2024 – Senior

Transferred back to Kentucky as a graduate transfer after one season at Georgia Southern and one at Tarleton State
Will have two seasons of eligibility left

2023 – Junior (Georgia Southern)

2022 – Sophomore (Tarleton State)

Started 11 games for Tarleton State
Named the Western Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year
Threw for 2,836 yards and had 23 touchdowns on the season with just 11 interceptions
Had 79 rushing attempts for 110 yards with one rushing TD
Had five games with 300 yards or more through the air … Tied for the third most 300+ yard games in a single-season in program history, tied with Steve Kelley (2001), only behind Kevin Vickers (seven, 1994) and Cliff Watkins (six, 2003)
Led the WAC in passing touchdowns (23, 16th in FCS), passing yards (2,828, 17th in FCS)
Threw for 316 yards and four scores at North Alabama, earning WAC Offensive Player of the Week honors … Four touchdown passes tied for the third-most TD passes by a WAC QB in 2022 … 86-yard pass to Jaden Smith was the longest pass in the conference
Had a season-high 406 yards passing and three touchdowns at Southern Utah … 406 yards were the 11th most in Tarleton Football history and the 12th 400+ yard game in program history … Second-highest yards by a WAC QB in 2022
Threw for three scores against Houston Christian
Made the Honor Roll in the spring

2021 – r-Freshman

Played in three games (ULM, New Mexico State and Louisville) and completed 8 of 12 passes for 92 yards
Entered in the fourth quarter vs. New Mexico State and completed 3 of 4 passes for 40 yards … Also had a three-yard scramble for his first collegiate rushing touchdown
Got a career-long 23-yard rush at Louisville

2020 – Freshman

Redshirt season
Mid-year enrollee
Saw action in two games (Vanderbilt and at Alabama)
Completed 3-of-7 passes for 40 yards
Saw his first collegiate action vs. Vanderbilt on Nov. 14 and completed 3 of 5 passes for 40 yards

High School

Four-star recruit by Rivals as the No. 13 pro-style quarterback
Rated a top 500 player in the class by 247Sports and the No. 19 pro-style quarterback
Named the Paul Hornung Award winner given to the top high school player in Kentucky
Four-year starter who compiled 11,439 career passing yards and 127 touchdowns, numbers that put him in the top five all-time
Coached by Nigel Smith
Candidate for Kentucky’s Mr. Football award
Completed 248 of 366 passes for 3,682 yards and 38 touchdowns and rushed for a team-high 478 yards and 12 scores
Three-time first-team All-State
Named to the 2019 Class of the Commonwealth by the Lexington Herald-Leader
Also was a two-year basketball letter winner
Academic All-State
Member of the Beta Club and was named Academic All-State
Picked Kentucky over Georgia, Washington State, West Virginia, Duke and others

Community Cats

Volunteered at LexCity Church (2020)
Participated in the Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s Men’s Conference at Southland Christian (2020)

Personal

Born in Carmel, Indiana
Son of Bill and Ingrid Allen
Dad, Bill, also played quarterback at Kentucky from 1984-88
Graduated from Georgia Southern in December of ’23 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies with a minor in management … Currently working on a second degree in finance at UK

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