Drew Allar made perhaps the costliest mistake of his football career when he was intercepted by Notre Dame cornerback Christian Gray in Thursday's Orange Bowl loss. Under pressure, Allar threw the football across the field over the middle, where Gray capitalized and picked off the pass. Notre Dame took over the football, driving it into field goal range before Mitch Jeter made the game-winning kick to secure a 27–24 victory.
The gut-wrenching error kept Allar from leading a game-winning drive of his own, or at least kept the game from going into overtime. Instead, Allar and Penn State were defeated by Notre Dame—and eliminated from the College Football Playoff.
