No. 3 Penn State could be without QB Drew Allar for showdown with No. 4 Ohio State

Penn State coach James Franklin isn’t judge if starting backmost Drew Allar will beryllium fresh to play erstwhile nan No. 3 Nittany Lions big No. 4 Ohio State

Penn State coach James Franklin isn’t judge if starting backmost Drew Allar will beryllium fresh to play erstwhile nan third-ranked Nittany Lions big No. 4 Ohio State connected Saturday.

Allar suffered an apparent near knee injury precocious successful nan first half of Penn State’s 28-13 win complete Wisconsin past weekend. He returned for nan 2nd half wearing a knee brace, but aft a short, ineffective warm-up, yielded nan discourtesy to Beau Pribula.

The strong-armed triggerman of Andy Kotelnicki’s move offense, Allar has completed 117 of 164 passes for 1,640 yards pinch 12 touchdowns and 4 interceptions this year. He hasn’t missed a crippled yet since taking complete nan starting occupation astatine nan commencement of nan 2023 season.

“It’s excessively early to show astatine this point, but he’s played capable shot that I deliberation nan determination will spell each nan measurement up to crippled time,” Franklin said.

Franklin said aft nan triumph complete nan Badgers that Allar told him he “couldn’t move good enough” to decorativeness nan game.

“Even astatine nan extremity of nan half there, you saw moreover throwing was challenging,” Franklin said.

Afterward, nan 6-foot-5, 235-pound Allar walked complete and gave nan 6-foot-2, 206-pound Pribula a hug and wished him bully luck.

The sophomore dual-threat kept nan Nittany Lions moving. Pribula led a brace of touchdown drives, completing 11 of 13 passes for 98 yards and a touchdown pinch 4 rushes for 8 yards.

If Pribula is called connected to make his first commencement connected Saturday, it will beryllium against nan nation’s second-ranked defense successful a crippled that should person monolithic convention title and playoff implications.

Franklin said nan Nittany Lions will besides look to get third-string backmost Ethan Grunkemeyer much activity alongside Pribula this week. Fellow freshman Jaxon Smolik is still moving his measurement backmost from a preseason injury.

“The reality is, we’re going to person to person some guys fresh and you could make nan argument, each 3 guys ready,” Franklin said.

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