New development:Wolverines star set new record consensus NFL Draft big board ahead of NFL Combine

Ahead of this week’s event in Indianapolis, we take a look at where all 18 players rank in the NFL Mock Draft Database’s consensus big board of prospects.

The 2024 NFL Scouting Combine figures to be a busy one for the 2023 Michigan football team. In fact, with a record 18 players invited and nearly half of them viewed as potential top-100 prospects, the Wolverines’ week in Indianapolis will be as busy as any college team’s has ever been.

Ahead of this week’s event in Indianapolis, we take a look at where all 18 players rank in the NFL Mock Draft Database’s consensus big board of prospects. Compiling both fan and media mock drafts and big boards, the site aims to offer a consensus view of where prospects rank. A whopping seven Michigan players are viewed by the site as top-100 prospects, and another six players are ranked in the top 225.

See where they all rank below. The Michigan Insider’s Alejandro Zuniga contributed to this story.

More than any other position, the most important stat for quarterbacks is winning, and McCarthy did a lot of it at Michigan. He led the Wolverines to back-to-back Big Ten championships, back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances and a national championship. Though U-M leaned on Blake Corum and its running game for much of McCarthy’s tenure, the clutch plays he made against Ohio State and the game-tying drive against Alabama demonstrate that irresistible clutch gene.

On a more tangible level: McCarthy possesses the requisite height and frame, the arm strength to make any throw on the field, and the speed and agility to either extend plays on the ground or make them himself.

While Michigan often called on McCarthy to manage games that it could control on the ground, he delivered in that role with aplomb. He threw one interception in 264 pass attempts over the final 12 games of the 2023 season. Though not named a captain, he was a selfless leader — Jim Harbaugh said repeatedly he was not only the program’s best-ever college QB, but that teammates should follow him “to hell and back” — who had no complaints about run-first game plans