The Vikings traded up to the No. 10 pick with the Jets to select quarterback J.J. McCarthy on Thursday at the NFL draft.
Vikings move up to the 10th pick through a trade with the Jets and take Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy. Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia. You can follow him via Twitter @SeifertESPN.
In the process, the Vikings preserved their second pick in the first round, No. 23 overall, which they acquired last month from the, whom the Vikings signed in March to a one-year contract as a potential bridge starter until their new quarterback was ready to play. At 6-foot-2, 219 pounds, McCarthy was 27-1 as a starter at Michigan over the past two seasons, which included the 2023 national championship. The lone loss was in the 2022 College Football Playoff semifinals against TCU, when Michigan scored 45 points and McCarthy totaled three touchdowns.
In between, they signed Hall of Famers nearing the end of their careers, including Warren Moon and Brett Favre -- and they tried to sign Dan Marino in 2000. They've put their hopes in veterans they thought could ignite otherwise talented teams, such as Jim McMahon , Randall Cunningham , Jeff George and Gus Frerotte .
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