Sometimes s*** happens. Sometimes an unrelenting wave of s*** ruins things before they can even get off of the ground. Trey Lance's professional football career falls into the latter territory. Just two years after the San Francisco 49ers traded three first-round picks to select Lance with the third overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, his career with the team is all but over. The 49ers announced on Wednesday that Lance would be the third-string quarterback behind Sam Darnold and incumbent starter Brock Purdy.
The fact that Lance is third-string is not exactly surprising given that his play this preseason has been
North Dakota State was able to schedule one game against Central Arkansas — a game where Lance completed only 15 of his 30 passing attempts, but added two touchdowns on the ground with 143 rushing yards. Just like that, his college career was over with 17 starts, almost double what he did in high school. Between high school and college, Lance had started just 26 games. For comparison, Trevor Lawrence played 40 games at Clemson alone.
Lance played limited action, throwing 41 passes in the preseason and another 71 in the regular season, but this was part of a plan that seemed logical enough at the time.This is it! Lance's time to shine and play a full season as a starting quarterback! He had a much smaller preseason workload in 2022, only throwing 15 passes before taking over as the starter for the 49ers' offense.
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