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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Former North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance made his NFL preseason debut for the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday, Aug. 14, at Levi's Stadium.
Lance made an early impact, throwing an 80-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Trent Sherfield late in the first quarter to cut the Kansas City lead to 7-6 after a missed extra point.
On the play, Lance rolled to his left before throwing back across the field and hitting Sherfield in stride past the 50-yard line before Sherfield raced the final 45 yards into the end zone.
Lance entered the game midway through the first quarter after veteran quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo made the start for San Franscisco. The 49ers selected Lance with the third overall selection in the most recent NFL Draft.
Below are images, videos and reactions from Lance's first preseason NFL action, including postgame sound from Lance:
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TREY AREAAAA#KCvsSF
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Trey Lance…just like riding a bike. Beautiful.
Trey Lance has done a lot of rolling to that off-side in practice. He sets up and fires so impressively. That particular throw to Sherfield was even more impressive than the many eye-popping ones in practice. Made KC’s secondary look like it was in quicksand
This angle of Trey Lance’s 80 yard TD is epic #49ers || #FTTB
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Lance tosses 80-yard touchdown on a beautiful throw. Let the calls begin for him to be the team's Week 1 starter.
Trey Lance is that dude. Rip the bandaid off, start him in Week 1, and live with the rookie bumps in the road.
Huge comps to Russell Wilson vs. Matt Flynn for Seahawks in 2012. Play the upside. Period.
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Trey with a big gain out of his own end zone pic.twitter.com/4v4Yn1J1zm
Trey Lance pinned against his own endzone? How about 34 yards to an open TE Charlie Woerner. That'll help. #49ers
Trey Lance talks about his #NFLPreseason debut. https://t.co/il4keQjDIu
Let’s go to work. #KCvsSF | #NFLPreseason pic.twitter.com/soj43RfCVo
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Trey coming out of the tunnel pic.twitter.com/ARQT46JC7Y
#49ers Deebo Samuel is excited for Trey Lance’s NFL debut too pic.twitter.com/A0zXLGpRQ0
#ProBison #BisonPride https://t.co/DzYbrUCNA8
Here comes @treylance09. #KCvsSF #NFLPreseason pic.twitter.com/97Y2o6iND9
The longest pass Jimmy Garoppolo has thrown in his career is 76 yards.
Trey Lance threw an 80-yard TD on his second pass in his first NFL preseason game. pic.twitter.com/nmhg4tqM3C
Chris Jones welcomes Trey Lance to the NFL pic.twitter.com/jgRJlKXQGb
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It's a MVFC/Bison opponent reunion in Santa Clara: Lance, Darrius Shepherd, Jerick McKinnon, Daurice Fountain, Bryan Witzmann, Khalen Saunders, Ross Dwelley and Nsimba Webster all on rosters.
Trey Lance stays in at QB. Catch the 2nd half of #KCvsSF on https://t.co/vpdsX5I39D and @KPIXtv
#Niners rookie Trey Lance warming up for his #NFL preseason debut. In his first preseason game in 2017, #Chiefs rookie first-round pick QB Patrick Mahomes was 7-of-9 passing, 49 yards, 1 TD. Mahomes also playing tonight. pic.twitter.com/LzJ6brlpX0
Jimmy Garoppolo's reaction to the Trey Lance to Trent Sherfield TD pass. #KCvsSF #49ers pic.twitter.com/0ICO8ULtPc
Trey Lance’s rookie debut vs. Chiefs:
5-14
128 yards
1 TD
The future looks bright in San Francisco pic.twitter.com/56wNKtvEW0
The vet Mohamed Sanu made sure Trey Lance got the football after his first NFL TD today #49ers || #FTTB
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