Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy will miss 2024 season with knee injury
Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy will miss the entire 2024 season after undergoing knee surgery, the team announced Wednesday.
Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy will miss the entire season after he underwent knee surgery, the team announced Wednesday.
McCarthy tore the meniscus in his right knee during the Vikings’ preseason opener Saturday, a 24-23 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. McCarthy played 30 snaps and threw a touchdown pass on his final play of the game.
On Tuesday, Minnesota coach Kevin O’Connell said doctors would determine during surgery whether McCarthy needed a meniscus trim — which would have allowed him to return this season — or a full repair. The surgery revealed McCarthy needed the full repair, sidelining him until 2025.
McCarthy, 21, was the 10th overall pick in April’s NFL draft. He spent three years at Michigan, where he went 27-1 and led the Wolverines to a national championship last season.
Minnesota drafted McCarthy after they moved on from Kirk Cousins, whom they did not re-sign this offseason after he spent six years with the team. McCarthy was the first QB Minnesota had selected in the first round since Teddy Bridgewater in 2014.
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