Career: Opened his collegiate career with 311 passing attempts without an interception, an FBS record, bettering Baylor's Robert Griffin III's 209 attempts in 2008 ... Ranked first in program history in completion percentage (63.2) and interception percentage (1.3), third in TD passes (61), fourth in passing efficiency (142.7), 200-yard passing games (20), completions (633) and passing yards (7,402), fifth in passing attempts (1,002) and 10th in yards/pass attempt (7.4) ... Among Penn State quarterbacks, ranked fourth in school history in rushing yards (732) and sixth in rushing TDs (12) ... Ranked third all-time at Penn State in TDs responsible for (73) and fourth in total offense (8,134) ... Ranked sixth at Penn State in wins by a starting QB (26) and 15th in starting QB winning percentage (.743) ... Since 1956, is the only FBS quarterback with 900+ career pass attempts, 50+ TD passes and 12 or less interceptions ... Registered 20 career games with multiple TD passes, 10 games with three or more and two games with four or more ... Recorded three career 300-yard passing games.
2025: Played in and started six games ... Completed 103-of-159 for 1,100 yards with eight TDs and rushed for 172 yards with one TD ... Voted a team captain.
2024: All-Big Ten honorable mention selection by the coaches and media ... Started all 16 games, going 262-for-394 for 3,327 yards with 24 TDs and eight interceptions ... Rushed for 302 yards on 96 carries with six TDs ... Posted nine 200-yard passing games, two 300-yard passing games and seven multi-TD passing games ... Finished with 51 completions of 20-plus yards ... Voted a team captain ... Finished third in the Big Ten in passing yards (3,327), and fourth in QB rating (77.7), passing efficiency (153.5), passing TDs (24), yards/attempt (8.4), yards/completion (12.7) and points responsible for (180) ... Finished second in a single-season at Penn State in completion percentage (66.5), third in passing efficiency (153.3), third in passing yardage (3,327), fourth in completions (262), tied for fourth in TD passes (24), tied for fifth in 200-yard games (9), sixth in passing attempts (394) and tied for ninth in yards/attempt (8.4) ... Among quarterbacks, was tied for seventh in school history in rushing TDs (six) ... Threw for 391 yards in the win at USC, the sixth-most in program history ... Also completed 30 passes at USC, tied for 10th-most at Penn State ... His 391-yard passing performance in the USC win was the most for a Penn State quarterback since Sean Clifford threw for 401 yards against Villanova in 2021 ... Threw three TDs in the second quarter at West Virginia, marking the first time a Penn State player threw three TDs in a quarter since Trace McSorley did so in the third quarter against Michigan State in 2016.
2023: Earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and media ... Started all 13 games ... Completed 233-of-389 passes (59.9%) for 2,631 yards, 25 TDs and two interceptions ... Finished with 170 rushing yards with four TDs ... Posted a TD-to-INT ratio of 12.5-to-1, finishing second nationally behind Oregon's Bo Nix (15-to-1) ... Tied for the Big Ten lead in passing TDs (25), and finished second in points responsible for (176), fourth in passing efficiency (136.9) and passing yards (2,631), and fifth in yards/pass attempt (6.76) ... Finished third in a single season at Penn State in touchdown passes (25), fifth in touchdowns responsible for (29), sixth in completions (233), seventh in attempts (389), ninth in completion percentage (59.9) and tied for ninth in 200+ yard passing games (7) ... In the season-opening win over West Virginia (9/2), became the first Penn State quarterback to throw for at least 300 yards in his first career start since Michael Robinson threw for 379 yards vs. Wisconsin in 2003 ... Was the first Penn State quarterback to throw for at least 300 yards in a season opener since Christian Hackenberg's 454 passing yards against UCF in 2014 ... Joined Tennessee's Hendon Hooker (2022) in 2023 as the only FBS quarterbacks ever to throw 25+ TD passes and two or less interceptions in a season ... Began the season with 251 pass attempts without an interception, the sixth-most to start a season since 2000, trailing only Louisiana Tech's Colby Cameron (428; 2012), Oregon's Marcus Mariota (285; 2013), Western Kentucky's Tyrrell Pigrome (278; 2020), NC State's Ryan Finley (274; 2017) and West Virginia's Geno Smith (273; 2012) ... Became the only Big Ten quarterback, since 2000, to start a season with 175+ pass attempts and no interceptions ... Posted the lowest interception percentage (0.51) in a single season in Penn State history ... Became the first quarterback in school history to throw for 10 or more TDs before throwing an interception in a season.
2022: Appeared in 10 games ... Completed 35-of-60 passes for 344 yards and four TDs ... Ran for 52 yards on 18 attempts with one rushing TD.
PERSONAL: Full name is Drew Patrick Allar ... Son of Kevin and Dawn Allar ... Has a sister, Ryann ... Father, Kevin, played football at Eastern Michigan as a tight end from 1992-97 ... Enjoys playing and watching sports and hanging out with friends and family ... Led Medina H.S. to state regional final appearances as a junior and senior ... Helped the Battling Bees to a 13-1 record, an undefeated regular season and a Greater Cleveland Conference Championship as a senior ... Earned Elite 11 quarterback honors ... Named the 2021 Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Mr. Football, State Offensive Player of the Year, Max Preps Ohio Player of the Year and a first-team all-state selection in Division I ... Selected Greater Cleveland Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Northeast Ohio Inland District Division I Offensive Player of the Year, Cleveland.com Offensive Player of the Year and Medina County MVP ... Holds school and county records for career passing yards (9,103), career passing TDs (98), season passing yards (4,444), season passing TDs (48), passing yards in a game (525) and passing touchdowns in a game (5) ... Rated as a five-star prospect by 247Sports and On3 and a four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals ... Rated the top quarterback prospect in the country and the No. 3 overall prospect by 247Sports ... Ranked as the top quarterback in the class and No. 11 overall prospect by On3 ... Rated as the No. 2 quarterback and No. 36 overall prospect by ESPN ... Tabbed as the No. 6 quarterback and No. 70 overall prospect in the class by Rivals
