Penn State standout Drew Allar knows his NFL future now, as he was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Allar, who will get to stay in Pennsylvania, proved during his time in college that he has some of the best tools in the world at any given moment. There's a reason why he still went relatively high in the draft despite struggling a bit in Happy Valley at times, and that's because teams are excited about what he can and potentially could do.
Allar will now have to show NFL teams that he was worth taking, and doing so with the Steelers will help that organization out a ton if things go as planned.
It's tough to say that Allar will have a chance to be a starter anytime in the near future, depending on what Aaron Rodgers decides to do, but some believe Allar has a chance to be a starter as soon as possible, including a recent prediction from an ESPN insider.
"Drew Allar will be the Steelers' starting quarterback in 2027. The Steelers fired up their western Pennsylvania fan base by using their third-round pick on the Penn State quarterback. Allar joins a quarterbacks room that includes veteran Mason Rudolph, 2025 sixth-round pick Will Howard and maybe ... maybe ... Aaron Rodgers, eventually,” Dan Graziano of ESPN wrote.
“Pittsburgh seems to believe Rodgers will return and play a second season for the team, but so far he has not. If he does -- and if he stays healthy all season -- Allar should get a chance to sit and develop for a year at least. But the Steelers still likely will need a new quarterback in 2027, by which point Rodgers will be 43 years old and probably done at long last, right? Right????”
Even if Allar doesn't play right away, there's a lot of hope that he could be a starter in the future. Frankly, from his perspective, it's probably better if he were to sit out a year and learn from a player of Rodgers' status. Allar needs a good bit of work, and the future Hall of Famer in Rodgers can provide him with just that.