The Saskatchewan Roughriders added quarterback Trey Lance to the negotiation list on Wednesday according to TSN CFL reporter Dave Naylor.
The CFL negotiation list allows teams to add up to 45 players that can be added, removed, or traded as long as they are not under contract with another football league. The negotiation list has seen plenty of players go to the CFL such as Dustin Crum, P.J. Walker, Taulia Tagovailoa, Tim White, Ontaria Wilson, and others.
Trey Lance is six foot four and weighs 226 pounds. The 24-year-old from Marshall, Minnesota, was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round (3rd pick) of the 2021 NFL Draft. He played two seasons in San Francisco completing 56 of 102 passes (54.9%) for 797 yards, five touchdowns, three interceptions, 38 carries for 168 yards, and one touchdown in eight games, of which four were starts.
In 2023, he completed 22 of 33 passes (66.7%) for 285 yards, two touchdowns, one interception, and five carries for no yards in two preseason games. On August 26, 2023, Lance was traded to the Dallas Cowboys for a 2024 fourth-round draft pick. Lance completed 25 of 41 (61%) for 266 yards, one interception, and 11 carries for 41 yards in four games. He became a free agent after the 2024 season.
Collegiately, Lance played three seasons at North Dakota State (2018-20) completing 208 of 318 passes (65%) for 2,947 yards, 30 touchdowns, one interception, 192 carries for 1,325 yards, 18 touchdowns, and one tackle (1 solo) in 19 games for the Bisons.
He was named First Team All-MVFC in 2019, Second Team All-American by AP, First Team All-American by Phil Steele, HERO, and STATS, MVFC Offensive Player of the Year in 2019, 2020 FCS Championship Game MVP, and a two-time FCS National Champion (2019-20). Lance won the Walter Peyton Award and the Jerry Rice Award in 2019.
Trey’s dad, Carlton, played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1993 making 34 tackles, nine tackles on special teams, two fumble recoveries, one touchdown, two sacks, three interceptions for 40 yards, one touchdown, and one kick return for 19 yards in 13 games helping the Roughriders reach the Semi-Final playoffs against the eventual champion Edmonton Eskimos.
