Drew Allar

About

Drew Patrick Allar (born March 8, 2004) is an American professional football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was selected by the Steelers in the third round of the 2026 NFL draft.

Allar was born in Brunswick, Ohio, and grew up in Medina, Ohio, where he attended Medina High School. He became Medina’s starting quarterback as a sophomore and passed for 1,802 yards and 23 touchdowns. Allar passed for 2,962 yards with 26 touchdowns during his junior season.
As a senior, he completed 305 of 509 pass attempts (59.9%) for 4,444 yards and 48 touchdowns with seven interceptions and also rushed for 406 yards and nine touchdowns. Following the end of the season, Allar was named Ohio Mr. Football.
Over the course of his high school career, Allar completed 630 of 1,149 pass attempts for 9,103 yards and 98 touchdowns with 20 interceptions.
Allar was initially rated a three-star recruit and committed to Penn State.
After committing, he was later re-rated to a four-star recruit by most recruiting services and later as a five-star prospect by 247Sports.