Preparation should be Trace McSorley’s middle name. The Penn State football standout quarterback embodied that word and played every game like the national title. It all began with his first spring game and carried over every single offseason.
He didn’t rest easy with his accomplishments. McSorley made sure he was in the lineup to prove he had earned the starting job and deserved to keep it. Tommy Stevens never relented his pursuit of the starting gig, but McSorley never let him get close enough.
As a three-star, under-recruited QB from Virginia, he had a point to prove.