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Ethan Grunkemeyer
American football player (born 2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ethan McCabe Grunkemeyer (born July 10, 2005)[1] is an American football quarterback for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
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Early life
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Grunkemeyer grew up in Lewis Center, Ohio, and started playing several sports from a young age, including flag football starting at three.[2] He attended Olentangy High School where he played football and basketball, being a quarterback in football.[3] He was backup quarterback as a freshman and then became starter as a sophomore in 2021, throwing for 2,152 yards, 16 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.[4] He then threw for 2,649 yards and 25 touchdowns as a junior.[5]
In his senior year, Grunkemeyer helped Olentangy compile a record of 11–2 while throwing for 3,517 yards and 39 touchdowns, being chosen first-team all-state.[5][6] He was also named first-team all-conference, first-team all-district, the conference co-offensive player of the year and the county offensive player of the year.[3] Grunkemeyer was invited to the Elite 11 finals and the Under Armour All-America Game.[7][8] He finished as the Olentangy career record-holder for both passing yards and passing touchdowns, while he also set single-season records at Olentangy in those categories.[9]
Grunkemeyer was initially lightly recruited, having no offers as he started his junior year and only one (Miami of Ohio) by the end of it.[2] However, interest surged over the summer of his senior year and he began receiving offers from many major programs.[2] He rose from being a three-star recruit to a four-star recruit and finished his tenure at Olentangy being ranked the 85th-best player nationally and the fifth-best quarterback by ESPN.[10][3] He committed to play college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.[2]
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College career
Grunkemeyer entered his true freshman season at Penn State as the third-string quarterback, behind Drew Allar and Beau Pribula, and redshirted.[3][11] In December, after Pribula entered the transfer portal, Grunkemeyer was promoted to being Allar's backup.[12] He made his debut in the team's first round playoff game against the SMU Mustangs, completing one of two pass attempts for nine yards with an interception.[13] He is set to be Penn State's backup in 2025 under Allar.[14]
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