Marcus Allen was a member of the Raiders for 11 seasons and spent his last five seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs.
33 Facts About Marcus Allen
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Marcus Allen scored 145 touchdowns, including a then-league-record 123 rushing touchdowns, and was elected to six Pro Bowls.
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Marcus Allen was the first NFL player to gain more than 10,000 rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards during his career.
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Marcus Allen has the distinction of being the only player to have won the Heisman Trophy, an NCAA national championship, the Super Bowl, and be named NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP.
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Marcus Allen was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Marcus Allen played football at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Diego, California, where he played the quarterback and safety positions.
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Marcus Allen played running back at the University of Southern California from 1978 to 1981, playing on the same team as fellow hall of famer Ronnie Lott for his first three seasons and hall of famer Anthony Munoz for his first two.
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Marcus Allen was recruited as a safety, but head coach John Robinson switched him to tailback.
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In 1981, Marcus Allen rushed for 2,342 yards, becoming only the second player in NCAA history to rush for over 2,000 yards in one season, passing the 2,000-yard mark in a win at Cal.
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Marcus Allen gained a total of 2,683 offensive yards, led the nation in scoring, and won the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award.
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Marcus Allen finished his four college seasons with 4,664 rushing yards, 5,232 total yards, and 46 touchdowns, while averaging 5.2 yards per carry.
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Marcus Allen was drafted as the 10th overall pick in the 1982 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Raiders.
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Marcus Allen was pleased that he didn't have to travel as the team had just relocated from Oakland.
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Marcus Allen has recalled that shortly before being drafted the Raiders asked him his weight and then drafted him soon after.
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Marcus Allen was voted the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
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The next season, Marcus Allen broke the 1,000-yard mark for the first time, an accomplishment he would repeat the two following years.
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Marcus Allen's 191 rushing yards were a Super Bowl record, which stood until Timmy Smith of the Redskins topped it with 204 yards in Super Bowl XXII.
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In total, Marcus Allen rushed 58 times for 466 yards and four touchdowns during the playoffs.
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Marcus Allen added 118 yards and one touchdown on 14 receptions.
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Marcus Allen ended the 1985 season on a strong note, finishing the year as the NFL rushing leader with 9 consecutive 100-yard games.
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From 1987 through 1990, Marcus Allen shared the backfield with Bo Jackson.
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Marcus Allen was relegated to back-up duty in his final three seasons with the Raiders and, at one time, fell to fourth on the depth chart.
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Marcus Allen's strained relationship with Davis reached an all-time low in December 1992.
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Marcus Allen eventually left Los Angeles and joined the Kansas City Chiefs in 1993.
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Marcus Allen scored touchdowns in all three Chiefs playoff games that year, and was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year by the Pro Football Writers Association.
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Marcus Allen went on to play for the Chiefs for four more seasons, leading the team in rushing every year but his last.
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Marcus Allen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Marcus Allen was inducted into the California Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
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In 1999, Marcus Allen was inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions Breitbard Hall of Fame.
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In 2008, Marcus Allen joined as a spokesman for the sports website OPENSports.
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Marcus Allen wrote a blog and occasionally answered member questions for the company during this time.
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In 1986, Marcus Allen met Kathryn Edwards and the two later got engaged.
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Marcus Allen is the older brother of Canadian Football Hall of Fame quarterback Damon Marcus Allen.