Jared Scot Allen was born on April 3,1982 and is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League for 12 seasons.
43 Facts About Jared Allen
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Jared Allen played college football at Idaho State and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
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Jared Allen spent six years with the Vikings before joining the Chicago Bears as a free agent in 2014.
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Jared Allen was traded to the Carolina Panthers during the 2015 season, with whom he played in Super Bowl 50.
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Jared Allen was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised on a horse ranch in Morgan Hill, California.
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Jared Allen first attended Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, but transferred to Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos for his senior year.
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Jared Allen was a First-team All-Central Coast Section selection, and a member of "Who's Who" in Sports Illustrated.
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Jared 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.
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Jared Allen attended Idaho State University, where he started 33 of 41 games for the Idaho State Bengals football team.
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In 2001 Jared Allen earned First-team All-Big Sky honors, and led the Bengals with 16 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.
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Jared Allen led the team in sacks, tackles for loss, and led all Bengal linemen with 63 tackles.
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In 2003, as a senior, Jared 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.
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Jared Allen ended up being taken by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round.
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Jared Allen was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and made the league minimum salary his first three years.
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In 2005, Jared Allen appeared in all 16 games with 55 tackles, 11 sacks, 5 passes defended, 6 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries.
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In 2006, Jared Allen started all 16 games with 77 tackles, 7.5 sacks, 1 interception, 10 passes defended, 5 forced fumbles and 6 fumble recoveries.
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Jared Allen credited his early season success to his mullet; with every sack Jared Allen made, he was expected to shave a "racing stripe" into his hairstyle.
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On December 2,2007, Jared Allen caught a touchdown pass against division rival San Diego.
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On December 23,2007, Jared Allen caught another touchdown pass against the Detroit Lions.
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Jared Allen was named First-team All-Pro and selected to his second Pro Bowl.
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Jared Allen forced a safety when he chased Dan Orlovsky out of the end zone during a game against the Detroit Lions, and he forced another safety in the week 10 game against the Green Bay Packers, when he sacked Aaron Rodgers in the end zone.
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On October 5,2009, against the Green Bay Packers, Jared Allen set a career-high with 4.5 sacks, as well as having his third safety in the previous two years.
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Jared Allen made the 2009 Pro Bowl, as the starting defensive end for the NFC team.
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Jared 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.
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On January 1,2012, Jared Allen set the single-season franchise record for most sacks by a Viking, with 22 sacks.
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In Week 17 against the Chicago Bears, Jared 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.
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Jared Allen was voted 67 spots higher than last year, the biggest leap on the list.
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Jared Allen fell seven votes short of winning AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
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On October 2,2012, Jared Allen was fined $7,875 for grabbing Tampa Bay Buccaneers lineman Donald Penn's facemask.
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Jared Allen missed the week three game against the Green Bay Packers due to suffering from pneumonia and having lost 18 pounds.
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Jared Allen finished 2014 with 52 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 4 passes defended, 2 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries.
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On September 28,2015, Jared Allen was traded to the Carolina Panthers for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.
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On February 7,2016, Jared Allen was part of the Panthers team that played in Super Bowl 50.
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Jared 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.
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On July 29,2022, Jared Allen was announced as the 27th inductee of the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor.
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On October 30,2022, Jared Allen was formally inducted into the Ring of Honor, riding into US Bank Stadium on a horse.
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Jared Allen played in the 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship playing second for 2007 US Champion Todd Birr.
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Jared Allen was then arrested twice within five months in Leawood, Kansas, on May 11,2006, and on September 26,2006.
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Jared Allen was sentenced to 48 hours in jail as a result of the latter arrest.
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Jared Allen serves as an advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and raises funds through his "Sack Diabetes" program.
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Jared Allen was an active role model in the JDRF's Children's Congress 2009.
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In September 2010, Jared 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.
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Jared Allen was featured in the 2010 film Jackass 3D, doing a stunt, alongside Erik Ainge, which features him blindsiding Johnny Knoxville.