Kyle Allen

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Kyle Allen
Houston Cougars No. 10
Position Quarterback
Class Junior
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Scottsdale (AZ) Desert Mountain
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-08) March 8, 1996
Place of birth Scottsdale, Arizona
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Kyle Allen (born March 8, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the Houston Cougars. He previously played for the Texas A&M Aggies.

High school career

Allen attended Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.[1] During his career he passed for over 8,000 yards and had 86 passing touchdowns. Allen was a five-star recruit by Rivals.com and was ranked as the best pro-style quarterback and seventh best player overall in his class.[2] In June 2013, he committed to Texas A&M University to play college football.[3][4] Allen was highly recruited out of high school; in addition to Texas A&M, he received offers from Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, California, Colorado State, Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, UCLA, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.[5] Allen played for the West team in the 2014 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He completed 12 of 18 passes, and set an Army Bowl record with 183 passing yards.[6][7]

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Kyle Allen
QB		 Scottsdale, Arizona Desert Mountain High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 4.9 Jun 3, 2013 
Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 85
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 1 (QB)   Rivals: 1 (QB)  ESPN: 1 (QB)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Texas A&M

2014

As a true freshman in 2014, Allen competed with Kenny Hill before the season for the starting quarterback position.[8] Hill would win the job with Allen appearing in games as a backup.[9] After the team lost three straight games in October, the competition was opened again prior to the game against Louisiana-Monroe, and Allen won the starting quarterback position.[10][11]

On September 14, 2014, he made his first appearance with the Aggies and threw 12/16 completions for 122-yards, 2 touchdowns, and an interception.

Allen would finish the season with a 3–2 win-loss record, including a bowl win and its MVP award. He finished his freshman season with 118/192(61.5%) completions, 1,322 passing yards, 16 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions.

2015

Following the transfer of Kenny Hill to Texas Christian University, Allen was positioned to be the starter for the Aggies in 2015. On August 24 during the 2015 off-season, Allen was named the starting quarterback against Arizona State with competition from incoming freshman star Kyler Murray.

Texas A&M got off to a 5–0 start, as Allen led the SEC in passing efficiency. Then, against Alabama, he threw three interceptions that were returned for touchdowns in a 41–23 loss. During that game, on Oct 16, he had a 50 percent completion rate.[12] He went 12-for-34 passing (35.3 percent passing completion rate) for 88 yards in a 23–3 loss to Ole Miss on Oct. 24.[13] The Friday before the following game, head coach Kevin Sumlin named Kyler Murray the starter[14] and Allen started to practice with the third team.

Against Alabama, Allen said he suffered an AC sprain in his throwing shoulder but told the coaching staff he was well enough to face Ole Miss. Allen would then miss playing in the 35–28 win on Oct 31 against South Carolina and the Aggies loss to Auburn (26–10). Kyler Murray would start in both of those games and a home win over Western Carolina. Allen would return as the starter on Nov 21, a 25–0 win over Vanderbilt. He played his last game with the Aggies on November 28, 2015, completing 15/28 passes for 161-yards and a touchdown in a 7–19 loss to LSU. He finished his second year with completing 160/283 passes for 2,210-yards, 17 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions. Allen also ran for 65 yards and 2 touchdowns.

On December 10, 2015, Allen announced he would be transferring from Texas A&M. This decision made him unavailable to play in the Aggies' Music City bowl game and was a little over two weeks after the Aggies' other quarterback, Kyler Murray, announced he would be transferring.[15] Allen ended his Aggies career with 278 completions in 475 attempts (58.5%), 3,532 passing yards, 33 passing touchdowns, and 14 interceptions in 20 games.[16] It was announced on January 5, 2016, that Kyle Allen intended to transfer to the University of Houston,[17] and Allen began classes at Houston on January 19, 2016. He will not be eligible to play until 2017, due to NCAA transfer guidelines that require transfers to sit out a single year.[18]

College Career Statistics

Kyle Allen's college stats[19]
Texas A&M Aggies
Year Team Pass Attempts Pass Completions Completion Percentage % Pass Yards Pass TDs INT Passer Rating Rush Attempts Rush Yards Rush Avg Rush TDs
2014 Texas A&M 192 118 61.5% 1,322 16 7 139.5 29 44 1.5 1
2015 Texas A&M 283 160 56.5% 2,210 17 7 137.0 65 102 1.6 2
Total 475 278 58.5% 3,532 33 14 138.0 94 146 1.6 3

References

  1. ↑ Desert Mountain quarterback Kyle Allen not worried about spotlight that awaits at Texas A&M
  2. ↑ Rivals.com
  3. ↑ QB Kyle Allen commits to A&M
  4. ↑ Top 2014 quarterback recruit Kyle Allen commits to Texas A&M
  5. ↑ "Football Recruiting – Kyle Allen – Player Profiles – ESPN". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  6. ↑ http://fansided.com/2014/02/28/kyle-allen-poised-succeed-johnny-manziel-texas/
  7. ↑ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1911169-us-army-all-american-bowl-2014-complete-box-score-and-analysis
  8. ↑ "Texas A&M QB competition a two horse race". NBC Sports. July 2, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  9. ↑ QB Kenny Hill named Aggies' starter
  10. ↑ Kenny Hill in danger of losing job
  11. ↑ Sources: Aggies bench Kenny Hill
  12. ↑ "Kyle Allen". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  13. ↑ "Kyle Allen". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  14. ↑ "A&M Names QB Murray Starter vs. Auburn". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  15. ↑ "http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14339660/kyle-allen-transferring-texas-aggies". ESPN.com. External link in |title= (help);
  16. ↑ "Sports-Reference.com/College football players:Kyle Allen". Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  17. ↑ http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2016/01/former-am-qb-kyle-allen-to-join-uh-football-program/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
  18. ↑ The #HTownTakeover Signs 23 to 2016 Class. Houston Cougars Football, February 3, 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  19. ↑ http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/559681/kyle-allen
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