When they step on the field this upcoming Sunday for a Week 13 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks, the Minnesota Vikings could be trotting out undrafted rookie Max Brosmer as their starting quarterback for the contest.
Following Minnesota's announcement on Monday that J.J. McCarthy has entered the concussion protocol, Brosmer is now on track to start under center in Seattle this weekend.
A good portion of Vikings fans are familiar with Brosmer, since he played his college ball right down the road from U.S. Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota. But for those who aren't as up to speed on the undrafted rookie's journey, let's take a look at how he eventually landed a spot on the Vikings' roster this season.
Who is Minnesota Vikings QB Max Brosmer?
After attending high school in Roswell, Georgia, Brosmer began his college football career at the University of New Hampshire in 2019.
As a true freshman, he began New Hampshire's 2019 season as the school's starting quarterback. In 11 games that year, he completed 58.8 percent of his passes for 1,967 yards, 12 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.
After the school only played one game in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a torn ACL unfortunately prevented Brosmer from playing at all in the 2021 season for New Hampshire.
But he returned from his injury with a vengeance, as he finished the 2022 campaign at the school with a 62.6 percent completion rate, 3,154 passing yards, 27 touchdowns, and only eight interceptions.
Brosmer followed that performance up with an even better season in 2023 when he completed 64 percent of his passes for 3,464 yards, 29 touchdowns, and five interceptions. His passing yardage and touchdown totals led all FCS quarterbacks across the nation in 2023, and his efforts resulted in him earning a First-Team FCS All-American selection that year.
Following Brosmer's impressive success at New Hampshire in 2022 and 2023, he transferred to the University of Minnesota before the start of the school's 2024 season.
In his lone year as the Golden Gophers' starting quarterback, he helped lead the school to an 8-5 record by completing 66.8 percent of his throws for 2,617 yards, 17 touchdowns, and just five interceptions.
Brosmer's performance at Minnesota wasn't good enough to get him selected in the 2025 NFL Draft, but it did result in the Vikings eventually signing him as an undrafted free agent.
That's apparently all the motivation he needed, as he ultimately impressed Minnesota's coaching staff and front office enough during training camp and the preseason to convince them to keep him on the team's final 53-man roster for the 2025 season.
After beginning the year as the Vikings' No. 3 quarterback on the team's depth chart, he was bumped up to the No. 2 spot behind J.J. McCarthy after Carson Wentz was forced to have season-ending surgery to repair an injured shoulder.
Now, with McCarthy injured again, the chances seem high that Brosmer will get to make his first-ever NFL start on Sunday against the Seahawks. If he does start, hopefully he's able to use some of that magic he put on display as a record-setting quarterback in college.