J.J. McCarthy
QB #9 · Eagles · OVR 72 · Compare
Drafted: Madden 27 Fantasy Draft, Round 22, Pick 17 (#689 overall) by NE · 71 OVR then
Also in Madden 26: J.J. McCarthy, BAL · 97 OVR →
Player Info
- Age
- 23
- Height / Weight
- 75" / 219 lbs
- College
- Michigan
- Hometown
- La Grange Park
- Years Pro
- 2
- Draft
- Round 23, Pick 18 (2023)
Contract
- Cap Hit
- $1.6M
- Salary
- $6.2M
- Bonus
- $0.0M
- Years Left
- 4 of 4
Trade Value
85
overall 12.47 × normal 1 × age 23 1.16 × QB 1.75 × contract 1.3
A bargain: $1.6M against the $3.3M a player this good usually costs. 4 years left, which is what gives it weight.
This league's own model, not Madden's — EA publishes no trade value. It prices the contract as well as the player, because a team trading for him takes the number on too. How it works.
Market Value
Going rate
—/yr
no comparable player is negotiating right now
Currently paid
$1.8M/yr
median of 12 comparable contracts, including rookie deals still running
His deal
$1.6M/yr
not in a negotiating window
Going rate drawn from same position, any rating, what is paid from same position, ±5 OVR, same age group. Each group widens until it holds at least five players, so a small count means this profile is rare in the league and the figure deserves less weight. Annual value is total salary plus bonus over the length of the deal — not the cap hit, which Madden back-loads.
Ratings
Progression
- Oct 8, 2026 OVR 71 → 72
Season 9 · Madden 27
Playoffs only
No playoff games captured for this season.
Career
Earlier titles matched by name and college.
Awards
- Best Quarterback(NFC) · Season 5 · GB
Matched by name from the league's award announcements. All awards →
In the Chronicle
- Vol. 2, Issue 18 · Cincinnati and Denver both finish the regular season 17-0 — the first double-perfect season in league history — Jahmyr Gibbs closes with 3,126 rushing yards to shatter the single-season record, and Joe Burrow throws for 370 yards and four touchdowns to send Carolina into the offseason on a high note.
- Vol. 2, Issue 17 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 16-0 with one week left, Jahmyr Gibbs runs for 221 yards and four touchdowns to close in on the rushing record, and Riley Leonard's near-flawless day leads the Jets to a 37-0 shutout of New England.
- Vol. 2, Issue 16 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 15-0, a one-point classic decides the Game of the Week, and Warren Davis and Marvin Daniels turn a Broncos-Titans shootout into the highest-scoring game of the week.
- Vol. 2, Issue 14 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 13-0, Green Bay routs San Francisco in the Game of the Week, and a Jaguars running back breaks two all-time records in the same afternoon.
- Vol. 2, Issue 13 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 12-0, New England and Seattle combine for 115 points in the season's second-biggest shootout, and Jahmyr Gibbs closes in on the single-season rushing record with five games to play.
- Vol. 2, Issue 12 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 11-0, Josh Allen throws for 501 yards and seven touchdowns and still loses, and a Cardinals quarterback outlasts a shootout in Carolina.
- Vol. 2, Issue 10 · Three teams are still unbeaten through ten weeks, De'Von Achane runs for 248 yards and four touchdowns, and a Buccaneers tight end delivers the two touchdowns that hold off Cleveland.
- Vol. 2, Issue 9 · A rookie quarterback ends Washington's perfect season, Green Bay and Denver both push to 9-0, and a kicker in Los Angeles breaks a record that has stood since the league's first season.
- Vol. 2, Issue 8 · Green Bay and Denver both push to 8-0, Cincinnati and Washington join them at 7-0, and San Francisco's perfect season ends in New York as the league's unbeaten group narrows to exactly four.
- Vol. 2, Issue 7 · Two teams are still perfect after seven weeks, a fourth team joins the winless column, and Washington's quarterback still hasn't thrown a single interception.
- Vol. 2, Issue 5 · Five teams still perfect, two shutouts on the same afternoon, and a running back in Chicago nobody could bring down.
- Vol. 2, Issue 4 · A rushing record falls in Denver, four winless teams finally win, and Philadelphia wins by seventeen with nineteen passing yards.