@NDSUfootball/Twitter North Dakota State Bison quarterback Trey Lance.
In what will be their only football game this fall, North Dakota State and elite NFL prospect Trey Lance will host the Central Arkansas Bears at the Fargodome on Saturday, October 3.
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North Dakota State fans might never see star quarterback Trey Lance take the field in a Bison uniform again after Saturday.
Like most FCS leagues, the Missouri Valley Conference postponed its season due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the conference is allowing each of its teams to play one nonconference game in the fall.
Lance, a redshirt sophomore, would be one of the top quarterback prospects in the 2021 draft class should he decide to depart for the professional ranks.
“The No. 1 thing I can tell you and can tell our fans is that we’ve tried to give Trey as much input and information to him and his family as possible so that when the decision is made they can feel comfortable with it,” NDSU head coach Matt Entz said Monday, according to InForum. “But regardless I am going to continue to support that young man. He’s been an outstanding Bison.”
Last season, Lance’s first as a starter, he led the Bison to their third consecutive FCS national title. Across 16 games, he completed 66.9 percent of his passes for 2,786 yards and 28 touchdowns without an interception, adding 1,100 yards and 14 scores with his legs.
“I don’t know yet,” Lance said Monday regarding whether he’ll be with the Bison next season, per InForum. “I’ll talk to my family after the game and everything like that. I’m not going to let anything take away from the guys here. After the game on Saturday I’m sure I’ll get the same questions. I’m not going to have an answer for you then, either.”
The Bears, meanwhile, have already played three games; they have six more on the docket after Saturday’s matchup.
Their last time out, Central Arkansas erased a 13-point third-quarter deficit to best the Missouri State Bears 27-20 at home.
Quarterback Breylin Smith got the comeback started with a 7-yard touchdown pass to wideout Tyler Hudson late in the third, then the Bears got two scores without their offense in the fourth: Linebacker Dre Matthews returned a fumble 30 yards for a score, then Hudson hit pay dirt on a 57-yard punt return.
“Our guys believed,” Central Arkansas head coach Nathan Brown said, according to the Log Cabin Democrat. “You look up and down the sideline, you don’t see long faces. You don’t see guys with their feelings hurting.”
He added: “I think Breylin has poise at quarterback and that helps too. I think we have a lot of older guys on defense, they have poise. They have been on the field the last possession of games to win it a lot and that’s what they did here.”