ESPN: Is Notre Dame’s CJ Carr the Best QB in College Football?

ESPN’s take on Notre Dame starts with CJ Carr. In the clip, one analyst said the “quiet consensus” coming out of the Manning Academy was that Carr “is going to be projected as the top quarterback in college football coming in now,” putting the redshirt sophomore squarely in the national conversation before the season even starts.

The segment also added the obvious follow-up for Notre Dame: whether Carr has enough around him at receiver. Still, the bigger point was how highly he is being viewed right now. ESPN framed Carr as a player who is “positioned now” to become “a generational Notre Dame quarterback” and suggested that, if the season goes the way people around the program expect, that timeline could move quickly.

• The ESPN discussion was based in part on buzz from the Manning Academy in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
• The analyst described the Carr momentum as a “quiet consensus” among people watching quarterbacks there.
• Carr was specifically identified as a redshirt sophomore with the profile to rise fast.
• The main roster question raised in the clip was Notre Dame’s receiver support around him.
• ESPN’s wording was a projection, not a definitive claim that Carr is already the best quarterback in the sport.