The case
Started all 12 games in 2025, passing for 2,741 yards and 24 touchdowns with a 66.7% completion rate.
QB · Notre Dame · Junior
CJ Carr
1st Bowman verifiedCHROME AUTOPAPER AUTO
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PLAYER STATS
2026 season & career
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SCOUTING NOTEBOOK
The read right now
The second-year starting sample offers a useful accuracy baseline. The Rice performance is encouraging evidence, with opponent quality limiting how far to extrapolate.
The production
2026: 239 passing yards and two touchdowns against Wisconsin, followed by 253 yards and four touchdowns against Rice.
Latest game
The bio’s explicitly labeled 2026 section records 18 completions for 234 yards and a fourth-quarter rushing touchdown against Michigan State. The URL retains an older season label.
NEXT CHECK
Evaluate accuracy and turnover control over the next complete passing sample.
BOWMAN CHECKLIST
His 2026 Bowman cards
Paper and Chrome are separate prospect entries. Prospect autographs add a verified signature checklist appearance; inserts and variations are separate collecting paths. This is a format hierarchy, not a price or scarcity ranking.
Only the specific Topps example below is verified. The complete parallel and serial-number matrix remains unknown; serial numbering does not establish the total print run across all versions.
Topps explicitly describes a Chrome Prospect Autographs 1st Bowman SuperFractor with a Go Irish inscription. The article text does not supply its serial number.
Verified serial: Unknown from cited text
Source 1: Topps: 2026 Bowman Football collector guide (September 21) ↗Source 2: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗2 base appearances · 5 autograph appearances · 11 insert / variation appearances. Counts describe checklist rows, not distinct print runs.
These are the official checklist appearances we have mapped. We only show serial numbering when we can source it.
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1ST BOWMAN
Is this his 1st Bowman?
1st Bowman verifiedWhy we call it this · 1 source
Topps explicitly identifies CJ Carr among the 2026 release’s first-Bowman prospects. This verifies the prospect designation, not a logo on every insert or autograph.
Checked 2026-09-22 · high confidence Source 1: Topps: 2026 Bowman Football collector guide (September 21) ↗
Older Bowman check: 12 releases, 6,186 checklist rows
Direct evidence is listed below.
Name search: "CJ Carr" Bowman
Complete Bowman U NOW archive pagination was inaccessible (403); indexed coverage is incomplete. Same-name legacy Bo Jackson results refer to the Auburn legend and are excluded. Regional/team releases without available first-party checklists remain unverified.
Source 1: 2021-22 Bowman University Football ↗Source 2: 2022 Bowman University Chrome Football ↗Source 3: 2022-23 Bowman University Best Football ↗Source 4: 2022-23 Bowman University Inception ↗Source 5: 2023 Bowman University Chrome Football ↗Source 6: 2023 Bowman University Best Football ↗Source 7: 2023 Bowman University Chrome Football Sapphire ↗Source 8: 2024 Bowman University Chrome Football ↗Source 9: 2024 Bowman University Best Football ↗Source 10: 2024 Bowman University Chrome Football Sapphire ↗Source 11: 2025 Bowman University Chrome Football Checklist ↗Source 12: 2025 Bowman University Best Football ↗RESEARCH FILEIdentity, open questions & evidence gapsOpen file
Notre Dame; QB; Junior; 6-2; 215 lb.
Source 1: Notre Dame: CJ Carr official profile ↗- school
- Notre Dame (verified)
- position
- QB (verified)
- class
- Junior (verified)
- Date of birth
- Unknown (unknown)
- measurements
- 6-2 / 215 lb (verified)
- recruiting
- High-school recruiting history not yet independently verified. (unknown)
- 2026 statistics
- Dated game evidence through 2026-09-19; complete season totals not verified. (partial)
- Draft eligibility
- Unknown (unknown)
- NFL consensus
- Unknown (unknown)
- Next catalyst
- Evaluate accuracy and turnover control over the next complete passing sample. (editorial)
- Full date of birth not verified; age is not inferred from class.
- Complete 2026 cumulative statistics through September 21 are not verified; dated games and prior seasons remain separately labeled.
- Draft eligibility and a current independent NFL consensus remain unverified; a school award or watch list is not consensus.
- Verified athletic testing, availability history and position-specific advanced charting are incomplete.
PPG METHODHow the 80.4 grade was built60% supported
We have support for 60% of the normal grade inputs. A player needs at least 60% before we publish a PPG. Missing pieces stay missing.
| Component | Weight | Score / confidence | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | 25% | 80medium | 66.7% completions and 24 TD across 12 starts provide an efficient passing baseline.Source 1: Notre Dame: CJ Carr official profile ↗ |
| ageClass | 15% | 80medium | A full starting season by his second college year supports early-stage production.Source 1: Notre Dame: CJ Carr official profile ↗ |
| role | 15% | 85medium | Started all 12 games in 2025 and both documented opening games in 2026.Source 1: Notre Dame: CJ Carr official profile ↗ |
| physical | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
| pedigree | 5% | 70medium | Four-star recruiting profile with substantial variation in published ranks.Source 1: Notre Dame: CJ Carr official profile ↗ |
| consensus | 20% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
| risk | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
GRADE HISTORYGrade history80.4 PPG · 8 checks · unchanged
No meaningful grade movement yet. We keep the checks so the first real change has a clean baseline.
| Date | PPG | 7d / 30d / season | Rank | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17T12:00:03.513Z | 80.4 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 3 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-17T12:01:03.832Z | 80.4 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 3 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 · correction |
| 2026-09-17T12:13:29.755Z | 80.4 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 3 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T11:45:00.635Z | 80.4 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 7 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T16:34:28.321Z | 80.4 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 7 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T12:51:43.562Z | 80.4 | -14.8 / Not measured / Not measured | 7 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T14:48:24.458Z | 80.4 | -14.8 / Not measured / Not measured | 7 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-24T04:16:58.722Z | 80.4 | -14.8 / Not measured / Not measured | 7 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
PROVENANCE
Sources
Card identity checked 2026-09-16 · Player research updated 2026-09-22
Open 5 sources
- 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- Notre Dame: CJ Carr official profile ↗ · Notre Dame · checked 2026-09-16
- CJ Carr: official observation, 2026-09-19 ↗ · fightingirish.com · checked 2026-09-22
- Topps: 2026 Bowman Football collector guide (September 21) ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-22
- ESPN: CJ Carr vs. Michigan State Spartans ↗ · ESPN · checked 2026-09-23