Drew Allar injury update: Penn State QB suffers season-ending injury in loss to Northwestern
Because Allar is a senior and out of eligibility beyond this season, the injury will end his college career
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Allar done
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Something is broken...that's not healing in 6 weeks
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Feel good and bad for him at the same time.
I think he usually describes these injuries as “long term”. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him provide that much information.
Yeah, he’s one of those guys who might be a better pro than he was in college IF he goes to the right situation. He’s got all the tools to be a top QB…just needs someone who can coach him up between the ears.
That's fair--I mean, the second we saw him on the cart we knew his Penn State career was over IMO
He was a warrior but he regressed. I've never seen a QB spend so much time studying his plat call wristband in the huddle.
Was Jay a better QB coach than O'Brien?
He gets off easy. Gets to finish his degree, rehab, get ready to be a 5th round pick, and spend next 3 years on a practice squad until hanging it up and joining a wall street firm.
Let me cliche .... "At the end of the day", Allar's injury is completely on Franklin. He had so many designed running QB plays that it wasn't a matter of if, but when Allar was getting injured.
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Franklin's responsible for telling him to come back (Drew needed to leave) and forcing him to run this scheme
No one is responsible for the injury. Drew decided to take on the tackler instead of protecting himself.
Not sure about his injury being Franklin’s fault, but one thing Coach can be blamed for is his inability to develop QBs (except maybe Trace).
He's a great kid. Sometimes life sucks
I feel bad for the kid. He struggled, but I don’t think it was for lack of effort. Maybe this is the best he can be or maybe he needs different scenery. Honestly, I wouldn’t hold it against him if he left PSU now. Let him clear his head and get healthy.
How many other QB's have the playlist on their wrist? How many other QB's are looking to the sideline?
I’m not. Nor am I saying he’s going to be a good pro. My point is he’s got a lot of the tools to be a top QB. Not sure if what he’s lacking is coachable, but if the right coach figures it out, he could surprise some people at the next level.
I don't think it's "between the ears" though. I think it's putting him in a situation to have success.
Depends on how they send in plays
See Josh Allen on every single play--countless others.
I think you hit on his problem........he was never developed or coached up at PSU. Sad
He is a pro style QB. He was capable of more, in a system that fit him. Did he have flaws? Sure, every player does. But he didn’t fail as much Penn State failed him, and that is a shame. He would have developed better in a system that actually fit him.
The only quickly diagnosed ankle area injury would be an achilles tear. That would certainly be a season ender.
It sucks for Allar, but we could all see he wasn’t it. Why is it our 5 star qb’s all underperform and 3 star coal country gunslingers play well for us?
Teams are going to stack the line and make whomever are our backups beat them. We are going to be open for a top recruit or transfer to get playing time right away next season.
It sucks for Allar, but we could all see he wasn’t it. Why is it our 5 star qb’s all underperform and 3 star coal country gunslingers play well for us?
Teams are going to stack the line and make whomever are our backups beat them. We are going to be open for a top recruit or transfer to get playing time right away next season.
He is a Recreation Parks & Tourism major. He's not going to end up on Wall Street.
Inaccurate, slow on reads, indecisive, weak mentally…what’s not to like?
Why would a broken bone not be diagnosed quickly?
He won't make it in the NFL. Accuracy issues, decision making is slow, not athletic enough. Besides that Mrs. Lincoln how did you enjoy the play?
No, probably an ankle fracture. I believe they have x-ray capabilities in the facility or maybe he went to the hospital. An x-ray would quickly diagnose a fracture versus a sprain or Achilles tear. A fracture would have circumferentIal swelling that appeared to be the case when he was being carted off. Achilles tear would be more posterior ankle swelling.
He has a couple million now then get a couple million as an irrelevant back up and he is probably set for life.
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Penn State QB Drew Allar suffers season-ending injury
Penn State quarterback Drew Allar, a potential first-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft, suffered a season-ending injury late in the fourth quarter of today's loss to Northwestern.
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Sad to see Drew go out this way, but it's probably the only way Gronk was going to see the field. I think CJF would have started Drew if we lost the next 5 games.
But why wouldn't he?
Allar's our best QB--the defense blew leads against Oregon & Northwestern while they didn't show up against UCLA
CJF should treat the next 6 games like the first 6 scrimmages and play all backups, because the Prima Donna's on this team and have pretty much checked out. That's on our staff!
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It's a difficult situation of mixed feelings. Continuing to play Drew Allar after this loss would make absolutely no sense. There's nothing to play for, for him personally, or for the team. Didn't want to see him go out this way, but it was probably the only chance for Grunk to see meaningful snaps.
Part of the issue with Clifford's last season was that Allar never got to step onto the field and get that valuable experience, and then we went into 2023 with a completely green starting QB.
At some point, a good coach HAS to cut bait. And Franklin refused to do that on Clifford. And he would have refused to do it with Allar, too. Now there's no choice.