Heading into the 2024 NFL Draft season, Caleb Williams and Drake Maye are widely considered the frontrunners to be the No. 1 overall pick and the first quarterback off the board in the draft come April. But Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh seems to think another quarterback will be the first one off the board.
During a recent appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Jim Harbaugh offered a shocking prediction that Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy – who Harbaugh coached at Michigan for three years – will be the top quarterback off the board in the 2024 NFL Draft.
“Arm talent, athleticism, ‘it’ factor, winning with numbing repetition. Don’t be surprised when he — if/when he goes to — he’s the No. 1 quarterback off the board. That’s my prediction right now,” Harbaugh told Cowherd. “When people get a load of J.J., and how he can throw the ball, how he spins it, his athleticism, his intelligence. Talk about ‘it’ factor. He’s got it. The competitiveness that he has. And they get around him, and they really start digging in, and they start talking to him. Yeah, that’s an early prediction for the 2024 NFL draft.”
Obviously, this prediction from Harbaugh caused a lot of reactions on social media.
I have 0 hope for the NFL if McCarthy is even the 5th QB off the board. https://t.co/gncrVC7rSK
— Lenny (@LenochnessMnstr) February 2, 2024
Harbaugh is going to do the movie Draft Day IRL and trade up to pick JJ first overall https://t.co/8reqnnmY1c
— Championship Connoisseur (@UMvsEveryone) February 2, 2024
Jim Harbaugh trying to convince an opposing team to waste a top pick on a bad quarterback.
The gamesmanship! https://t.co/YA4giZGrII
— kevin harrish (@Kevinish) February 2, 2024
If JJ McCarthy is drafted number one, it’s because the Chargers traded up https://t.co/HwxzF7fsk9
— Walk-On Redshirts (@walkonredshirts) February 2, 2024
https://twitter.com/MGoJDBlue/status/1753504561698848847?s=20
Wake up babe draft madness season has begun https://t.co/fO6LF0IuAU
— Connor Rogers (@ConnorJRogers) February 2, 2024
Jim was calling like 10 pass plays a game with him cmon now https://t.co/wIQ44KgDHY
— Zach Hicks (@ZachHicks2) February 2, 2024
We’ll have to see whether or not this prediction holds true for Harbaugh.
[The Herd]
