Jared Allen
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Allen with the Minnesota Vikings in 2009
No. 69
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1982-04-03) April 3, 1982
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school:Los Gatos
(Los Gatos, California)
College:Idaho State (2000–2003)
NFL Draft:2004 / Round: 4 / Pick: 126
Career history
Career highlights and awards
NFL records
  • Most career safeties: 4 (tied)
  • Most safeties in a season: 2 (tied)
Career NFL statistics
Sacks:136
Total tackles:648
Safeties:4
Interceptions:6
Pass deflections:57
Forced fumbles:32
Fumble recoveries:19
Total touchdowns:4
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Jared Scot Allen (born April 3, 1982) is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. He played college football at Idaho State and was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. After four years with the Chiefs, Allen was traded to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for three draft picks, including a first-rounder. He spent six years with the Vikings before joining the Chicago Bears as a free agent in 2014.

He was traded to the Carolina Panthers during the 2015 season, with whom he played in Super Bowl 50. A five-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro selection, Allen recorded 136 quarterback sacks during his 12-year career. After retiring from the NFL, Allen took up curling and formed a team with other former NFL players.

Early years

Allen was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised on a horse ranch in Morgan Hill, California.[1]

Allen first attended Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, but transferred to Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos for his senior year. By then, Allen had lost many of his athletic scholarship offers, including from the University of Washington where he had already verbally committed.[2] As a senior at Los Gatos, he was named First-team All-League and Defensive Player of the Year. He was also a First-team All-Central Coast Section selection, and a member of "Who's Who" in Sports Illustrated. Allen was selected by the North squad for the North vs. South San Jose Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star football game, after a senior season where he racked up 96 tackles, 12 sacks, five forced fumbles, and five fumble recoveries.[3]

College career

Allen attended Idaho State University, where he started 33 of 41 games for the Idaho State Bengals football team. The three-time All-Big Sky Conference selection finished his career with 250 tackles, 38.5 sacks, 73 stops for losses, seven fumble recoveries, three touchdowns, 13 forced fumbles, three interceptions, 26 pass deflections, and one blocked kick.

As a freshman in 2000, Allen was originally slated to redshirt the season, but this was reconsidered, and he eventually played in eight games for the Bengals and earned honorable mention All-Big Sky honors without ever being a starter. In 2001 Allen earned First-team All-Big Sky honors, and led the Bengals with 16 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. As a junior in 2002, Allen was named Second-team Division I-AA All-American by the Associated Press, and was also named first-team All-Big Sky for the second consecutive season. He led the team in sacks, tackles for loss (with 18), and also led all Bengal linemen with 63 tackles.

In 2003, as a senior, Allen won the Buck Buchanan Award, recording 17.5 sacks, 102 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, six forced fumbles, three recovered fumbles, and nine pass deflections during 2003, ranking among the Big Sky Conference leaders in several defensive categories. Allen, a first-team Division I-AA All-American and a first-team All-Big Sky selection for the third straight season, led ISU to an 8–4 record that season, helping the school post its first back-to-back eight win seasons in school history. Idaho State finished the regular season ranked No. 21 in the nation.[4]

Statistics

Season GP Tackles Int Fum
CmbSoloAstTfLSckPDIntFFFR
2000 8391326114.00100
2001 10492425166.52133
2002 116330331810.57141
2003 1210248542817.59063
Career412501151127138.5263137

Professional career

2004 NFL Draft

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleThree-cone drillVertical jumpBroad jumpBench press
6 ft 6 in
(1.98 m)		 265 lb
(120 kg)		 32 in
(0.81 m)		 9+3⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		4.70 s1.64 s2.75 s4.34 s7.11 s33 in
(0.84 m)		10 ft 0 in
(3.05 m)		13 reps
All values from NFL Combine[5]

Before the draft, Allen was projected as a sixth or seventh round prospect; NFL columnist Rick Gosselin ranked Allen as the 19th-best defensive end in the draft. Scouts rated his prospects better as a long snapper than on defense, with some calling him the best snapper in the class.[6][7] He ended up being taken by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round.[8]

Kansas City Chiefs

Allen was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round (126th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft, and made the league minimum salary his first three years.[9] During his rookie season, Allen played 15 games, starting 10 of them, and made 9 sacks on 31 tackles. In 2005, Allen appeared in all 16 games (starting 15) with 55 tackles, 11 sacks, 5 passes defended, 6 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries. In 2006, Allen started all 16 games with 77 tackles, 7.5 sacks, 1 interception, 10 passes defended, 5 forced fumbles and 6 fumble recoveries (joint most in the AFC). On May 21, 2007, Allen, as a restricted free agent, signed the Chiefs' one-year tender offer of US$2.35 million for the 2007 season.[10] Allen credited his early season success to his mullet; with every sack Allen made, he was expected to shave a "racing stripe" into his hairstyle. On December 2, 2007, Allen caught a touchdown pass against division rival San Diego.[11] On December 23, 2007, Allen caught another touchdown pass against the Detroit Lions.[12]

After leading the NFL in sacks in 2007 with 15.5, Allen was selected as a starting defensive end for the AFC in the 2007 Pro Bowl and was also named in the All-Pro team for 2007.[13]

In February 2008, the Chiefs placed the franchise tag on Allen, giving him a one-year, $8.8 million contract for 2008.[14]

Minnesota Vikings

Allen with the Vikings in 2011.

On April 22, 2008, the Chiefs traded Allen to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for a first-round pick and two third-round picks (one of which was used to select Jamaal Charles), and the teams swapped sixth-round picks in the 2008 NFL Draft. The Vikings then signed Allen to a six-year contract, which at the time was the richest contract for a defensive player in NFL history.[15] Allen was due an $8 million roster bonus in 2010, per the six-year, $72.36 million contract he signed with the Vikings, and his signing bonus was $15.5 million.[16]

During the 2008 season, Allen recorded 54 tackles, along with 14.5 sacks, 3, passes defended, 3 forced fumbles, and 2 enforced safeties, while battling both knee and shoulder injuries throughout the season. He was named First-team All-Pro and selected to his second Pro Bowl. His first sack as a Viking was in a game against the Indianapolis Colts, when he sacked quarterback Peyton Manning. In his first playoff game as a Viking, Allen recorded three tackles, along with two sacks and a forced fumble. Allen also forced a safety when he chased Dan Orlovsky out of the end zone during a game against the Detroit Lions,[17] and he forced another safety in the week 10 game against the Green Bay Packers, when he sacked Aaron Rodgers in the end zone.[18]

On October 5, 2009, against the Green Bay Packers, Allen set a career-high with 4.5 sacks, as well as having his third safety in the previous two years. A week later, against the St. Louis Rams, he returned a fumble 52 yards, for the first defensive touchdown of his career.[19] He also made the 2009 Pro Bowl, as the starting defensive end for the NFC team. For the 2009 year, Allen made 51 tackles with 14.5 sacks, an interception, 4 passes defended, 5 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, a defensive touchdown, and a safety enforced.

Allen started the 2010 season slowly, having only one sack in the first 7 games, but had 10 sacks in the next 9 games, making him 10th in the league with 11 sacks. In the season finale against the Detroit Lions, Allen scored his second career defensive touchdown, a 36-yard interception return. Overall in 2010, Allen finished with 60 tackles, 11 sacks, 2 interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), 6 passes defended, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery.

In 2011, Allen returned to Kansas City. The Vikings lost the game 22–17. On January 1, 2012, Allen set the single-season franchise record for most sacks by a Viking, with 22 sacks. In Week 17 against the Chicago Bears, Allen sacked Josh McCown 3.5 times, but fell a half sack short of the NFL record held by former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan.[20] Allen appeared on NFL's Top 100 players of 2012, and was ranked #13. Allen was voted 67 spots higher than last year, the biggest leap on the list. Allen fell seven votes short of winning AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year.[21] On October 2, 2012, Allen was fined $7,875 for grabbing Tampa Bay Buccaneers lineman Donald Penn's facemask.[22]

Chicago Bears

Allen participating in Bears training camp in 2014.

On March 26, 2014, Allen signed a four-year deal with the Chicago Bears worth $32 million, of which $15.5 million is guaranteed, that could void down to three years and $24 million.[23] Allen missed the week three game against the Green Bay Packers due to suffering from pneumonia and having lost 18 pounds.[24] As a result, his streak of games played dating back to week two of 2007 ended.[25] He finished 2014 with 52 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 4 passes defended, 2 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries.

With the Bears using a 3-4 defense for the 2015 season, Allen was transitioned to the outside linebacker position.[26]

Carolina Panthers

Allen playing for the Panthers in 2015.

On September 28, 2015, Allen was traded to the Carolina Panthers for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.[27] Allen recorded his first sack for the Panthers during their 27–16 win over the Philadelphia Eagles; he recorded one tackle-for-loss, two quarterback pressures, and a pass deflection during the game.[28] During a Monday Night Football victory over the Indianapolis Colts, Allen had his first sack as a member of the Panthers on quarterback Andrew Luck to go along with five total tackles. On February 7, 2016, Allen was part of the Panthers team that played in Super Bowl 50. In the game, the Panthers fell to the Denver Broncos by a score of 24–10.[29] In the loss, Allen recorded one tackle.[30]

Retirement

On February 18, 2016, Allen announced his retirement by posting a video to his Twitter account of him riding his horse "into the sunset."[31][32][33] On April 14, 2016, Allen signed a one-day contract with Minnesota so he could retire as a Viking.[34]

Allen first came up for Pro Football Hall of Fame eligibility in 2021, but failed to get inducted on the first ballot, as he was passed over in favor of fellow first-year eligibility mates Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson and Calvin Johnson.[35]

On July 29, 2022, Allen was announced as the 27th inductee of the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor.[36] On October 30, 2022, Allen was formally inducted into the Ring of Honor, riding into U.S. Bank Stadium on a horse.[37]

NFL career statistics

Legend
NFL record
Led the league
Bold Career high
Year Team Games Tackles Fumbles Interceptions
GPGSCmbSoloAstSckSftyFFFRYdsTDPDIntYdsAvgLngTD
2004KC 1510312929.0000000000.000
2005KC 16155548711.0062005000.000
2006KC 16167765127.505624010133.030
2007KC 14146455915.50300011000.000
2008MIN 161654411314.5230003000.000
2009MIN 16165143814.515354141−4−4.0−40
2010MIN 161660451511.001100624020.0361
2011MIN 161666481822.014460311414.0140
2012MIN 161645351012.0011003000.000
2013MIN 161652331911.5020006000.000
2014CHI 15155637195.5022004000.000
2015CHI 335410.0000001122.020
CAR 12122715122.0000002000.000
Career187181643498145136.043219841586559.2361

NFL records

Vikings franchise records

  • Most sacks in a season: 22 (2011)
  • Most safeties in a season: 2 (2008)

Curling

Since his retirement from football, Allen has picked up the sport of curling.[39] In March 2018 he recruited fellow retired NFL players Marc Bulger, Keith Bulluck, and Michael Roos to form a competitive curling team. He first competed in a World Curling Tour event, the 2018 Curl Mesabi Classic, losing all four games, including one against the 2018 Olympics gold medal-winning team, 11–3.[40][41] His team then played in the 2019 US Men's Challenge Round (a qualifying event for the United States Men's Curling Championship), losing all three of their games, by a combined score of 27–3. The team then played in the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic, again going winless.[42]

Allen played in the 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship playing second for 2007 US Champion Todd Birr. At nationals, the team went 0–9.

Allen has been arrested/charged for DUI a total of three times. The first was in Pocatello, Idaho, on May 11, 2002. He was then arrested twice within five months in Leawood, Kansas, on May 11, 2006, and on September 26, 2006. He was sentenced to 48 hours in jail as a result of the latter arrest.[43]

Personal life

Allen is a Christian. Allen has spoken about his faith saying, "My Bible's my playbook for life" and "My ultimate goal is when I die, for Him to say, 'Welcome home, you good and faithful servant.' That’s how I try to gear my life and focus on Him."[44]

Allen serves as an advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and raises funds through his "Sack Diabetes" program. Allen was also an active role model in the JDRF's Children's Congress 2009.[45] He is an avid hunter, and has been interviewed by Field & Stream.[46]

Allen was among four NFL players who were sent overseas on an NFL-USO tour to visit with U.S. military troops: "It has been one of the best experiences of my life – something that I'll never forget. We as players probably get more out of it than you do as soldiers and Marines." He created his own charity, the Jared Allen's Homes for Wounded Warriors (JAH4WW), in October 2009, in order to build handicapped-accessible homes for severely wounded military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. His grandfather and younger brother also served in the Marines.[47]

In September 2010, Allen contributed $3,000 to Downey, California, animal shelter SEACCA's reward fund for information leading to an arrest, in connection to a horse being starved and abandoned on a Los Angeles city street.[48]

Allen was featured in the 2010 film Jackass 3D, doing a stunt, alongside Erik Ainge, which features him blindsiding Johnny Knoxville.[49]

On October 27, 2011, Allen's wife, Amy, gave birth to their first child, a girl named Brinley Noelle Allen.[50]

The Alliance of American Football named Allen as an investor and player relations executive in 2018.[51]

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