Drew Allar arrived at Penn State as the No. 1 high school quarterback, nationally, in his recruiting class but his collegiate career never delivered on the national championship promise he brought with him to Happy Valley, and his NFL Draft stock is as complicated as there is in this class.
After a disappointing senior season was cut short by a season-ending ankle injury, Allar was back on the field throwing at the Nittany Lions’ Pro Day, but it doesn’t seem to have moved the needle much on how teams view him ahead of the draft getting underway.
NFL Draft: Drew Allar Stock Check
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Drew Allar under center for the Nittany Lions.
Ahead of the NFL Draft, USA TODAY’s Michael Midlehurst-Schwartz ranks Allar as the No. 6 quarterback, in a very middling class of prospects at the position.
“Allar is the kind of player who should expand what an offense is capable of,” Middlehurst-Schwartz writes. “But Penn State too often opted to work around his shortcomings. A proper pro introduction might entail a similar extended timeline, as his knack for making tight-window throws will be rendered moot without a solution for his tendency to fail to hit receivers in stride. Learning to take the easy wins will be essential, as will keeping the ball out of harm’s way when things get dicey in the face of pressure.”
Whether Allar’s inconsistency are a byproduct of him being overvalued as a high school prospect, coaching inconsistency, or the program’s inability to field a competent wide receiving corps full of NFL caliber talent, in the NIL era, will be one of the biggest ‘what ifs’ in State College, for years to come.
Some NFL team is going to find out the answer at the next level, though.
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Oct 11, 2025; University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions quarterback Drew Allar (15) looks to throw a pass during the third quarter against the Northwestern Wildcats at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images