Drew Allar is an American college football quarterback who played for the Penn State Nittany Lions from 2022 to 2025.[1][2][4] A five-star recruit ranked as the No. 1 quarterback in the 2022 class, he committed to Penn State over offers from programs like Ohio State, drawn by the team's tradition and coaching staff.[2][3][4] From Medina High School in Ohio, Allar set school and county records as a multi-sport athlete, including 9,103 career passing yards, 98 touchdowns, a single-season high of 4,444 yards, and 48 touchdowns in 2021-22; he earned Ohio Mr. Football honors.[2][5][6][7] At Penn State, he opened his career with an FBS-record 311 pass attempts without an interception, surpassing Robert Griffin III's mark, and became the first Big Ten quarterback since 2000 to start a season with 175+ attempts and zero picks.[1] As a sophomore in 2023, Allar started all 13 games, completing 233-of-389 passes for 2,631 yards, 25 touchdowns, and two interceptions, with a national-second 12.5-to-1 TD-INT ratio; he added 170 rushing yards and four scores.[1][2] His junior year featured 3,327 passing yards, 24 touchdowns, and eight interceptions across 16 starts, plus 302 rushing yards and six scores, helping Penn State to its College Football Playoff debut; he was a team captain and earned multiple Offensive Player of the Game nods.[1] Career stats rank him highly at Penn State: fourth in passing yards (7,402), third in touchdowns (61), first in completion percentage (63.1%) and interception percentage (1.30).[4] In his 2025 senior season, Allar suffered a broken left ankle in an October 11 loss to Northwestern, his third straight defeat amid coach James Franklin's firing; he finished with 1,100 passing yards, nine total touchdowns, and three interceptions, missing the regular season's end while redshirting for rehab as a captain.[4] Projected as a 2025 NFL Draft first-round pick, Allar has leveraged NIL deals for an estimated $1.79 million net worth as of January 2025.[6]