{"id":885260,"date":"2026-05-07T23:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/885260\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:30:20","slug":"report-former-florida-qb-kyle-trask-earns-tryout-with-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/885260\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Former Florida QB Kyle Trask earns tryout with Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Florida quarterback and 2021 second-round NFL Draft pick Kyle Trask<\/a> has been invited to try out for the New Orleans Saints during the team’s rookie minicamp this weekend, FOX Sports’ Greg Auman reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trask has spent the 2026 offseason thus far unsigned after joining the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad for a short stint in November. He had been released by his drafted team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,\u00a0amid 53-man roster cutdowns last August.<\/p>\n

Trask’s story with the Gators is one Florida fans will not soon forget.<\/p>\n

A 247Sports two-star\u00a0prospect out of Manvel (Texas) High School, where he operated as a backup to D’Eriq King<\/a> for his final three years of prep ball, Trask signed with Florida in the 2016 recruiting class. He was the lowest-rated member of the Gators’ recruiting haul that cycle, and one of two quarterbacks to join the program, alongside four-star signal-caller Feleipe Franks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yet it quickly became apparent that former Gators head coach Jim McElwain<\/a> and offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier<\/a> may have found a diamond in the recruiting rough, as he competed with Franks for the starting role in 2017 before suffering a season-ending injury, and played in relief of Franks amid the starter’s struggles under head coach Dan Mullen<\/a> in 2018, before experiencing another year-concluding ailment.<\/p>\n

The tides turned in 2019 when Franks went down with a season-ending ankle injury early in the season, leading Trask to take over the starting role. He never looked back.<\/p>\n

Trask immediately emerged as one of the Southeastern Conference’s most efficient passers, completing 237-of-364 attempts (66.9 percent) for 2,941 yards with 25 touchdowns and seven interceptions over 12 appearances and 11 starts, leading Florida to an Orange Bowl appearance and victory over Virginia.<\/p>\n

And that was only the beginning of\u00a0Trask’s storied run with Florida.<\/p>\n

Trask returned for his redshirt senior season with the Gators as the team’s undisputed starter in 2020, and finished the campaign as the FBS’s leader and UF’s single-season record holder in touchdown passes with 43, completing 301-of-437 throws (68.9 percent) for 4,283 yards, while tossing just eight interceptions.<\/p>\n

Florida clinched an SEC Championship berth that season, and Trask completed 26-of-40 passes for 408 yards and three touchdowns against Alabama in that contest, although the Crimson Tide ultimately defeated the Gators in Atlanta, 52-46.<\/p>\n

Still, Trask was named a Heisman Trophy finalist and earned Second-Team All-American and Second-Team All-SEC recognition for his play during his final season with Florida.<\/p>\n

While starting for fewer than two full seasons,\u00a0Trask ranks No. 6 all-time in program history with 69 passing touchdowns, and No. 8 in passing yards with 7,386.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay selected Trask with the final pick of the second round\u00a0in the 2021 NFL Draft, at No. 64 overall, presumably to serve as the heir to Tom Brady<\/a>, who, at 43 years old, was freshly removed from leading the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n

Trask ultimately served as Brady’s backup for two seasons, but did not win the starting job upon Brady’s retirement, with Tampa Bay turning to free agent signee Baker Mayfield<\/a> as the Buccaneers’ next quarterback.<\/p>\n

Trask appeared in seven games with the Buccaneers and completed 4-of-11 passes for 28 yards in that span. He did not take the field during his time with the Falcons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Florida quarterback and 2021 second-round NFL Draft pick Kyle Trask has been invited to try out for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-885260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-orleans","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-neworleans","12":"tag-neworleanssaints","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116535900471412679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}