2022: Redshirted during initial year with the program.

High School: Team captain that helped the Vipers to a 7-3 overall record (4-1 in league play) and a NCHSAA playoff appearance in 2021 under coach Hunter Jenks … MaxPreps.com Player-of-the-Game selection after grading out at 86 percent on the offensive line while adding nine tackles (2.0 TFLs) on defense at Roanoke Rapids (Aug. 27) … Earned MaxPreps.com Offensive Player-of-the-Game honors after tallying five knockdowns and two pancakes in a 21-20 win over Northern Durham (Sept. 24) … Selected as an alternate to the North Carolina squad for the 2021 Carolinas Bowl Showcase … During two-year career at Vance County, booked 67 tackles (38 solo) in 11 games played, while also playing on the offensive line … Credited with one sack coming during junior campaign, while adding 11.0 career TFLs … As a junior (2020), appeared in four games and made 17 stops (11 solo) with one TFL … Followed that with 50 tackles (27 solo) and 10.0 TFLs as a senior … Named to 2021 Preseason All-Gridiron Team by Carolina Gridiron … A Preseason 2021 HighSchoolOT.com Watch List selection … Previously played at Riverside High in Durham (2018-19) … Attended ECU camp on June 19, 2021 … A two-star prospect according to 247Sports.com Composite … Listed as the 41st-best prospect in North Carolina by the Fayetteville Observer ... Verbally committed to East Carolina on June 24, 2021.

Personal: Son of Laporsha Allen.

Omari Allen