Age: 28
7th
season in pro football (5th active), 2nd with Redskins
College: Clemson
Height: 5’10” Weight: 208
Prelude:
Allen twice
led Clemson in rushing, and the entire ACC once, but a knee injury hindered his
performance as a junior. Despite the injury, he chose to enter the 1990 NFL
draft and was picked by the Minnesota Vikings in the ninth round. Allen sat out
his rookie year due to knee surgery but performed well in spot duty in 1991 as
he rushed for 563 yards while averaging 4.7 yards-per-carry and providing
outside speed. He broke out in ’92 with 1201 rushing yards and 13 TDs, plus
another 478 yards and two touchdowns on 49 pass receptions, and impressed with
his determination. However, Allen missed all of 1993 due to another knee injury
that required surgery and, while he came back to rush for 1031 yards in ’94,
the Vikings released him and he moved on to Washington. He performed well for
his new team, gaining 1309 yards on the ground, catching 31 passes, and scoring
11 touchdowns.
1996 Season Summary
Appeared and
in all 16 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Rushing
Attempts – 347
[2]
Most
attempts, game – 31 (for 124 yds.) vs. Arizona 11/10
Yards – 1353 [6]
Most yards,
game – 146 yards (on 27 carries) at NY Giants 9/15
Average gain
– 3.9
TDs – 21 [1]
100-yard
rushing games – 5
Pass
Receiving
Receptions – 32
Most
receptions, game – 4 (for 30 yds.) at Arizona 12/15
Yards – 194
Most yards,
game – 32 (on 3 catches) vs. Dallas 12/22
Average gain
– 6.1
TDs – 0
Scoring
TDs – 21 [1]
Points – 126 [5]
Awards &
Honors:
2nd
team All-NFL: AP
1st
team All-NFC: UPI, Pro Football Weekly
Pro Bowl
Redskins went
9-7 to finish third in the NFC East.
Aftermath:
Allen played
two more seasons with the Redskins, missing significant time due to injury, and
rushed for 724 and 700 yards, respectively. He saw his last major action with
New England in 1999 and rushed for 896 yards and eight TDs, moving on to New
Orleans and Baltimore in 2000 and ’01 for spot duty in his last two seasons.
Overall, Allen rushed for 8614 yards on 2152 carries (4.0 avg.) and caught 204
passes for 1601 yards, scoring a total of 79 touchdowns. Of those totals, 4086
rushing and 726 receiving yards came with Washington, along with 39 TDs.
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Highlighted Years features players who were consensus
first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
following statistical categories:
Rushing:
Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Passing:
Yards, Completion Pct., Yards per Attempt, TDs, Rating
Receiving:
Catches, Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Scoring: TDs,
Points, Field Goals (min. 5)
All-Purpose:
Total Yards
Defense:
Interceptions, Sacks
Kickoff
Returns: Average
Punt Returns:
Average
Punting:
Average
*Leagues
include NFL (1920 to date), AFL (1926), AFL (1936-37), AAFC (1946-49), AFL
(1960-69), WFL (1974-75), USFL (1983-85)
**NFC/AFC
since 1970
