Trace McSorley

Former quarterback at Penn State. 2018: 2,513 passing yards, 18 TD, 7 INT.

QB · Penn State · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 203 lb · Ashburn, VA

Baltimore — drafted 2019, Rd 6, Pick 24, #197 overall

Recruiting

3★

DUAL recruit

No. 566 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Penn State. 2018: 2,513 passing yards, 18 TD, 7 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2014.
Drafted round 6 by the Baltimore in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 9,882 passing yards — drafted at #197 overall by Baltimore.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Penn State3-star out of Briar Woods

2019

Drafted by Baltimoreround 6, pick 197

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#566 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #197

Baltimore · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 8th NFL season

#197Rd 6 · Pick 24

BaltimoreEntering 8th NFL season

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2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under James Franklin — 38-15 over that span.

2015Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (96th percentile). Strength: rush yards (96th percentile). Concern: completion % (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#7 / 169 · 96th pct

Rush yards#8 / 169 · 96th pct

799

Pass TDs#54 / 169 · 67th pct

Pass yards#62 / 169 · 64th pct

2513

Interceptions#83 / 169 · 48th pct

Fumbles lost#72 / 159 · 41st pct

Yards / att#105 / 169 · 37th pct

7.0

Completion %#140 / 169 · 17th pct

53.2%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home8g	215	1.4	7.8	0.4
Road5g	158	1.4	6.1	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	210	1.9	7.4	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	174	0.8	6.8	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Penn State	192	361	53.2%	2,513	7.0	18	7	124.2	--	--	--
2017	Penn State	284	427	66.5%	3,570	8.4	28	10	153.7	--	--	--
2016	Penn State	224	387	57.9%	3,614	9.3	29	8	156.9	--	--	--
2015	Penn State	20	40	50.0%	185	4.6	2	0	105.3	--	--	--
Career		720	1,215	59.3%	9,882	8.1	77	25	144.4	--	--	--

Season	Team
2018	Penn State	169	799	4.7	12	--
2017	Penn State	144	491	3.4	11	--
2016	Penn State	146	365	2.5	7	--
2015	Penn State	13	43	3.3	0	--
Career		472	1,698	3.6	30	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018

W 22–10

vs Wisconsin

160 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.0 · 9 rush yds (11 car)

With M. Sanders — 159 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD · B. Gillikin — 38 AVG · 44 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week