During the first week of Penn State’s preseason practice, offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki noticed the trimmer Drew Allar was wearing long pants.

“I told him, ‘Dude, you gotta wear shorts,’ ” Kotelnicki said. “ ’You got great hamstrings now. Show those things off.’ He laughed, of course. He’s so comfortable with all the things that we’re doing.”

Allar is as content as he has been during his three-plus years at Penn State.

He enjoys being mentored by head coach James Franklin, quarterbacks coach Danny O’Brien, strength and conditioning coach Chuck Losey, Kotelnicki and the entire staff.

He likes being around classmates such as Nick Singleton, Kaytron Allen, Drew Shelton, Vega Ioane, Zane Durant, Dani Dennis-Sutton and Zakee Wheatley for a fourth season.

And he relishes trying to b

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