D'Anton Lynn states Drew Allar has strongest arm USC has seen

Ahead of their matchup, USC Trojans defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn shared part of what makes the Penn State Nittany Lions offense so tough to stop. Their quarterback, Drew Allar, has a massive arm.

Lynn shared while speaking to media members that Allar actually has the strongest arm that USC has seen this season.

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“He has one of the strongest arms,” D’Anton Lynn said. “He definitely has the strongest arm of anyone we’ve played so far. He throws the ball really well, especially down the middle of the field. And for a bigger guy, he does a really good job extending plays in the pocket. He’s not a guy who’s just gonna sit in the pocket. We have to do a great job containing him and we have to do a great job staying in coverage downfield.”

Drew Allar is a former five-star recruit in the Class of 2022. In that cycle, he was the third-ranked quarterback and the 28th-ranked player nationally. Now a junior, he’s in his second season as the team’s starting quarterback.

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This season, the Penn State offense has a new offensive coordinator in Andy Kotelnicki. His offensive system, mixed with the talent of players like Drew Allar, makes it really tough for a defense to stop.

“They do a good job of keeping defenses on their heels, just with the personnel groups, with the formations, with the shifts,” Lynn said. “They do a good job of making you communicate and think as much as possible, and then the ball’s snapped.”

Now in his first season as the defensive coordinator at USC, Lynn was tasked with fixing a much-maligned unit. Through five games, he’s found some good results. The Trojans are giving up 316.2 yards per game, which is 34th in the country in total defense. USC is also giving up just 18.4 points per game, which is 28th in scoring defense. However, Penn State offers an entirely new test.

Paul Finebaum: Home loss to Penn State would ’emphatically eliminate’ USC from College Football Playoff

ESPN’s Paul Finebaum has been critical of USC. Now, he shared that a loss to Penn State would eliminate USC from College Football Playoff contention.

“Even though he doesn’t have to travel, that will be Lincoln Riley at Southern Cal. He’s already dropped a couple of games this year, a nasty one last week [at Minnesota], and one a couple of weeks ago at Michigan. And a third loss would essentially, if not emphatically, eliminate this program from the CFP,” Finebaum said.

“That would be considered a major disappointment. Still a few question marks about Penn State — why are they so high? Lincoln Riley has a quarterback in [Miller] Moss, but does he have the defense to slow Penn State down? I don’t think so.”