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Meet Michigan commit J.J. McCarthy. He could be Jim Harbaugh's best QB recruit

Michigan 2021 QB commit J.J. McCarthy (La Grange Park, Ill.) does drills, including one borrowed from a play made by Aaron Rodgers, May 18, 2019. Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press

LA GRANGE, Ill. — It’s a bright Saturday morning, and J.J. McCarthy is explaining which routes he likes to throw.

McCarthy, a 4-star quarterback committed to Michigan in the class of 2021, is nearly halfway through a workout at Nazareth Academy, a Catholic school located just 30 minutes outside of Chicago that McCarthy led to a state title as a sophomore.

With a grin, McCarthy says he prefers to throw the “Cover 2 hole shot or post.