How Penn State football, Drew Allar can improve in spring practice

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Drew Allar is one of college football’s most anticipated quarterbacks of the upcoming season.

The Penn State football senior certainly elevated his overall game during last season’s 13-2 season, from his running ability to strong endings (at USC, at Minnesota) to his leadership and command of the offense.

But can he reach another, elite level in 2025?

That work began in earnest this week during the opening of Penn State spring practice. These 15 sessions will conclude on April 26 with the annual Blue-White Game in renovating Beaver Stadium.

Coach James Franklin said Allar must be able to improve his entire makeup when the games begin again at the end of August.

“A lot of times it’s not like one thing,” Franklin said, when asked about Allar’s focus this spring. 

“He needs to take another step this year, which we think he’s done every year he’s been here. He needs to take another step when it comes to his mobility. He needs to take another step when it comes to his leadership. He needs to take another step in it terms of his completion percentage. Needs to take another step in terms of his touchdown-interception ratio. 

“It’s really all of it.”

Here are three things Penn State must improve upon this spring to validate its lofty expectations:

Penn State football: Drew Allar growing into a big-moment QB

The biggest level for Allar to reach? Becoming a standout performer when the games mean the most, when the tension is tightest.

Between now and the end of September, when Oregon visits Beaver Stadium, he must continue improving his decision-making process and relationship with another new group of…

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