Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy is expected to be selected somewhere in the first 10 picks of the 2024 NFL Draft on Thursday night.
But if the 21-year-old signal-caller had it his way, there’s one team in particular, he revealed on “The Adam Schefter Podcast,” that he’d prefer to play for — a team he’s been linked to several times over the last few weeks: the Minnesota Vikings.
“It would mean the world just because coach (Kevin) O’Connell, he’s a guy that I’d run through a brick wall for,” McCarthy said. “Everything that he wants to do with his football team is something that I want to be a part of. Obviously, being in the NFC North, being a Bears fan my entire life, and being able to play at Soldier Field and stay in the Midwest and all that good stuff would be just a dream come true. I love what they’re building. Obviously, the weapons there are limitless.”