Penn State strength coach Chuck Losey on Drew Allar, Beau Pribula and more
Meeting the media during one of Penn State football’s winter max-out days, Penn State strength coach Chuck Losey offered some praise for the Nittany Lions’ two early-enrollee quarterbacks.
Beau Pribula arrived on campus this winter as a three-star prospect according to the On3 Consensus. The Consensus tabs Drew Allar, his new classmate, as a five-star recruit and the No. 4 quarterback in the cycle.
“Beau Pribula, I think you guys are gonna find he’s a gritty, gritty young man. He’s a very good athlete,” Losey said. “He’s a dynamic athlete. Really pleased with everything he’s doing.
“Drew is the same way. Drew has got a quiet confidence about himself so far.”
Losey said he’s “really pleased” with both of his young quarterbacks, who worked out in a group with Christian Veilleux — another signal caller entering his second season with the Nittany Lions — during the session open to the media on Thursday.
“Drew, he’s not quite advanced from a training standpoint as Beau Pribula is,” Losey said. “But he’s getting there. I love the progress that he’s making.”
Losey said he’s pleased with the performance of all nine of Penn State’s early enrollees throughout the winter, singling out Zane Durant and Nick Singleton for some individual praise.
“They’ve been really good,” he said. “It’s a tough transitional period for them coming from high school, coming in as mid-years. All of them have been great.”
Losey takes charge at Penn State
This is Losey’s first winter as Penn State football’s head man in performance enhancement, having replaced Dwight Galt, who recently retired.
Joining Penn State’s staff to work under Galt in 2014, Losey also spent three years with him at Vanderbilt.
Asked about the way he’ll approach the job, Losey acknowledged Galt’s influence.
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“I’ve been with Deege [Galt] for 11 years, so my principles are not too far from his own,” Losey said. “We’ve come up with a system. Deege has always been outstanding, and I’ve gotta thank Deege.
“I’ve had a funny career path, where I wasn’t afforded the opportunity to learn under somebody early from a mentorship standpoint. To be with Dwight when I did in my career, and to have his mentorship over the past 11 years, it was an amazing opportunity.”
Losey said his principles have aligned with Galt’s since “day one.”
“We’ve always believed movement is the key to your team,” Losey said. “You can be as big, as strong as you wanna be on the squat rack in there. But if you don’t have players who can get out there and move on Saturdays and do it over and over and sustain it, you don’t have much of a shot.”
