Is JJ McCarthy An Absolute Home Run As Fiancée Pens Bids Michigan Farewell.
J.J. McCarthy’s entire world will change Thursday night, when he’s expected to be taken in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
While he transitions to the pros, family, friends and loved ones will also see a shift in their lives.
McCarthy’s fiancée, Katya Kuropas, is ready to make the move from Ann Arbor to the NFL, and she penned a goodbye to Michigan on Instagram ahead of the draft.
Extremely delayed but… Reminiscing on how amazing this past season was,” Kuropas captioned a carousel of photos from the Wolverines’ 15-0 season capped by a national title.
“An abundance of blessings and the best memories. Feeling so grateful for everything that unfolded & for everyone that was part of it!! Sad to see this chapter go, but excited for the next one.”
McCarthy and Kuropas made their engagement official in January after five years together.
Where exactly the next chapter will take these two remains to be seen.
McCarthy is a true wild card heading into Thursday night in Detroit, the host city of the draft. The consensus No. 1 pick is USC’s Caleb Williams, who has been projected as the Chicago Bears’ next franchise quarterback after they traded Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
McCarthy has been projected in some mock drafts to be going as high as No. 2 to the Washington Commanders and as low as No. 11 to the Minnesota Vikings. Rumors about his draft stock have been flying for months, and they’ll continue until the draft begins.
McCarthy mentioned on the “Rich Eisen Show” that he spent the most time during the pre-draft process with the New York Giants, who own the No. 6 overall pick. He thinks he could figure out head coach Brian Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka’s scheme quickly given his familiarity with it from his Michigan days.
It was the Vikings that landed the National Champion quarterback who led his team to a 15-0 season in 2023. Technically Minnesota did trade up to get McCarthy, but they only traded up one pick in front of the Jets to grab him with the 10th pick.
McCarthy was the fifth quarterback to be taken in the first round. The first three taken were expected with Caleb Wiliams going first to the Bear, Jayden Daniels to the Commanders, and Drake Maye to the Patriots.
However, everyone thought McCarthy would have been the next QB off the board, but the Falcons surprised everyone by taking the quarterback McCarthy faced in the National Championship Michael Penix Jr. with the eight pick.
However, it seems like this is the best landing spot for McCarthy for many reasons and everyone, both fans and analysts alike, believes so too. Here are some of the best reactions and takes about McCarthy being drafted by the Minnesota Vikings.
Minnesota and hockey go together like peanut butter and jelly. It has come out that McCarthy is a huge hockey fan, but he is a fan of the Chicago Blackhawks, so Minnesota Wild fans will probably try to fix that problem. However, this now seems like even more of a perfect fit for McCarthy. Oh and he got a call from Wayne Gretzky, what a night for the kid.