← 2021 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R1 · #3 OVERALL · QB

Trey Lance

Drafted by SF · GM John Lynch · North Dakota St.

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Trey Lance across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played16
Games started6
Weighted career AV6
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons5

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2021 · Round 1 · #3

SF draft credit

GM John Lynch

Team games8
Team starts4
On-team AV4
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Terrible-2.57 contribution76th of 77 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Terrible pick

Trey Lance was John Lynch's 76th-best of 77 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -2.57. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from John Lynch's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
8
on drafting team · 16 full-career
Games started
4
on drafting team · 6 full-career
Snap-z
-1.4
2 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
4
modeled; full weighted AV 6
AV / 1k snaps
15.3
262 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
+0.2
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move John Lynch's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every John Lynch pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Trey Lance totals -2.57. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-20+2+4+6+8+1070. Warner#70 · Fred Warner · aggregate +10.61Warner +10.6146. Kittle#146 · George Kittle · aggregate +10.48Kittle +10.52. Bosa#2 · Nick Bosa · aggregate +4.68Bosa +4.7262. Purdy#262 · Brock Purdy · aggregate +4.37Purdy +4.4180. Hufanga#180 · Talanoa Hufanga · aggregate +3.37Hufanga +3.436. Samuel#36 · Deebo Samuel · aggregate +3.27Samuel +3.3172. Lenoir#172 · Deommodore Lenoir · aggregate +1.9725. Aiyuk#25 · Brandon Aiyuk · aggregate +1.57216. Winters#216 · Dee Winters · aggregate +1.29217. Jennings#217 · Jauan Jennings · aggregate +1.26134. Burford#134 · Spencer Burford · aggregate +1.22184. Harris#184 · Marcell Harris · aggregate +1.13220. Davis#220 · Kalia Davis · aggregate +1.11148. Greenlaw#148 · Dre Greenlaw · aggregate +1.11153. McKivitz#153 · Colton McKivitz · aggregate +0.9386. Puni#86 · Dominick Puni · aggregate +0.88124. Mustapha#124 · Malik Mustapha · aggregate +0.86227. Rourke#227 · Kurtis Rourke · aggregate +0.81198. Jones#198 · D.J. Jones · aggregate +0.74251. Bethune#251 · Tatum Bethune · aggregate +0.74249. Colby#249 · Connor Colby · aggregate +0.70160. Sigle#160 · Marques Sigle · aggregate +0.65194. Mitchell#194 · Elijah Mitchell · aggregate +0.5987. Brown#87 · Ji'Ayir Brown · aggregate +0.51252. Bergen#252 · Junior Bergen · aggregate +0.4348. Banks#48 · Aaron Banks · aggregate +0.3299. Moody#99 · Jake Moody · aggregate +0.3264. Green#64 · Renardo Green · aggregate +0.31135. Cowing#135 · Jacob Cowing · aggregate +0.29240. James#240 · Richie James · aggregate +0.20155. Moore#155 · Jaylon Moore · aggregate +0.18253. Bell#253 · Ronnie Bell · aggregate +0.16110. Wishnowsky#110 · Mitch Wishnowsky · aggregate +0.15129. Guerendo#129 · Isaac Guerendo · aggregate +0.15113. West#113 · CJ West · aggregate +0.15221. Castro-Fields#221 · Tariq Castro-Fields · aggregate +0.09255. Graham#255 · Jalen Graham · aggregate +0.05138. Watkins#138 · Jordan Watkins · aggregate +0.01147. James#147 · Jordan James · aggregate +0.01215. Kingston#215 · Jarrett Kingston · aggregate +0.00247. Willis#247 · Brayden Willis · aggregate -0.03172. Womack#172 · Samuel Womack · aggregate -0.0731. Pearsall#31 · Ricky Pearsall · aggregate -0.19100. Stout#100 · Upton Stout · aggregate -0.23183. Skule#183 · Justin Skule · aggregate -0.28155. Luter#155 · Darrell Luter · aggregate -0.31102. Thomas#102 · Ambry Thomas · aggregate -0.37223. Taylor#223 · Jullian Taylor · aggregate -0.41173. Beal#173 · Robert Beal · aggregate -0.43187. Zakelj#187 · Nick Zakelj · aggregate -0.45104. Beathard#104 · C.J. Beathard · aggregate -0.47202. Taumoepenu#202 · Pita Taumoepenu · aggregate -0.49229. Colbert#229 · Adrian Colbert · aggregate -0.4975. Martin#75 · Nick Martin · aggregate -0.51101. Latu#101 · Cameron Latu · aggregate -0.5493. Davis-Price#93 · Tyrion Davis-Price · aggregate -0.62176. Smith#176 · Kaden Smith · aggregate -0.66198. Harris#198 · Tim Harris · aggregate -0.70190. Woerner#190 · Charlie Woerner · aggregate -0.7195. Moore#95 · Tarvarius Moore · aggregate -0.7443. Collins#43 · Alfred Collins · aggregate -0.87177. Taylor#177 · Trent Taylor · aggregate -0.9531. Foster#31 · Reuben Foster · aggregate -1.02105. Gray#105 · Danny Gray · aggregate -1.0411. Williams#11 · Mykel Williams · aggregate -1.0914. Kinlaw#14 · Javon Kinlaw · aggregate -1.1361. Jackson#61 · Drake Jackson · aggregate -1.1488. Sermon#88 · Trey Sermon · aggregate -1.15121. Williams#121 · Joe Williams · aggregate -1.1566. Witherspoon#66 · Ahkello Witherspoon · aggregate -1.44128. Street#128 · Kentavius Street · aggregate -1.48142. Reed#142 · D.J. Reed · aggregate -1.6867. Hurd#67 · Jalen Hurd · aggregate -1.709. McGlinchey#9 · Mike McGlinchey · aggregate -1.8044. Pettis#44 · Dante Pettis · aggregate -2.31Pettis -2.33. Lance#3 · Trey Lance · aggregate -2.57Lance -2.63. Thomas#3 · Solomon Thomas · aggregate -3.86Thomas -3.9

Incremental contribution by season

-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+6+8+10+12+14+16+18+20+22+24+262017 · George Kittle · incremental +0.862017 · D.J. Jones · incremental -0.192017 · C.J. Beathard · incremental -0.452017 · Pita Taumoepenu · incremental -0.632017 · Trent Taylor · incremental -0.912017 · Reuben Foster · incremental -0.962017 · Ahkello Witherspoon · incremental -1.592017 · Joe Williams · incremental -1.732017 · Adrian Colbert · incremental -1.732017 · Solomon Thomas · incremental -5.522018 · Richie James · incremental +0.102018 · D.J. Jones · incremental +0.192018 · Adrian Colbert · incremental +0.492018 · Fred Warner · incremental +1.402018 · George Kittle · incremental +2.712018 · Marcell Harris · incremental -0.152018 · Joe Williams · incremental -0.262018 · C.J. Beathard · incremental -0.322018 · Pita Taumoepenu · incremental -0.332018 · Jullian Taylor · incremental -0.422018 · Trent Taylor · incremental -0.542018 · Tarvarius Moore · incremental -0.582018 · Reuben Foster · incremental -0.622018 · Kentavius Street · incremental -0.742018 · Ahkello Witherspoon · incremental -0.792018 · D.J. Reed · incremental -2.162018 · Mike McGlinchey · incremental -2.512018 · Dante Pettis · incremental -2.682018 · Solomon Thomas · incremental -2.692019 · Richie James · incremental +0.082019 · D.J. Jones · incremental +0.362019 · Mitch Wishnowsky · incremental +0.482019 · Dre Greenlaw · incremental +0.612019 · Marcell Harris · incremental +0.652019 · Deebo Samuel · incremental +0.862019 · Fred Warner · incremental +1.332019 · Nick Bosa · incremental +1.572019 · George Kittle · incremental +4.602019 · C.J. Beathard · incremental -0.172019 · Joe Williams · incremental -0.272019 · Mike McGlinchey · incremental -0.272019 · Jullian Taylor · incremental -0.282019 · Tarvarius Moore · incremental -0.342019 · Reuben Foster · incremental -0.442019 · Kentavius Street · incremental -0.532019 · Ahkello Witherspoon · incremental -0.542019 · Justin Skule · incremental -0.552019 · Tim Harris · incremental -0.662019 · Solomon Thomas · incremental -1.262019 · Kaden Smith · incremental -1.372019 · Dante Pettis · incremental -1.422019 · D.J. Reed · incremental -1.812019 · Jalen Hurd · incremental -2.582020 · Nick Bosa · incremental +0.062020 · Deebo Samuel · incremental +0.272020 · Brandon Aiyuk · incremental +0.392020 · D.J. Jones · incremental +0.532020 · Solomon Thomas · incremental +0.662020 · George Kittle · incremental +0.662020 · Dre Greenlaw · incremental +0.712020 · Marcell Harris · incremental +0.762020 · Fred Warner · incremental +4.742020 · Mitch Wishnowsky · incremental -0.012020 · Richie James · incremental -0.022020 · Colton McKivitz · incremental -0.032020 · Jullian Taylor · incremental -0.132020 · Justin Skule · incremental -0.272020 · Joe Williams · incremental -0.272020 · C.J. Beathard · incremental -0.302020 · Mike McGlinchey · incremental -0.332020 · Jalen Hurd · incremental -0.352020 · Ahkello Witherspoon · incremental -0.402020 · Reuben Foster · incremental -0.432020 · Trent Taylor · incremental -0.512020 · Charlie Woerner · incremental -0.512020 · Jauan Jennings · incremental -0.602020 · Tarvarius Moore · incremental -0.612020 · Tim Harris · incremental -0.742020 · Kentavius Street · incremental -1.402020 · Dante Pettis · incremental -1.542020 · Javon Kinlaw · incremental -3.852021 · Mitch Wishnowsky · incremental +0.002021 · Deommodore Lenoir · incremental +0.322021 · Jauan Jennings · incremental +0.372021 · Richie James · incremental +0.422021 · Elijah Mitchell · incremental +0.742021 · D.J. Jones · incremental +0.812021 · Talanoa Hufanga · incremental +0.952021 · Brandon Aiyuk · incremental +1.032021 · Fred Warner · incremental +1.322021 · Javon Kinlaw · incremental +1.442021 · Marcell Harris · incremental +1.552021 · Nick Bosa · incremental +1.622021 · George Kittle · incremental +2.472021 · Deebo Samuel · incremental +3.582021 · Dre Greenlaw · incremental -0.052021 · Jullian Taylor · incremental -0.122021 · Jaylon Moore · incremental -0.132021 · Ambry Thomas · incremental -0.132021 · Aaron Banks · incremental -0.132021 · Mike McGlinchey · incremental -0.172021 · Charlie Woerner · incremental -0.192021 · Joe Williams · incremental -0.242021 · Colton McKivitz · incremental -0.262021 · Jalen Hurd · incremental -0.322021 · Reuben Foster · incremental -0.422021 · Kentavius Street · incremental -1.002021 · Trey Sermon · incremental -2.392021 · Trey Lance · incremental -3.382022 · Kalia Davis · incremental +0.002022 · Mitch Wishnowsky · incremental +0.132022 · Elijah Mitchell · incremental +0.172022 · Jaylon Moore · incremental +0.172022 · Tariq Castro-Fields · incremental +0.172022 · Aaron Banks · incremental +0.312022 · Jauan Jennings · incremental +0.722022 · Deebo Samuel · incremental +0.752022 · Dre Greenlaw · incremental +0.812022 · Brock Purdy · incremental +0.972022 · Spencer Burford · incremental +1.152022 · Brandon Aiyuk · incremental +1.152022 · Deommodore Lenoir · incremental +1.232022 · Javon Kinlaw · incremental +1.522022 · George Kittle · incremental +2.502022 · Nick Bosa · incremental +3.252022 · Fred Warner · incremental +4.762022 · Talanoa Hufanga · incremental +5.242022 · Colton McKivitz · incremental -0.042022 · Tarvarius Moore · incremental -0.072022 · Jullian Taylor · incremental -0.122022 · Samuel Womack · incremental -0.162022 · Tim Harris · incremental -0.172022 · Nick Zakelj · incremental -0.212022 · Charlie Woerner · incremental -0.232022 · Ambry Thomas · incremental -0.252022 · Kaden Smith · incremental -0.272022 · Jalen Hurd · incremental -0.322022 · Mike McGlinchey · incremental -0.352022 · Tyrion Davis-Price · incremental -1.042022 · Danny Gray · incremental -1.392022 · Drake Jackson · incremental -1.442022 · Trey Lance · incremental -1.492023 · Jalen Graham · incremental +0.022023 · Brayden Willis · incremental +0.102023 · Mitch Wishnowsky · incremental +0.122023 · Ambry Thomas · incremental +0.122023 · Kalia Davis · incremental +0.152023 · Jaylon Moore · incremental +0.162023 · Elijah Mitchell · incremental +0.282023 · Ronnie Bell · incremental +0.292023 · Aaron Banks · incremental +0.292023 · Ji'Ayir Brown · incremental +0.312023 · Jauan Jennings · incremental +0.322023 · Dee Winters · incremental +0.332023 · Jake Moody · incremental +0.662023 · Dre Greenlaw · incremental +0.782023 · Talanoa Hufanga · incremental +0.832023 · Deebo Samuel · incremental +0.882023 · Colton McKivitz · incremental +0.992023 · Brandon Aiyuk · incremental +1.052023 · Deommodore Lenoir · incremental +1.272023 · Spencer Burford · incremental +1.302023 · Nick Bosa · incremental +1.592023 · Brock Purdy · incremental +4.432023 · Fred Warner · incremental +4.692023 · George Kittle · incremental +4.752023 · Samuel Womack · incremental -0.062023 · Nick Zakelj · incremental -0.172023 · Tim Harris · incremental -0.192023 · Darrell Luter · incremental -0.212023 · Charlie Woerner · incremental -0.222023 · Robert Beal · incremental -0.252023 · Kaden Smith · incremental -0.262023 · Jalen Hurd · incremental -0.372023 · Danny Gray · incremental -0.372023 · Tyrion Davis-Price · incremental -0.382023 · Drake Jackson · incremental -1.452023 · Cameron Latu · incremental -1.572023 · Javon Kinlaw · incremental -1.972024 · Jalen Graham · incremental +0.042024 · Mitch Wishnowsky · incremental +0.072024 · Jarrett Kingston · incremental +0.082024 · Jaylon Moore · incremental +0.142024 · Isaac Guerendo · incremental +0.252024 · Talanoa Hufanga · incremental +0.272024 · Aaron Banks · incremental +0.272024 · Brandon Aiyuk · incremental +0.282024 · Ronnie Bell · incremental +0.302024 · Jake Moody · incremental +0.342024 · Renardo Green · incremental +0.392024 · Kalia Davis · incremental +0.622024 · Ji'Ayir Brown · incremental +0.632024 · Jacob Cowing · incremental +0.702024 · Deebo Samuel · incremental +0.792024 · Dee Winters · incremental +0.942024 · Colton McKivitz · incremental +1.002024 · Dominick Puni · incremental +1.092024 · Jauan Jennings · incremental +1.112024 · Deommodore Lenoir · incremental +1.172024 · Malik Mustapha · incremental +1.182024 · Nick Bosa · incremental +1.462024 · George Kittle · incremental +2.442024 · Brock Purdy · incremental +3.042024 · Tatum Bethune · incremental +4.142024 · Fred Warner · incremental +4.622024 · Spencer Burford · incremental -0.062024 · Brayden Willis · incremental -0.082024 · Dre Greenlaw · incremental -0.142024 · Darrell Luter · incremental -0.152024 · Ricky Pearsall · incremental -0.312024 · Trent Taylor · incremental -0.312024 · Danny Gray · incremental -0.342024 · Robert Beal · incremental -0.392024 · Ambry Thomas · incremental -0.432024 · Nick Zakelj · incremental -0.482025 · Nick Bosa · incremental +0.102025 · Isaac Guerendo · incremental +0.202025 · Fred Warner · incremental +0.312025 · CJ West · incremental +0.362025 · Renardo Green · incremental +0.482025 · Spencer Burford · incremental +0.572025 · Ji'Ayir Brown · incremental +0.622025 · Junior Bergen · incremental +0.962025 · Malik Mustapha · incremental +0.962025 · Colton McKivitz · incremental +1.032025 · Dominick Puni · incremental +1.222025 · Jauan Jennings · incremental +1.322025 · Deommodore Lenoir · incremental +1.412025 · Marques Sigle · incremental +1.622025 · Brock Purdy · incremental +1.682025 · Kalia Davis · incremental +1.692025 · Kurtis Rourke · incremental +1.842025 · Connor Colby · incremental +1.872025 · George Kittle · incremental +1.932025 · Dee Winters · incremental +2.042025 · Jordan James · incremental -0.012025 · Jalen Graham · incremental -0.032025 · Brayden Willis · incremental -0.092025 · Nick Zakelj · incremental -0.162025 · Darrell Luter · incremental -0.252025 · Robert Beal · incremental -0.302025 · Ricky Pearsall · incremental -0.312025 · Upton Stout · incremental -0.342025 · Danny Gray · incremental -0.362025 · Ambry Thomas · incremental -0.412025 · Jake Moody · incremental -0.452025 · Nick Martin · incremental -1.182025 · Alfred Collins · incremental -1.892025 · Mykel Williams · incremental -2.062025 · Tatum Bethune · incremental -2.22Thomas -5.5Kittle +4.6Warner +4.7Kinlaw -3.9Samuel +3.6Lance -3.4Warner +4.8Hufanga +5.2Lance -1.5Purdy +4.4Warner +4.7Kittle +4.7Bethune +4.1Warner +4.6201710 players201819 players201924 players202028 players202128 players202233 players202337 players202436 players202535 players
Above expectationBelow expectationTrey LanceGM total +22.6Trey Lance by season -4.9

How much retained production did Trey Lance return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: QBs drafted within ±5 picks of Trey Lance since 2010 (30 players). Dark marks are GOAT-tier benchmarks (Brady, Manning, Mahomes) for orientation.The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-10+1+2+3+4Model value above slot1. ManningPeyton Manning · model value +4.9+4.9199. BradyTom Brady · model value +4.5+4.510. MahomesPatrick Mahomes · model value +2.8+2.87. AllenJosh Allen · model value +2.6+2.61. NewtonCam Newton · model value +1.66. HerbertJustin Herbert · model value +1.31. LuckAndrew Luck · model value +1.22. DanielsJayden Daniels · model value +1.11. MurrayKyler Murray · model value +0.91. BurrowJoe Burrow · model value +0.83. MayeDrake Maye · model value +0.75. TagovailoaTua Tagovailoa · model value +0.41. LawrenceTrevor Lawrence · model value +0.22. StroudC.J. Stroud · model value +0.11. WilliamsCaleb Williams · model value 08. LockerJake Locker · model value -0.13. BortlesBlake Bortles · model value -0.28. TannehillRyan Tannehill · model value -0.26. JonesDaniel Jones · model value -0.38. PenixMichael Penix · model value -0.31. WinstonJameis Winston · model value -0.31. MayfieldBaker Mayfield · model value -0.41. GoffJared Goff · model value -0.42. MariotaMarcus Mariota · model value -0.54. RichardsonAnthony Richardson · model value -0.52. TrubiskyMitchell Trubisky · model value -0.71. YoungBryce Young · model value -0.72. WentzCarson Wentz · model value -0.72. IIIRobert Griffin III · model value -0.81. BradfordSam Bradford · model value -1.12. WilsonZach Wilson · model value -1.33. LanceTrey Lance · model value -1.3-1.31. WardCam Ward · model value -1.63. DarnoldSam Darnold · model value -1.7
Trey LanceSlot-similar peers (30)GOAT QBs (Brady, Manning, Mahomes)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'22'24'250235601Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2021SF63178-0.6316.9
2022SF2184-0.9111.9
20230000
2024DAL4198-0.9110.2
2025LAC41100-0.8110.0

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