Daily Norseman
Now that Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback J.J. McCarthy has been placed in the concussion protocol, it seems likely that backup quarterback Max Brosmer will get the start on Sunday against the Seahawks, although Kevin O’Connell said he’d wait to see how things go before making a decision on who will start at quarterback in Seattle.
Brosmer was signed as a UDFA by the Vikings after the draft this year and after a rough first few days in training camp progressed very well and made the active roster, which is exceedingly rare for a UDFA as a rookie. In fact, I believe Brosmer is the only UDFA quarterback who made an active roster as a rookie in the league right now.
Kevin O’Connell has spoken highly of Brosmer, who he first met when he attended the University of Minnesota pro day in 2024. Brosmer was not in the 2024 draft, but nevertheless O’Connell had the chance to see Brosmer work out and was impressed with what he saw and heard from him. He had a chance to see him again at the 2025 University of Minnesota pro day and again liked what he saw which ultimately led to the Vikings signing him after the draft as an undrafted college free agent.
Brosmer was born in Davenport, Iowa, grew up in Ohio, and then his family moved to Atlanta at the start of middle school where he played high school football at Centennial in Roswell and began working with quarterback coach Quincy Avery. He accepted an offer from New Hampshire over a couple others from Ivy League schools and a walk-on offer from Kirby Smart at Georgia.
He had a total of 49 starts over six years between New Hampshire and later the University of Minnesota in his final season of college football, which is a lot of experience. He ran pro-style offenses with both schools and was given a lot of play-calling responsibilities early on that some college quarterbacks never get. He is currently 24 years old- he turns 25 next March.
Brosmer had the 11th highest PFF passing grade (84.2) among the 2025 quarterback draft class for the 2024 college season. That was pretty consistent with but slightly better than his last three seasons at New Hampshire, despite moving from FCS to FBS/Big Ten competition.
His last season at Minnesota in 2024 he went 268/406 (66%) for 2,801 yards (6.9/attempt), 18 TDs and 6 INTs. His adjusted completion % (accuracy) was 77.5% (7th best among FBS starters) and his NFL passer rating was 94.5. He set the Gophers’ single season completion record (268). Over his entire college career, he went 953/1,498 (63.6%) for 10,801 yards (7.2/attempt), 87 TDs and 25 INTs.
Prior to the draft there were several scouting reports on Max Brosmer (6’2”, 217 lbs.) with a good deal of agreement between them, which isn’t always the case. Overall, his consensus/consolidated scouting report looks like this:
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