By the end of his time at Penn State, Ethan Grunkemeyer was a good college quarterback.
Now, he’s statistically one of the best in the country.
Only nine QBs in the country have thrown for more yards than Grunkemeyer (2,140), and of those nine, only four play at the Power 4 level.
Grunkemeyer is tied for 13th in the country with 17 touchdown passes in eight games, and has only thrown two interceptions, both against Pitt Oct. 2. He’s also completed 71.6 percent of his passes, which rank 13th (8th among Power 4 QBs). Grunkemeyer is one of the main reasons Tech, which went 3-9 last season, is 6-2 and bowl bound with four games to spare.
Grunkemeyer’s finest moment as a college QB took place Saturday night against Clemson.
With less than two minutes left and Tech trailing Clemson by 3, VT faced a 4th and 1 from the Clemson 5.
Former Penn State coach James Franklin, now the boss at VT, decided to go for the win rather than kick an easy field goal for the tie. It paid off, with Grunkemeyer finding former Penn State tight end Luke Reynolds in the end zone for the winning score.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Reynolds has become a star in his own right.
The third-year player has 493 yards and six touchdowns on 50 receptions.
The guy calling the offense is a former Penn State player and assistant in Ty Howle, who was Penn State’s tight ends coach and co-offensive coordinator before moving to VT.
Grunkemeyer got thrown into the fire last season at PSU.
Six games into the season, starter Drew Allar suffered a season-ending injury. That forced the redshirt freshman into action, and he did well for himself in the last seven games. He ended the year with eight touchdown passes and four interceptions, throwing for 1,339 yards and completing 69.1% of his passes.
