Josh Pate ranks Drew Allar and Big Ten QBs for 2025
The expectations are high for Penn State football in 2025, and the return of starting quarterback Drew Allar is one of the key reasons why. Allar’s decision to return to the Nittany Lions for another season was
Noted college football podcaster Josh Pate shared his thoughts on the state of quarterbacks in the Big Ten for the upcoming season, and Allar took the top spot on the top-10 list. Allar edged out Ohio State‘s Julian Sayin and Oregon‘s Dante Moore, each in position to take over starting jobs with their respective schools this season for the first time. In fact, on the list of the top-10 quarterbacks in the conference from Pate, Allar is the most seasoned and experienced in the bunch, and one of the rare players entering a third season as the starter with his current school.
Other names on the list include star freshman Bryce Underwood with Michigan and UCLA transfer addition Nico Iamaleava, who transferred from Tennessee this offseason.
Allar passed for 3,327 yards and 24 touchdowns last season to help guide Penn State to an appearance in the Big Ten championship game and make a run to the College Football Playoff semifinal. Allar completed his second season as Penn State’s starting quarterback since taking over for Sean Clifford on a full-time basis in the 2023 season. Allar has passed for 49 touchdowns the past two seasons. He will have a chance to end his Penn State career among the top of the Penn State record books as he is primed to pass Matt McGloin for fifth on Penn State’s all-time passing list in Week 1 (88 yards from tying McGloin’s career passing yardage total) and is on track to eclipse Trace McSorely for second on the school’s all-time passing yardage list by the end of the season. Allar is third in Penn State history with 53 career touchdown passes, putting him 24 behind McSorley’s 77 career touchdown passes for second on the list. Clifford holds the school record with 86 career touchdown passes.
Allar has been topping various quarterback rankings this offseason. ESPN’s Greg McElroy ranked Allar as his third-best quarterback in the nation in his previously released rankings for the 2025 season.
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