Jared Allen

  • Buck Buchanan Award ( 2003)
  • 4x All-Pro selection (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
  • 4x invitation to the Pro Bowl (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)

Jared Scot Allen ( born April 3, 1982 in Dallas, Texas) is an American professional American football player at the position of the defensive ends. He plays for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League ( NFL).

Career

College

Allen can look back on a successful career in college football. During his time with the Bengals, as the football team of the Idaho State University is named, get him 250 tackles, 38.5 Sacks thirteen and seven forced fumbles and conquered three touchdowns. In his last year he received the Buck Buchanan Award, a prize for the best defense player.

NFL

The Kansas City Chiefs selected Allen in 2004 NFL Draft in the fourth round than 126 players. The Chiefs showed at that time rather weak defensive performance and so Allen could quickly conquer his place in the starting line-up. He succeeded in attaining nine sack in his rookie season. He completed 15 out of 16 games, ten of them in the starting lineup. He signed in 2007 a ​​one-year contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the same season with 15.5 sack he had a personal best. He graduated in 14 games, all from the beginning. For the first time in his career he also took part in the Pro Bowl.

In April 2008, the Minnesota Vikings Jared Allen pledged in exchange of some draft rights. The signed six- year contract made ​​at that time the highest -doped contract for a defensive player in NFL history dar. In his first season with the Vikings, he had to deal with minor injuries, but completed all the games and came on 14.5 sack and three forced fumbles. In the 2009 season he scored against the Green Bay Packers 4.5 Sacks in a game. A week later he scored after a fumble conquered from 52 yards his first touchdown in the NFL. For the Vikings, it developed as performers and missed in six seasons, no single game.

In March 2014, the Chicago Bears announced that Allen signed a contract for four years ( 32.5 million, 15 million guaranteed) has signed.

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