66 Facts About Larry Allen

Larry Allen played college football at Sonoma State and was selected by the Cowboys in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft.

Larry Allen played his final two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, where he received his eleventh Pro Bowl selection.

Larry Allen was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013.

Larry Allen grew up in Compton, California, and had a troubled childhood, including contracting meningitis and almost dying at six weeks old, as well as being stabbed 12 times in the head, shoulder, and neck by a young neighbor while trying to protect his brother at the age of 10.

Larry Allen attended a different school in each of his four years of high school.

Larry Allen finished Vintage High School in Napa, California, but did not graduate.

Larry Allen was not academically eligible to play NCAA Division I football, so he attended Butte College in Oroville, California.

In two years with the Cossacks, Larry Allen gave up just one sack and was a two-time All-American.

Larry Allen's stock dropped in the 1994 NFL Draft because of his small-school background and a rotator cuff injury.

Larry Allen was the tenth offensive lineman selected in the draft and the first player ever chosen from Sonoma State.

Larry Allen was selected in the second round, which marked the highest offensive lineman selection by the Cowboys, since Howard Richards in 1981.

In 1994, Larry Allen started 10 regular-season games rotating between guard and tackle.

Larry Allen helped Dallas establish a then team record by allowing just 20 sacks totaling just 93 yards while earning all-rookie honors.

Larry Allen was forced into a starting spot just four games into his rookie season when Mark Tuinei suffered back spasms on the road against the Washington Redskins.

Larry Allen received the game ball for helping keep the Redskins sackless for the game.

Larry Allen recorded his first NFL start at left tackle, replacing an injured Tuinei against the Arizona Cardinals.

Larry Allen shocked the Saints by running down linebacker Darion Conner from behind on an interception return early in the game, when Larry Allen was running from a standing start at the moment of interception.

Larry Allen sprained his left ankle during the game, but he returned to play.

In 1995, Larry Allen, while earning his first of seven consecutive trips to the Pro Bowl, was one of a club-record four Dallas offensive linemen named to the Pro Bowl, Ray Donaldson, Nate Newton, and Mark Tuinei being the others, after just one year of experience as a starting guard.

In 1996, Larry Allen earned a second consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl, along with earning consensus All-Pro and All-NFC honors.

In 1997, Larry Allen, despite being moved between guard and tackle during the season, was selected to his third consecutive Pro Bowl at guard and earned first-team All-Pro honors.

Larry Allen spent part of training camp working at left tackle and returned to his right guard position for the first 13 games of the season.

Larry Allen started his third season at right guard at Pittsburgh and helped Dallas gain 380 total yards, including 295 passing yards, while not allowing a sack.

Larry Allen was back in the starting lineup the following week at the Giants.

In 1998, Larry Allen was slated to start at the left tackle position from day one of the season after starting the final three games of 1997 at left tackle.

Larry Allen became just the third player in league history to be selected to the Pro Bowl at more than one offensive line position when peers voted him to NFC Pro Bowl team at tackle.

Larry Allen earned recognition as part of an offensive line that allowed just 19 sacks for 110 yards in 493 pass plays for a season, the fewest in the NFL.

Larry Allen's blocking helped Emmitt Smith to record seven 100-yard rushing games and 1,332 yards on the season.

Larry Allen debuted at his new position in the season opener against the Arizona Cardinals and helped Dallas gain 444 total yards ; both totals were the team's highest since 1996.

Larry Allen led the way for Smith's 118 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

Larry Allen helped set a new franchise record for pass attempts in a game without a sack and led the way as Smith rushed for three touchdowns to tie Marcus Allen's NFL record of 123 career rushing touchdowns.

In 1999, despite starting in his third offensive line position in as many years and missing five games due to injury, Larry Allen was selected to his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl while earning consensus All-Pro honors at guard.

Larry Allen earned recognition as part of an offensive line that allowed the second-fewest sacks in the league, behind Indianapolis who allowed just 14, and one-or-fewer sacks in nine-of-16 games.

Larry Allen missed the next four games with a sprained knee.

Larry Allen returned to the starting lineup in New Orleans on Christmas Eve and helped the Cowboys offensive line give up no sacks on 39 pass plays while helping Smith to rush for his eighth 100-yard game of the season.

Larry Allen was part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack in 33 pass plays during the game.

In 2000, Larry Allen was selected to his sixth consecutive Pro Bowl and earned consensus All-Pro and All-NFC honors.

Larry Allen was part of an offensive line unit that allowed just 35 sacks in 480 pass plays on the season.

In 2001, Larry Allen was named All-Pro by the Associated Press for the seventh consecutive season.

Larry Allen played a key role in Dallas' third rank in the league in rushing at 136.5 yards per game.

Larry Allen helped limit All-Pro DT Sapp to one tackle and no sacks in the season opener against the Buccaneers, helping the Cowboys offense rush for 99 yards on 23 carries, a 4.3 average.

Larry Allen played through off-season surgery and a nagging early-season ankle sprain that limited him to five starts on the season between left guard and right tackle.

Larry Allen was selected as an offensive captain by his teammates, entering the regular season.

Larry Allen attempted to return in the second half but lasted just two plays before returning to the sideline.

Larry Allen then left the game in the first quarter.

Larry Allen fought the pain and was in and out of the game in the second half at left guard for Kelvin Garmon who suffered a hip injury.

Larry Allen was then inactive next the three games to let the injury heal.

In 2003, Larry Allen returned after missing most of the 2002 season with a sprained left ankle that required off-season surgery to remove bone spurs.

Larry Allen began the season by straining his hamstring during practice four days before the season opener.

In 2004, Larry Allen started all 16 games for the eighth time in 11 NFL seasons, and for the ninth time, he was an NFC Pro Bowl selection at guard.

Larry Allen played every offensive snap for the Cowboys in 2005, starting all 16 games at left guard.

Larry Allen helped the Cowboys offense record 28 points and 301 yards of total offense.

Larry Allen's run blocking allowed Julius Jones to rush for 194 yards, the fourth-best performance in franchise history in Carolina on Christmas Eve.

On March 21,2006, Larry Allen was released by the Dallas Cowboys, after spending his first 12 seasons with the organization from 1994 to 2005.

In 2006, three days after being released by the Dallas Cowboys, Larry Allen was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an unrestricted free agent.

Larry Allen was voted to his 11th career Pro Bowl after blocking for RB Frank Gore's franchise record 1,695 rushing yards on the season.

Larry Allen was then inactive for the next five weeks due to the sprained MCL.

Larry Allen was named as a reserve guard for the NFC in the Pro Bowl during the game week to mark his 11th Pro Bowl selection.

Larry Allen started in Denver on New Year's Eve and blocked for Frank Gore to break the 49ers franchise's single-season rushing record and franchise combined yardage record.

Larry Allen was voted as an alternate to the Pro Bowl.

Larry Allen was chosen as a member of the NFL's All-Decade Team for the 1990s and the 2000s.

Larry Allen was named All-Pro seven times, six times at guard and once at tackle.

Larry Allen played all but one position along the offensive line in his 11 seasons in Dallas, moving between right tackle, right guard, left tackle and left guard.

On February 2,2013, Larry Allen was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Larry Allen was later signed by Dallas Cowboys in 2019 as an undrafted player.

Larry Allen's nephew is Dakarai Allen, a professional basketball player in the NBA G League.