Penn State Football: Will Trace McSorley prove doubters wrong with Ravens?

At one point in time, Penn State football quarterback Trace McSorley was considered an early-round pick, but he slid in the 2019 NFL Draft.

After his junior season, Trace McSorley was considering an early departure for the NFL, but decided to come back for unfinished business and to improve his draft stock.

The Penn State quarterback would never say he regretted his decision to return to Happy Valley for one final season, though it could be labeled a disappointment, but his stock didn’t receive much help and he fell all the way to the sixth round to the Baltimore Ravens in the 2019 NFL Draft.

Joe Flacco is gone and the starter is Lamar Jackson, followed by Robert Griffin III, heading into the 2019 season. It’s a relatively open depth chart at the quarterback position but the only thing being talked about after he was drafted by Baltimore was his potential in the defensive backfield.

Todd McShay and Mel Kiper talked about him potentially playing cornerback and that being an option for the Penn State dual-threat.

Is he athletic enough to make the switch? Absolutely. Is that his best option? In my opinion, he’s still a more than serviceable option at quarterback and he feels the same way.

McSorley is going to do what he’s done best over the past few years and that’s prove doubters wrong. He finished his career with 9,899 yards and 77 touchdown passes and rushed for another 1,697 yards and 30 scores, showing his versatility — not quite to Jackson’s level, though.

But McSorley is a solid passer.

As a junior, he completed 66 percent of his throws before taking a major step back in 2018, completing just 53 percent. He has the ability, just needs to show the consistency.

If he can get back to what he was doing right in 2017, the Ravens may have just found themselves a guy who could push Jackson under center and prove all the doubters wrong.