Ohio State’s offense will be led by a Pennsylvania high school product while Penn State’s offense will be led by an Ohio native as Kyle McCord and Drew Allar go head-to-head.
The highest-rated quarterback recruit from the state of Pennsylvania in the last 15 years will square off against the highest-rated quarterback recruit from the state of Ohio in the modern recruiting era when Ohio State plays Penn State on Saturday.Drew Allar, a five-star recruit from Medina, Ohio, is in his first year as Penn State’s starting quarterback.
McCord said he knew when he left that game in 2018, even though he was there as a Penn State recruit and did not yet have an Ohio State offer at the time, that he could see himself being a Buckeye, a future that ultimately went into motion when he was offered by OSU four months later. “We recruited him. We know a lot about him. We had a ton of respect for him out of high school and continue to. We think he's going to be a challenge for us on Saturday as well,” Franklin said Tuesday.
Ohio State knew its chances of landing Allar would be a long shot after jumping into his recruitment late, but the Buckeyes – who still ended up landing a“We were always respectful of the situation. He was always respectful of the situation. He and his family were great. And just, that's kind of the way it played out. But a lot of respect for those guys,” Day said this week.
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