The strangest season of college football added another chapter Monday with news North Dakota State will have a one-game season to showcase its great quarterback Trey Lance, according to a report.
Sources: Top QB prospect Trey Lance will have a showcase game this fall. North Dakota State will play a lone game against Central Arkansas, which will be the buzz of NFL circles. https://t.co/bnCa1UOHfD
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) August 24, 2020
Yahoo’s Pete Thamel says NDSU will play Central Arkansas Nov. 3 in a one-game season.
North Dakota State recently signed a contract to play Central Arkansas on Oct. 3 in Fargo, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports. It will mark the only game the three-time defending FCS national champions will play this fall. Earlier this month, North Dakota State announced they would “not play football in the fall of 2020.”
The reversal for a lone game this fall gives NFL scouts a chance to spy Lance, NDSU’s redshirt sophomore quarterback who is shaping up to be one of the most unique quarterback prospects in draft history. As a redshirt freshman at NDSU, Lance went 16-0 as a starter, threw 28 touchdowns and no interceptions.
“I’d be shocked if he’s not a top-15 pick,” an NFL area scout who has watched Lance on film extensively this summer told Yahoo Sports. “I think he’s going to be right up in the top five with Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence.”
