We're Giving Away Five JJ McCarthy Rookie Cards. Here's How to Win One.

Five readers. Five cards. One drawing on October 1.

Victors' Desk was built on a simple idea: Michigan fans deserve coverage that isn't chasing a corporate content quota. No paywalls, no autoplay video ads stacked four deep, no headlines written for an algorithm instead of a person. Just people who care about this program writing about it for people who care about this program.

That only works if there are people on the other end. So we're saying thank you the best way we know how.

We're giving away five JJ McCarthy rookie cards to five readers. Entry is free, it takes about ninety seconds, and the drawing is on October 1, 2026.

What you can win

Panini Contenders No. 8 Rookie

Panini SELECT No. 24 Rookie

Panini Mosaic No. 21 NOTORIETY Rookie

Panini Donruss Optic No. 10 Rookie

Panini Prizm No. 19 Rookie

Five winners. One card each.

How to enter

Two steps. Both free.

1. Create a Victors' Desk account. Sign in with Google at victorsdesk.com — it takes one click and no password. An account also lets you comment on articles, post in the forum, and save your progress in Hardwood Dynasty.

2. Subscribe to Dose of the Desk. Our weekly newsletter — everything we published, plus what actually mattered in Ann Arbor that week. One email a week. Unsubscribe whenever you want.

That's it. No purchase, no sharing requirement, no tagging three friends in a comment section. Do both of those things before the deadline and you're in the drawing.

Key dates

Entry opens August 2, 2026 Entry closes September 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET Drawing October 1, 2026 Winners notified By email, within 48 hours of the drawing

Winners will be selected at random from everyone who has both an active account and an active newsletter subscription as of the deadline. We'll announce the winners on the site and on social once everyone has confirmed.

Official rules

No purchase necessary. Entry is free and nothing is for sale on this site.

Eligibility. Open to legal residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 or older as of September 30, 2026. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of Victors' Desk and members of their immediate households are not eligible.

How to enter. Create a free account at victorsdesk.com and subscribe to the Dose of the Desk newsletter using the same email address. Limit one entry per person. Duplicate accounts, disposable email addresses, and automated entries will be disqualified.

Drawing and odds. Five winners will be selected at random on October 1, 2026 from all valid entries. Odds of winning depend on the total number of entries received.

Prizes. Five (5) JJ McCarthy rookie cards, one per winner. Approximate retail value of each prize: $[AMOUNT]. Total approximate retail value: $[AMOUNT]. Prizes are not transferable and no substitutions or cash equivalents will be offered. Winners are responsible for any applicable taxes.

Winner notification. Winners will be contacted at the email address on their account within 48 hours of the drawing and must respond with a shipping address within seven days. If a winner does not respond within seven days, an alternate winner will be drawn.

Shipping. Prizes will be shipped within the United States at no cost to the winner.

Privacy. Email addresses collected through this giveaway are used only to run the giveaway and to send the newsletter you signed up for. We don't sell them and we don't share them. See our privacy policy for the full picture.

Sponsor. Victors' Desk, founded and operated by Jacob Tilley. Questions about the giveaway: jtilley02rio@gmail.com.

Not affiliated with the University of Michigan, the Michigan Athletic Department, the National Football League, the Minnesota Vikings, JJ McCarthy, or any card manufacturer. This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Meta, X, Instagram, or any other platform.

One last thing

If you've been reading since the first week, you already know this site is new. Every subscriber genuinely changes what's possible here — more writers, more history pages, more of the stuff nobody else is bothering to cover.

So thanks. Go make an account, get on the list, and we'll see you October 1.

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