In a latest interview with ESPN’s Jake Trotter, former Penn State quarterback Kerry Collins shared his ideas on the college’s present beginning signal-caller, Drew Allar.
“[Allar is] bodily imposing. He is received an NFL physique and ability set. There are different guys which have had large success. However I would not essentially say what they’d translated into what is required within the NFL… Drew has that, 100%.”
That is some important reward for Allar from a man in Collins, who is definitely probably the most profitable NFL quarterback to come back out of Penn State.
After a powerful faculty profession with the Nittany Lions, Collins was chosen with the fifth general choose within the 1995 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. He went on to spend 17 years within the league with a number of groups, and his profession passing yardage complete nonetheless presently ranks twenty first all-time within the NFL.
Collins clearly is aware of what it takes to succeed on the professional degree, so his latest feedback about Allar should not be brushed apart.
Allar is in the midst of his second season as Penn State’s beginning quarterback, and to this point, he is appeared very spectacular. In 5 begins for the 5-0 Nittany Lions this yr, Allar has accomplished 70.9 p.c of his passes for 1,101 yards, 9 yards, and one interception, along with additionally dashing for 89 yards and three scores.
In comparison with Allar’s numbers from 2023, his completion share, passing yards per sport common, landing share, yards per move try, and passer ranking are all greater this season. If he can proceed to play at a excessive degree for Penn State this yr, then he is undoubtedly going to have a bunch of curiosity from NFL scouts in just a few months.
As Collins talked about, Allar has “an NFL physique” at 6-foot-5 and 238 kilos, and he is received an enormous arm. ESPN’s Mel Kiper up to date his 2025 NFL draft Huge Board rankings on Thursday, and he has the Penn State signal-caller ranked because the sixth-best quarterback behind Quinn Ewers of Texas (fifth), Carson Beck of Georgia (fourth), Cam Ward of Miami (third), Jalen Milroe of Alabama (second), and Shedeur Sanders of Colorado (first).
In response to NFLMockDraftDatabase.com, Allar remains to be thought-about a Day 2 prospect for the 2025 draft, that means most do not assume he’ll come off the board till the second or third spherical. There’s nonetheless loads of time for that to vary, however not like the opposite passing prospects, he additionally has the historical past of Penn State quarterbacks struggling within the NFL going towards him.
Twelve former Penn State passers have been chosen within the NFL Draft throughout the Tremendous Bowl period (since 1966), and Collins and Jeff Hostetler are the one ones to earn at the least one Professional Bowl choice throughout their time within the league.
Others like Todd Blackledge, Christian Hackenberg, and Tony Sacca have been by no means in a position to dwell as much as their expectations within the NFL after their faculty careers with the Nittany Lions got here to an finish.
Can Allar be the one to interrupt this pattern and go on to have a productive professional profession like Collins, or will he simply show to be one other instance of a Penn State quarterback not having the ability to expertise success within the NFL?
