{"id":45399,"date":"2026-05-05T00:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=45399"},"modified":"2026-05-05T00:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:20:12","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8breaking-the-pittsburgh-steelers-have-officially-drafted-penn-state-quarterback-drew-allar-in-the-third-round-to-address-their-uncertain-qb-room-while-big-ten-coaches-remain-lukewarm-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=45399","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Steelers have officially drafted Penn State quarterback Drew Allar in the third round to address their uncertain QB room. While Big Ten coaches remain lukewarm on his prospects, they believe a stable environment under Mike McCarthy could finally maximize Allar’s potential following a chaotic, injury-shortened final college season.\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pittsburgh\u00a0Steelers have an unclear quarterback situation\u00a0once again this offseason. Nobody is sure if or when Aaron Rodgers will return to the Steelers. Pittsburgh added some insurance in the 2026\u00a0NFL Draft,\u00a0selecting Penn State’s Drew Allar\u00a0in the third round. College coaches had some interesting thing to say about the former Nittany Lion.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg\u00a0spoke with multiple college football coaches\u00a0following the draft. The Big Ten coaches Rittenberg spoke with were pretty lukewarm on Allar as a prospect. However, they did note that Allar went through multiple system changes while at Penn State that make his evaluation difficult.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHopefully [Pittsburgh] will be a coaching staff that can maximize what he’s good at,\u201d a Big Ten coach said. \u201cI’m not really sure that was the case [at Penn State].\u201d<\/p>\n

Confidence was high surrounding Allar heading into the 2025 college football season, especially after Penn State made the CFP semifinals the season before. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan for the Nittany Lions in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Allar suffered a season-ending ankle injury\u00a0after a slow start to the season. It did not take long for\u00a0Penn State to fire head coach James Franklin\u00a0as a result.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has historically been an incredibly stable franchise. They are often playoff contenders and had the\u00a0same head coach in Mike Tomlin for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n

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But the Steelers are entering a new era under head coach Mike McCarthy. His first big challenge will be creating a system in which Allar can thrive and potentially become a starting quarterback.<\/p>\n

Allar will start the 2026 offseason program behind veteran Mason Rudolph and second-year quarterback Will Howard.<\/p>\n

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It will be fascinating to see what Allar can accomplish during training camp and the preseason with the Steelers.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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