Notre Dame QB CJ Carr just put the college football world on notice
Notre Dame is set for a revenge tour in 2026 after being left out of the College Football Playoff last season.
Quarterback CJ Carr could be the key to getting the Fighting Irish back to the national championship.
In his first season as a starter, Carr threw for 2,741 yards, 24 touchdowns, and six interceptions. Had ND trusted him in their opener against Miami last year, the Irish might have made the CFP.
On his podcast this week, Todd McShay argued Carr was the MVP of the 2026 Manning Passing Academy this month that included fellow college quarterbacks Arch Manning and Julian Sayin.
McShay noted that Carr was the most popular name at Nicholls State in Thibodaux, Louisiana, this summer when asked which quarterback was the most impressive. Peyton Manning and Eli Manning used Carr as an example for drills.
“It was wild to see what’s between his ears in terms of the game of football, and then to watch him throw the football in everything he did,” McShay said of Carr. “I mean, whether it was the one-on-ones, whether it was the Eli and Peyton stuff, and you can always, like Peyton, was going to him, ‘All right, we’re going to, let’s run this play action thing. ‘CJ, come here. You show him.’
“And so that’s like an indicator when Eli and Peyton know who the guy is, that tells you something. And then the next night Friday night, that’s what I would have asked. He’s like, he’s hitting every single thing… But like in terms of just hitting targets and being on, Carr jumped out to me in every way, shape, and form.”
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McShay said Carr was able to read defenses and predicted what they’d do based on how the secondary lined up. He compared the Irish quarterback to some big names in the NFL, including Tom Brady and Drew Brees.
“Man, when you think about like Brady and Brees and you think about like the modern day, even like (Fernando) Mendoza last year, talking about like repetitive, like repeatable form mechanics,” McShay said.
“It’s like, I don’t want to say robotic because he’s not a robotic player, but like when it comes to footwork, timing, ball out, just standing there, watching him even like warming up, like hands here, bang, hand here.”
Carr was impressive in his first season, and his growth should be on display this fall. With a relatively easy schedule this season, Carr will have to prove how much he’s learned when Notre Dame plays Miami on Nov. 7.
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