'Trey Day': How Trey Lance's Hometown Celebrated The NFL Draft
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
When the San Francisco 49ers selected North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance with the third overall pick at the 2021 NFL Draft, it made headlines across the country. But nowhere did it generate more excitement than in his hometown of Marshall, Minnesota. The Athletic’s Dan Hayes recently traveled from the Twin Cities to the rural town that gave birth to one of college football's biggest stars, and Dan joins us today to talk about the town, why Trey Lance was so overlooked there, and how folks in Marshall rang in draft night.
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https://theathletic.com/2579305/2021/05/14/buzzer-beaters-and-trey-day-how-49ers-qb-trey-lance-was-groomed-and-celebrated-by-his-minnesota-hometown/
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| 0:46.0 | At the NFL Draft a few weeks ago, one of the biggest mysteries was which quarterback the San Francisco 49ers would take after trading up to the number 3 spot. |
| 1:01.0 | With the third pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers select trade lamps, quarterback North Dakota State. |
| 1:13.0 | And while trade lamps is selection there, made big headlines across the country, |
| 1:18.0 | nowhere did it generate more excitement than in Marshall, Minnesota. |
| 1:23.0 | I feel like my adrenaline rush still hasn't gone down. I was feeling at that whole day. |
| 1:28.0 | Pretty much shaking just all day because I couldn't wait. |
| 1:31.0 | They were signed everywhere. TV stations in high school, you know, nothing like this has ever happened in the town of Marshall. |
| 1:37.0 | The athletics Dan Hayes recently travelled to the rural city that gave birth to one of college football's biggest stars. |
| 1:42.0 | And he joins us today to talk about the town. Why trade lamps was so overlooked for so long there and what he's getting drafted meant to people back home. |
| 1:51.0 | They knew it was possible and they'd seen him grow up for all these years and there's sort of this pride and town about that. |
| 1:58.0 | The day knew it before the rest of the world did. It was like, hey, it's about time you guys finally figured out what we've known all along. |
| 2:06.0 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. It's Thursday, May 20th, and this is The Lead. |
| 2:15.0 | It felt like something great was happening. |
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