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    Who is Beau Pribula? Stats, 247 ratings, more about Penn State backup QB

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    It had the quality of a Hollywood screenwriter ending: Beau Pribula is called off the bench by Penn State football coach James Franklin and must lead his team to a come-from-behind victory along the way.

    And that’s exactly what happened Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium against Wisconsin.

    The 6-foot-1 quarterback was brought off the bench to start the second half for Drew Allar, who suffered an injury just before halftime. The 6-foot-4 quarterback led the third-ranked Nittany Lions to a 28-13 win over the Badgers to save Penn State’s undefeated season. .

    “I just walked off this field with a W. I didn’t want to let my teammates down,” Pribula told NBC’s Kathryn Tappen of what he will take with him when he plays for his home team on Saturday. “We work too hard to give up something like that.”

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    He orchestrated a fairly dominant (and clean) second half for the Penn State offense to overcome a 10–7 halftime deficit: he completed 11 of 13 passes for 98 yards with a touchdown, and added 28 rushing yards. The dual-threat quarterback led the Nittany Lions to their first win in Madison against Wisconsin since 2011.

    “My coach Danny O’Brien is doing a great job of keeping the mentality of preparing as a starter,” Pribula told Tappen about his mentality going into the match. “So it wasn’t really difficult. I had to get used to it and my teammates were behind me.”

    Here’s what you need to know about Pribula, who led Penn State to perhaps its biggest win of the season considering the circumstances he faced entering the game:

    Who is Beau Pribula?

    Pribula is a redshirt sophomore quarterback at Penn State who serves as a backup to Allar.

    He is from York, Pennsylvania, about a two-hour drive from Penn State’s campus. He attended high school at Central York High School, where he led the Panthers to their first state championship and the Pennsylvania District III title.

    He led Central York to consecutive undefeated regular seasons as a junior and senior and was named the state’s Player of the Year each of those seasons, according to his Penn State profile page.

    Pribula comes from a well-versed football family filled with quarterbacks. According to his Penn State profile, his father, Tad, played at Shippensburg University, while his brother, Cade, was a quarterback at Sacred Heart University. His uncle, Barry Rahn, was a quarterback at USC in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

    But perhaps the most famous member of Pribula’s football family tree is his grandfather, Jim, who was an All-American at West Chester University from 1958 to 1962.

    Last season, Pribula saw his first action at Penn State in a backup role after redshirting his true freshman year. Even though he played a backup role, Pribula still finished third among Big Ten quarterbacks in rushing yards (329) and rushing touchdowns (six), according to his Penn State page.

    He recorded his third touchdown pass of the season against Wisconsin on Saturday, when he connected with Khalil Dinkins for a one-yard pass at the goal line.

    Pribula entered Saturday’s game against Wisconsin with just 10 passing attempts on the season, nine of which came in a blowout win against Kent State earlier this season.

    “He’s a winner. He accepts his role and fights every week to be the starting quarterback. He plays with his feet, his mind and his arms,” ​​Franklin said after the game on NBC on Saturday. “I couldn’t be more proud of him. He’s a great player and he’s unselfish at a time in college football when a lot of guys are selfish.”

    Beau Pribula 247 ranking

    • Number of stars: Three-star recruit
    • National ranking: No. 464
    • Positional ranking: No. 29 QB
    • State rankings: No. 14 player in Pennsylvania

    Pribula wasn’t a highly touted recruit coming out of Central York High School in York, Pennsylvania. In addition to Penn State, he had Power 4 offers from Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and West Virginia.

    According to his 247Sports Composite rankings page, Pribula was listed as a three-star recruit in the 2022 recruiting class. He was ranked as the No. 29 quarterback in the class and the No. 14 ranked prospect in the state of Pennsylvania.

    Beau Pribula statistics

    Here’s a look at Pribula’s box score after Saturday’s win against Wisconsin:

    • vs. Wisconsin: 11 of 13 (84.6%) passing for 98 yards and a touchdown; six carries for 28 rushing yards

    Here’s a year-by-year breakdown of Pribula’s stats at Penn State:

    • 2023: 11 of 21 (52.4%) passed for 149 yards and four touchdowns; 56 carries for 329 rushing yards with six rushing touchdowns
    • 2024: 18 of 23 (78.3%) passing for 200 yards with three touchdowns and an interception; 21 carries for 133 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown

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