Yeah, OSU was much happier with McCord and went in that direction over Allar. Honestly, I remember watching one of his HS ganes his Senior year and didn't quite understand what all the fuss was about. I mean, he was a big guy and was kind of difficult to tackle when he decided to run, but I wasn't really impressed.
Big guys who are also not impressive qbs are prototypical Ped State, see Christian Hackenburg.
I think the best QB they've had in the last 10-12 years was McSorley. Couldn't stand the arrogant little shit but the kid was gutsy and could ball out.
Hackenberg... he left Penn State early, if I recall correctly. He went to the Jets or someone, and never played a down. He got cut a couple of years later and went to one of the Spring ball leagues. He started a few games and didn't win a game. Then he got benched and his backup brought the team back for a win. Then he won another game a week later. And that's the last we'll see of him.
I think he played for the jets briefly and was a disaster. They’ve had so many since Chad Pennington that it’s hard to keep track.
He was probably their best but seemed like an anomaly. Their typical qbs seem more like Allar or Hackenburg: big but useless.
They also only had McSorley because he was committed to Vandy when Franklin was there and followed him to PSU even though Sackenburg was already there. I always thought Franklin ruined Hackenburg. His freshman year under Bilbo O'Ballsack he looked fairly good.
He never got into an actual NFL game, only preseason games in 2 years with the Jets (‘16 & ‘17), and preseason for the Oakland Raiders in 2018.
Just looked him up. He was drafted by the Jets in the 2nd round (WTF??) and had stints with the Raiders ( of course) Eagles and Bengals. Never played a game in the NFL. He went to Memphis of the AAF, never played and is now the QB coach of Winslow Township High School in NJ, who apparently are pretty decent and are in the State Playoffs.
He did play and started for Memphis.
So he's a pile of shit for 3 games, gets pulled, and benched. Then, when the new starter got hurt, Hackenberg wasn't the replacement, meaning he was demoted to 3rd string. Then they signed Johnny Manziel to be the backup. Kind of a dig at a Heisman winner, too.
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