Even at the age of 4, Trace McSorley didn’t want to stop wearing his football uniform.
For a year and a half, he paraded around his Virginia home in a Dan Marino Halloween costume -- complete with a Miami Dolphins plastic helmet -- and tended to playfully tackle whatever crossed his path, including his younger sister.
He’d watch whatever football game popped up on the living room TV. He’d chase after footballs like a dog fetching Frisbees. Later, in grade school, when his teammate missed a week of practice for a Hawaiian vacation, McSorley replaced him at quarterback, taking to the triple-option so deftly that his teammate returned a tight end.