Will JJ McCarthy rebound from injury? Ex-Michigan star joins nine first-round QBs with zero starts as rookies

Minnesota Vikings rookie and former Michigan quarterback JJ McCarthy underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus and will miss the entire 2024 NFL season, the team announced Wednesday. The No. 1o pick in the 2024 NFL Draft will become the 10th first-round quarterback since 2000 to wrap his rookie season without a start. CBS Sports’ research team helped us identify the rest.

McCarthy joins a list featuring some of the greatest passers in the history of the NFL and some of the game’s biggest busts. Many remember former No. 1 overall pick Carson Palmer sat his entire rookie season behind Jon Kitna. Even more recall the tension between Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre as the future four-time MVP spent three whole seasons on the Green Bay Packers bench.

McCarthy will join Palmer and Rodgers’ understudy — Jordan Love — as one of four first-round quarterbacks with zero pass attempts as a rookie. Rodgers, Philip Rivers and Chad Pennington are the only first-round signal-callers since the turn of the century with zero starts in their first two seasons.

Here are the 10 first-round quarterbacks with zero starts as rookies since 2000: