Former NFL GM Reveals Real Concerns Over Penn State's Drew Allar

Former Penn State quarterback Drew Allar has been one of the most talked-about draft picks in the 2026 class. 

Despite being a third-round pick, Allar has to prove that he belongs at the highest level, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are hopeful he's going to do just that. On the other hand, that's been met with skepticism, as some don't believe Allar will be the guy everybody wanted him to be. 

There have been times throughout his young career when he's proven he can be a really good quarterback, and others during his time at Penn State when he proved that he doesn't have what it takes to win games at the highest level. 

At some point, his play over his tools have to be what wins him a job, and some don't think he has that in him.

"That worries me," Doug Whaley said, H/T Yahoo. "When the game is on the line, and the play on the field is really intense, you revert back to what got you there, and what you know in your original form, and you can look at it with Tim Tebow.

"They tried to fix his throwing motion, he went through all of this. But when it was game time, when it was crunch time, he reverted back to what he knows. This, to me, is alarming more than encouraging…

"We better have great faith in Mike McCarthy, and all of Pittsburgh's office, Steelers' staff, which is great," Whaley said. "I love that the accountability is put on them, and they're gonna shoot their shot. I admire it."

I don't necessarily disagree with what Whaley is saying here, even if I believe Allar has a chance to be a pretty good quarterback in the NFL one day. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that I think Allar can be a really good quarterback in this league.

Still, there were a lot of times during Allar’s time at Penn State in which he struggled against high-level opponents. That's only going to be magnified in the NFL because of how much better players and teams are than those at the college level.