Penn Staters Go Berzerk Following Trace McSorley’s First NFL Touchdown

Matt Sniegowski | Onward State

Penn State football fans have been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Trace McSorley entered Wednesday’s Steelers-Ravens game in the fourth quarter for an injured Robert Griffin III. Although he couldn’t quite complete the Baltimore comeback, the quarterback threw a touchdown and set Twitter on fire.

It didn’t take long for his name to for his name to rise in the “trending” page. Penn Staters and football fans alike came together to cheer on McSorley, who recently rose to internet stardom thanks to viral TikTok trends.

McSorley’s former teammates and coaches were among the most excited to see the quarterback enter the game.

Finally .. here we go
— Amani Oruwariye (@AmaniO) December 2, 2020

“Throw it on a dime…”@MattyFreshTV @McSorley_IX pic.twitter.com/49AApbMZVK
— Coach Joe Moorhead (@BallCoachJoeMo) December 2, 2020

Awesome seeing @McSorley_IX in the game. #MoxieUp
— Coach Matt Limegrover (@CoachLimegrover) December 2, 2020

So proud of & excited for @McSorley_IX! Hard work & preparation paying off. https://t.co/UeB5FZH3zF
— Ricky Rahne (@RickyRahne) December 2, 2020

Yea @McSorley_IX !!
— Adrian Amos (@_SmashAmos31) December 2, 2020

Seemingly all of football Twitter was rooting for McSorley on Wednesday night, too.

trace mcsorley
— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) December 2, 2020

Trace McSorley franchise QB
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) December 2, 2020

McSorley has always been pretty good in Pennsylvania.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 2, 2020

Penn State and McSorley fans from near and far were beyond overjoyed.

TRACE MCSORLEY KILL ME WITH A SHOVEL DADDY
— Bill DiFilippo (@billdifilippo) December 2, 2020

Trace McSorley > Lamar Jackson
— Timmy Dando (@t_dando) December 2, 2020

At the end of the day, Trace McSorley led the game in passer rating and that’s really what matters.
— Benny Kotler (@benny_kotler11) December 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/andy_witz/status/1334282716318216193?s=20

Trace Mcsorely now has more Tds on a Wednesday than Tom Brady. #tracemcsorley
— Michael James (@mjjames85) December 2, 2020

This is the most Penn State my timeline has been since… since Trace McSorley graduated.
— Giana Han (@giana_jade) December 2, 2020

Trace McSorley got Hollywood Brown more involved in one play then Lamar Jackson did in the last 7 weeks.
— The Giant Insider Podcast and Newspaper (@GiantInsider) December 2, 2020

Dual Penn State-Steelers fans were obviously conflicted when McSorley made it a one-score game.

The Penn State fan in me watching Trace McSorley throw a touchdown against the Steelers pic.twitter.com/1yoqHDREUA
— brittany #reneworganizedcrime (@bensonsstabler) December 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/audsnyder4/status/1334276269874229253?s=20

And, of course, it was impossible to miss the signature Trace McSorley copypasta from Matty Fresh’s song.

https://twitter.com/SextonStan1/status/1334279626957279233?s=20

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Ryan Parsons

Ryan is a redshirt senior majoring in business and journalism from "Philadelphia" and mostly writes about football nowadays. You can follow him on Twitter @rjparsons9 or say hi via email at [email protected].

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