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The 2024 NFL Scouting Combine is underway, and prospects across the country are looking to turn heads and enhance their draft stock.
And there are two big-name players, in particular, who RJ Young thinks have a chance to do exactly that: Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy and Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze.
On the latest edition of “The No. 1 College Football Show with RJ Young,” Young explained how McCarthy can showcase his upside at the next level in Indianapolis.
“The thing that I think frustrates us about J.J. is we just don’t know how good he can be. I say this because he needs to show that Michigan ran a predominately power run, gap scheme, duo kind of offense because that’s what the program does. That’s what they’re good at; that’s how they have built their identity, and he needed to work within that. So he needs to show that he can be the scheme when the scheme breaks down, and you know what, there are flashes of this in every game that he played,” Young said. “Either he’s about to get trucked and outrun somebody to the corner, or he throws an absolute dart to somebody that should not be open and gets them to be open. …
“He used to be the dude that was going to throw the ball to the other team. Now, he’s a guy that is making the educated and mature read and was not afraid to live for another play, and that is what you’re going to have to do as an NFL rookie, especially if you are drafted to start. Be J.J. McCarthy, and then everything else will take care of itself; I truly believe that. I don’t think he’s a top 25 player in this draft overall, but I do think that he can be a top-10 pick given what the quarterback position means in the NFL and given what he might be able to display in a combine and Pro Day environment.”
In what was his second season as the team’s full-time quarterback, McCarthy helped lead Michigan to a College Football Playoff Championship, totaling 2,991 passing yards, 22 passing touchdowns, four interceptions and a 167.4 passer…
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