The Florida quarterback was selected with the final pick in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft on Friday. He landed with the Buccaneers, and, well . . .
There’s a guy named Tom Brady currently rostered with the Bucs, and he’s coming off his seventh Super Bowl victory and first with Tampa Bay.
Brady also inked a contract extension this offeason, locking him into the Bucs for at least one more season, through 2022.
Trask was once considered a potential first-round QB, but questions about arm strength, mobility and mechanics landed him at pick No. 64 and as a backup to Brady. Not a bad spot to land if he’s strictly a pocket passer, as he gets to play behind arguably the greatest pocket passer in NFL history.
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He had a monster season as a Gators senior in 2020, tossing the ball to first-round picks Kyle Pitts and Kadarius Toney. Trask threw 43 touchdowns to just eight interceptions.
The NFL world reacted accordingly to the budding completely non-existent quarterback controversy in Tompa Bay.
