Trey Lance is a small-town Minnesotan who's confident he can thrive as a franchise-defining quarterback on football's biggest stage. Finding out which team agrees with him will be one of the more intriguing and pivotal developments to unfold Thursday evening when the first round of the 2021 NFL draft is held in Cleveland.
"Whichever team picks me, they're getting a great human being who loves football," said Lance, the Marshall native who went 17-0 as a starter at North Dakota State. "I'm confident I'll be ready to go [this year]."
No one disputes the 6-4, 224-pounder's many physical attributes.