Eagles will be well represented on Trey Lance’s professional day on Friday.
Albert Breer from SI.com tweeted on Thursday that Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen and quarterback coach Brian Johnson will be in Fargo, ND, to see North Dakota state quarterback Trey Lance.
This is interesting for a few reasons.
Lance and Carson Wentz are close friends, and it would certainly be ironic and utterly strange if the Eagles chose a second North Dakota quarterback in six years.
But also curious, considering that ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported earlier this week that Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie instructed his team of scouts to move on with Jalen Hurts as a full-back, which seems to prevent them from taking a defender. in the first round.
But there are so many unknowns in the draft that teams that do not have clear needs in a particular position will generally participate in all or most of the professional days of the best candidates in the draft.
The 1.80m and 90kg throw had an incredible 2019 season for Bison, completing 67% of his passes, throwing 28 touchdowns and no interceptions and running for 1,110 yards. North Dakota State went 16-0 and won the national FCS championship.
Last year, Lance played in just one game – North Dakota’s only fall game. He completed 15 of 30 passes for 149 yards with two TDs and his first INT career in a victory over Central Arkansas. North Dakota is playing this spring – they are 2-1 and ranked 5 on the FCS – but Lance is no longer on the program.
Breer also listed the Jets, Falcons, Lions, Panthers, Broncos, Saints and Washington as planning to attend Lance’s professional day, but presumably most of the 32 teams will be represented by someone.
Lance is expected to play on his professional day, but is not supposed to run or participate in agility exercises.
Lance is designed by virtually all recruiting analysts as one of the top 10 options.