Trey Lance will get one game to show off for NFL scouts in 2020

North Dakota State will play Central Arkansas in October, giving quarterback Trey Lance a showcase game heading into the 2021 NFL Draft

North Dakota State is giving their promising quarterback prospect one game to show off for NFL scouts this season.

The Bison announced Monday that they will play a single game this fall, an October 3rd date with Central Arkansas:

The Missouri Valley Conference in which NDSU plays has cancelled their 2020 schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Bison appear to be making their own plans for a one-night-only showcase for quarterback Trey Lance.

Lance is widely regarded as a potential first-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, coming off a redshirt freshman season in which he threw for 28 touchdowns and no interceptions. Bison offensive tackle Dillon Radunz is also a potential first-round prospect in this year’s class, and this game will give him a similar opportunity to show off for pro scouts just one more time before the predraft process begins.

Speaking of those scouts, it appears NDSU is planning to let them attend, per NFL.com’s Chase Goodbread:

From a draft perspective, it’s unlikely Lance will show scouts anything in this game that they haven’t already seen in his film from last season. They already know he can carve up FCS competition, but the real question will be what happens when he goes up against a defense full of NFL-caliber prospects.

As a redshirt sophomore, Lance won’t get the same opportunity former Bison star Carson Wentz got at the Senior Bowl before becoming the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.

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