They can thank UCF defensive coordinator Randy Shannon, who put his former team on the scent of a talented player toiling in obscurity.
During the spring of 2015, Shannon visited the Houston area to check out four-star safety Derrick Tucker at Manvel High. Along the way, Shannon stumbled upon Trask, the team’s backup QB, and immediately was intrigued.
“The head coach [Kirk Martin] said, ‘Coach, I have this young man that you might need to take a look at,’” recalled Shannon, a UF defensive assistant at the time. “He had a tremendous arm. But the competitiveness in him was the biggest thing that I liked about him.