Austin Allen (quarterback)

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Austin Allen
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Austin Allen from Fayetteville High School
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Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1994-08-21) August 21, 1994 (age 29)
Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school: Fayetteville (AR)
College: Arkansas
Undrafted: 2018
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Austin Allen (born August 21, 1994) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was their starting quarterback from 2016 to 2017. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2018.

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Early years

Allen attended Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He had 3,593 passing yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior and 4,150 yards and 46 touchdowns as a junior. He committed to play college football at the University of Arkansas, the same school his brother, Brandon, was attending. [1]

College career

After redshirting his first year at Arkansas in 2013, Allen appeared in fives games in 2014 as a backup to his brother, Brandon. He completed eight of 16 passes for 153 yards with a rushing touchdown. He spent 2015 again as the backup to Brandon, appearing in three games and completing one of three passes with the one completion going for a touchdown. With his brother graduating, Allen took over as Arkansas' starting quarterback in 2016. [2] [3] [4] Allen finished his first starting year with the Razorbacks with a 7–5 record under Coach Bret Bielema. The Razorbacks went to the 2016 Belk Bowl on December 9, 2016, against Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech won the game by a score of 35–24.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 0+3⁄8 in
(1.84 m)		210 lb
(95 kg)		30+5⁄8 in
(0.78 m)		9 in
(0.23 m)		4.81 s1.62 s2.80 s4.48 s7.18 s29.5 in
(0.75 m)		9 ft 4 in
(2.84 m)
All values from NFL Combine [5] [6]

Allen signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on April 30, 2018. [7] He was waived on September 1, 2018. [8]

In 2018, Allen signed with the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football for the 2019 season. [9] On November 27, he was selected by the Salt Lake Stallions in the third round during the inaugural AAF “Protect or Pick” Quarterback Draft. [10] The league ceased operations in April 2019. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Arkansas QB Austin Allen has A&M seeing double".
  2. ↑ "Arkansas' Austin Allen ready for his dream job".
  3. ↑ "Arkansas keeps it in the family, names Allen QB".
  4. ↑ Voigt, Kurt. "Confident Austin Allen settling in as starting QB for Arkansas". Associated Press.
  5. ↑ "Austin Allen Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  6. ↑ "2018 NFL Draft Scout Austin Allen College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  7. ↑ Smith, Scott (April 30, 2018). "Bucs Add 14 Undrafted Free Agents". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ Smith, Scott (September 1, 2018). "Robinson, Tandy Among Cuts as Bucs Get to 53". Buccaneers.com.
  9. ↑ Munz, Jason. "Memphis Express could see a shakeup at QB before the season even starts". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ Mann, Dinn. "Results: The Alliance of American Football Inaugural Quarterback Draft". AAF. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  11. ↑ Rothstein, Michael; Wickersham, Seth (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com . Retrieved January 9, 2024.
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