North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance is declaring for the 2021 NFL draft, he told Yahoo Sports in a phone interview. Lance’s decision means he’ll be leaving school and not playing in the upcoming Bison season, which has been postponed to the spring of 2021.
The decision continues one of the most dizzying career ascents in recent football history, as just 15 months ago Lance was an unknown redshirt freshman in a heated battle for the starting quarterback job in Fargo.
Lance is a redshirt sophomore who played the lone game of North Dakota State’s fall season on Saturday.