Trace McSorley On Signing With The Cardinals, His Penn State Career & Being TikTok’s Favorite QB

Catching up with Cardinals Quarterback and former Penn State teammate, Trace McSorley. We dive into Trace’s legendary Penn State career, the current state of college football, and the song about him that went viral on TikTok. Trace opens up about his first few years in the NFL, with both the Baltimore Ravens and now the Arizona Cardinals, as well as being doubted as a QB throughout his career and how he’s continuing to develop in the NFL.  

Timestamps:  

0:00- Playing for John Harbaugh 

0:53- Breneman Shows Up Intro Sequence 

1:11- Intro 

1:39- Trace’s welcome to Arizona 

4:28- Traveling around Montana 

5:38- Day-to-day in OTA’s 

6:43- NFL Offseason training and prep 

8:10- Kliff Kingsbury’s system & how he is as a coach 11:24- How Trace got to the Arizona Cardinals 

14:25- College football recruitment journey 

22:16- Playing and learning under Christian Hackenberg  

23:59- Penn State sanctions & sitting for first two years 

25:37- Becoming the starting QB at Penn State  

31:07- 2016 Penn State Football season 

35:35- Favorite moment of Penn State career 37:37- Bat swinging TD celebration 

39:37- NFL Draft process 

47:27- First two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens 

48:36- Playing for John Harbaugh 

49:57- Playing against the Steelers in 2020

53:02- Going to the Cardinals and moving to Arizona 

56:20- Difference between college football and the NFL  

58:11- QB height 

1:00:14- Trace’s QB1 

1:01:15- NIL & current state of college football 

1:06:48- Investments 

1:08:27- Trace’s TikTok song 

1:11:05- Expectations for Penn State 

1:13:11- Relationship with James Franklin 

1:13:44- Getting married 

1:15:59- Post NFL aspirations & having something outside of football 

1:23:00- Favorite Penn State bars 

1:27:15- First 30-min of Trace’s morning 

1:29:19- Best piece of advice received  

1:32:49- Trace’s WHY 

1:34:45- Outro