Dwayne Allen

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Dwayne Allen
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Allen with the Colts in 2015
No. 83
Position: Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1990-02-24) February 24, 1990 (age 34)
Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school: Terry Sanford (Fayetteville)
College: Clemson (2008–2011)
NFL draft: 2012  / Round: 3 / Pick: 64
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:139
Receiving yards:1,564
Receiving average:11.3
Receiving touchdowns:20
Player stats at PFR

Dwayne Lamont Allen [1] (born February 24, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers, earning consensus All-American honors and winning the John Mackey Award as a junior in 2011. Allen was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He spent his first five seasons with the Colts and was a member of the New England Patriots in his final two. During his Patriots tenure, he made consecutive Super Bowl appearances and won Super Bowl LIII.

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Early life

Allen was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He attended Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville, and played high school football for the Terry Sanford Bulldogs. During his career, he had 68 receptions for 1,257 yards.

College career

Allen attended Clemson University, where he played for the Clemson Tigers football team from 2008 to 2011. He was redshirted in 2008. In 2009, he started six of 14 games and had 10 receptions for 108 yards and three touchdowns. He started all 13 games in 2010 and was a second-team All-ACC selection after recording 33 receptions for 373 yards with a touchdown. [2]

Through the first seven games of his junior season, Allen had 27 receptions for 381 yards and four touchdowns. [3]

Allen was named the 2011 recipient of the John Mackey Award on December 8, 2011, at the Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show. He graduated from Clemson on August 9, 2014. [4]

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 Bench press
6 ft 3+1⁄8 in
(1.91 m)		255 lb
(116 kg)		33 in
(0.84 m)		9+5⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		4.89 s1.73 s2.85 s4.37 s7.12 s32 in
(0.81 m)		9 ft 2 in
(2.79 m)		27 reps
All values from NFL Combine [5] [6]

Indianapolis Colts

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Allen in 2016

Allen was drafted in the third round with the 64th overall pick by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2012 NFL Draft. [7] He was the second tight-end taken in the draft as well as the second taken by the Colts. He helped fellow rookie Andrew Luck lead the Colts to an 11–5 record. [8] Despite their draft positions, Allen actually bested his teammate (taken 34th overall), Coby Fleener, in overall production ranking 7th best among the league's rookie receiving leaders. [9] Allen and fellow rookie teammates T. Y. Hilton, Fleener, Vick Ballard, and LaVon Brazill combined for an NFL record 3,108 yards – the most by any rookie class playing for an NFL club since the 1970 NFL merger. The second best performance was the Colts' 1999 rookie class with 2,751 yards. [10] Allen finished the 2012 season with 521 receiving yards on 45 catches, and 3 touchdowns. [11] Allen was intended to be a large part of new Colts offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton's offense in 2013, but was placed on the injured reserve following a hip injury in the first game of the season. He finished the season with one catch for 20 yards and a touchdown. [11]

Allen battled a knee injury late in the 2014 season, but started 13 games for the Colts and finished with 29 receptions, 395 yards, and 8 touchdowns. [11] On November 8, 2015, Allen was poked in the eye by Denver Broncos' cornerback Aqib Talib. [12] [13] [14] Talib was given a one-game suspension for the incident the following day. [15] On December 30, 2015, Allen was placed on injured reserve. [16]

On March 7, 2016, Allen signed a four-year, $29.4 million extension with the Colts. [17] [18]

New England Patriots

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Allen with the New England Patriots in 2017

On March 9, 2017, the Colts traded Allen and a 2017 sixth-round draft pick to the New England Patriots for a 2017 fourth-round draft pick. [19] [20] The trade was the first between the Colts and Patriots since 1985. [21]

On November 12, on Sunday Night Football, Allen made his first reception with the Patriots when he caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady. The play made Allen the 68th NFL player to catch a touchdown from Brady. [22] Allen reached Super Bowl LII with the Patriots, but lost 41–33 to the Philadelphia Eagles. [23]

Allen was again not a part of the Patriots offense in 2018, as he only had three catches for 27 yards during the season, although he was praised by the team for his blocking. Allen did win Super Bowl LIII when the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13–3. [24] [25]

On March 2, 2019, Allen was released by the Patriots. [26]

Miami Dolphins

On March 9, 2019, Allen was signed by the Miami Dolphins to a two-year, $6.5 million deal. [27] He was released with an injury settlement on August 31, 2019. [28]

NFL career statistics

Regular season

YearTeamGamesReceivingRushingFumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDAttYdsAvgLngTDFumLost
2012 IND 16164552111.6403351.73010
2013 IND 1112020.020T1—————00
2014 IND 13132939513.641T8—————10
2015 IND 1312161096.8211111.01000
2016 IND 14143540611.623T6—————10
2017 NE 16810868.6221—————00
2018 NE 1383279.0210—————00
Total86721391,56411.34120461.53030

Postseason

YearTeamGamesReceivingRushingFumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDAttYdsAvgLngTDFumLost
2012 IND 1145112.8220—————00
2014 IND 3211908.2181—————00
2017 NE 30——————————00
2018 NE 31——————————00
Total104151419.4221000.00000

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