Steelers: Insider Hints Drew Allar is Running Out of Time to Impress Staff

The Pittsburgh Steelers have a crowded quarterback room during OTAs. 

After signing Aaron Rodgers before practice started on May 18, the biggest question in Pittsburgh is what the new coaching staff under Mike McCarthy will do with the four quarterbacks on their roster. 

Will they keep four? Will they cut Mason Rudolph or Will Howard while they develop Drew Allar?

As a pick in the third round, one would assume Allar will be safe to make the 53-man roster while the Steelers wait to potentially develop the former Penn State quarterback into a long-term starter after Rodgers retires.

McCarthy hasn't been shy about where Allar is at this spring. He's No. 4 on the depth chart while he works to unlearn everything he did with the Nittany Lions. 

But things change quickly in the NFL, and Allar will need to show vast improvement quickly to keep the Steelers from moving in another direction at quarterback, the league's most important position.

On Tuesday, the NCAA denied the reinstatement of eligibility for Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby after he finished in-patient treatment for gambling addiction and an anxiety disorder at Algamus in Goodyear, Arizona.

Sorsby, represented by sports attorney Jeffrey Kessler, plans to appeal the decision. On Monday, a court in Lubbock, Texas, will hear a case on a temporary injunction for Sorsby.

If he's unable to play for TTU this fall, Sorsby is expected to be a hot commodity in the supplemental draft this summer. Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated suggested that the Steelers would be an interested team for the talented quarterback.

"The NFL has given Sorsby’s camp a window of July 5 to 12 to work out for teams should he enter the supplemental draft," Breer wrote. "The expectation would then be that he’d have a pro day in the Dallas area and perhaps do a couple of private workouts for teams that show interest. The draft would be in late July.

"This is only getting more interesting, especially with a number of teams that didn’t spend top-50 picks on quarterbacks in April having their eyes on the 2027 class, and a few, like the Steelers and Colts, still could take a swing here."

Breer notes that the league could punish Sorsby like they did Terrelle Pryor, who was suspended 11 games in 2011 in connection to a memorabilia-for-cash scandal.

Sorsby threw for 2,800 yards, 27 touchdowns, and five interceptions for Cincinnati in 2025. He's expected to be a potential first or second-round pick in the supplemental draft this summer. 

Allar has a chance to show the coaching staff in Pittsburgh that the team shouldn't use such a high pick on a quarterback this summer. If he's not showing enough development after mandatory minicamp, the Steelers could look to Sorsby.