player on Mel Kiper Jr.’s latest Big Board, led the Wolverines to 27 triumphes in his 28

profession begins, including a win over Washington in January’s championship game game. It was the very best gaining portion for a starter in 5 decades.Due to what he described “hamstring tightness,”McCarthy stated he would not participate in the long jump or vertical dive in Saturday’s on-field exercise for quarterbacks at the integrate but that he would throw.McCarthy stated he has consulted with the majority of the teams in the upper half of the first round. Asked about numerous of the teams specifically, the thoughtful McCarthy recited particular interactions with coaches and called each of the conferences “fantastic. “He has the size( 6-foot-3, 202 pounds )and movement mix teams are trying to find. McCarthy rushed for a combined 508 backyards in his 2 years as a starter with eight rushing touchdowns. McCarthy also led the Huge Ten last season with a 72.3 completion portion and threw simply 4 interceptions.Asked to offer a scouting report on himself, McCarthy said Friday:”Difficult, gritty guy who just cares about winning at the end of the day. Likes the game of football with a burning enthusiasm, enjoys his teammates, practically whatever you want

in a starting quarterback.”