The Next Great Quarterback Prospect (Is Someone You've Never Heard Of)

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🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Quarterback Trey Lance is projected to be a top-10 pick in this year's NFL draft. But the 20-year-old from North Dakota State has largely flown under the radar, overshadowed by big names like Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields. Lance and his family have bucked trends from the start, and his path to the NFL has seemed fast, and yet also circuitous. Tim Keown shares Lance’s story, and why he's captured the attention of NFL scouts everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I guess I'll start by, I guess, kind of introduce myself a little more.
0:06.6	My name is Trey Lance.
0:07.8	If you don't know who I am, I grew up in Marshall.
0:11.9	I think the furthest I've ever thrown in football is like 79 yards.
0:16.2	I think I could beat it now today, though, if I try.
0:20.1	That is quarterback Trey Lance, introducing himself to grade schoolers in his tiny hometown of Marshall, Minnesota.
0:28.6	And now to you.
0:31.6	The 20-year-old from North Dakota State is projected as a top 10 draft pick, maybe even top five.
0:39.3	But no top prospect in memory feels more mysterious or more perplexing to draft experts.
0:47.7	Today, the story of who Trey Lance is and how he got here.
0:54.7	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Wednesday, April 14th.
0:59.0	This is ESPN Daily.
1:04.2	Tim, thank you for joining me, man.
1:06.3	Hey, good to be here, Pablo.
1:07.9	So I'm bringing you on for a specific reason, and that is,
1:13.2	I don't know anything somehow still about Trey Lance. I feel like you could walk into the room I'm sitting in right now,
1:19.8	and I would not necessarily know if that is, in fact, Trey Lance. So how did you start your profile of
1:26.5	this guy, Tim?
1:33.1	Well, Pablo, it's interesting you'd say that because, you know, it's almost like he was created to torment NFL evaluators.
1:37.2	Tim Kewen is a senior writer for ESPN, whose profile of Trey Lance is on ESPN right now.
1:44.2	He's from an FCS school, even though he won a national championship.
1:47.9	He only had 17 starts.
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