Just like last year, the Seattle Seahawks are checking in on many of the presumptive top quarterbacks in the NFL Draft. Will they actually take one this year? You have to wait until the end of April for that answer. J.J. McCarthy, a national champion at the University of Michigan, is not only the latest quarterback to meet with Seattle, he’s the latest Michigan player the Seahawks have spoken with at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. McCarthy even had a humorous line from the interview process.
“I did see right before my Seattle interview,” McCarthy said. “Funny story—he walked in there, obviously all over and all hugs and all that. As he was leaving, the Seattle Seahawks guys were saying ‘Oh you wouldn’t be here if Coach Carroll was still our head coach,” McCarthy added. Of course, Carroll and Jim Harbaugh were great rivals in college and the pros. Seattle has had no issues drafting from Harbaugh’s Michigan teams, including Mike Morris and Olu Oluwatimi in last year’s draf