Daily News | Penn State quarterback Drew Allar was destined to be ‘up next’
College football recruiters representing a myriad of schools paid a visit to a Medina High School practice in northern Ohio, just south of Cleveland, in 2019. One visiting coach found himself on the sideline in conversation with defensive coordinator Kevin Bowers.Puzzled, the coach turned back, “Hear him throw? Don’t you mean see him throw?”
Ask his former coaches and teammates what makes Allar special, primed to be sixth-year quarterback Sean Clifford’s successor at Penn State, it’s because he never let his rare arm talent put him on a pedestal. It never stopped him from collecting the footballs and pushing the water tanks after practice.
“We figured he was just another kid out there,” Bowers laughed, looking back. “Not memorable is probably what you would say about freshman Drew Allar. Very non-memorable.” For a red zone practice, Bowers drew up a creative zone design facing a second-and-5 situation. It keenly focused on reading the senior quarterback’s eyes. “Where he looks, you got to run,” Bowers said.
As Allar’s football stock rose, eventually he was honored as Ohio’s Mr. Football for 2021, so did his local celebrity status. “I told him, ‘At some point, you’re allowed to say no. Like you got to go do your homework,’” he said. “Drew is one of the best quarterbacks in the country, but these kids have homework. He was like, ‘Yeah, all right, Coach.’”
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