{"id":138672,"date":"2025-09-07T05:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138672\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T05:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T05:06:09","slug":"minnesota-vikings-qb-j-j-mccarthy-and-the-big-business-that-made-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138672\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy and the big business that made him"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Skach\u2019s mother approached Holcomb, he feared she would come to confront him. Instead, she asked if he could return each Sunday to work with him. The sessions grew as Skach thrived that fall, and as Holcomb fielded interest from more families, he realized he could leave his corporate job and make a living training quarterbacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a huge blessing in disguise,\u201d Holcomb said. \u201cAnd then, it wasn\u2019t long after that J.J. walked in the door.\u201d <\/p>\n

Skach and McCarthy started working with Holcomb in middle school, which is when interest in private instruction seems to spike. Belle Plaine quarterback Reed Creighton started with Frisell before seventh grade, to get an edge on two other QBs he\u2019d be competing with in high school. When Vikings QB Max Brosmer sought a coach in sixth grade, Atlanta-based coach Quincy Avery, a former Minneapolis Washburn quarterback, gave him a free trial. Brosmer\u2019s family hired Avery shortly after, and the two still work together. Cam Ward, the No. 1 pick in the draft by the Titans, said he started with Houston-based coach Darrell Colbert Jr. after eighth grade.<\/p>\n

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Vikings quarterback Max Brosmer (12) calls out from the line of scrimmage in the third quarter of a preseason game against the New England Patriots on Aug. 16, 2025. (Anthony Souffle\/The Minnesota Star Tribune)<\/p>\n

As more young athletes seek extra training, Brosmer worries about the ones who are left behind because of cost. He\u2019s proud to work with Avery, he said, because he is willing to support kids who don\u2019t have the means to pay for training.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so expensive nowadays,\u201d Brosmer, 24, said. \u201cThere are third-graders having private coaches. I\u2019m not sure how people do it, and it shows the business of football at such an early age. But that\u2019s the world we live in. You\u2019re getting income now as a high schooler, which is insane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, the potential for a payoff is hard to ignore: Of the six first-round QBs in McCarthy\u2019s 2024 class, five were picked in high school for the Elite 11 camp<\/a>, which selects the country\u2019s best prospects from a series of regional tournaments. People told Holcomb he should start pursuing NIL deals for his 14-year-old son after he received scholarship offers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Skach\u2019s mother approached Holcomb, he feared she would come to confront him. Instead, she asked if he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-138672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}