Education
Allen attended Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. He completed 12 of 18 passes, and set an Army Bowl record with 183 passing yards.
Allen attended Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. He completed 12 of 18 passes, and set an Army Bowl record with 183 passing yards.
He previously played for the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Aggies. During his career he passed for over 8,000 yards and had 86 passing touchdowns. In June 2013, he committed to Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University to play college football.
Allen was highly recruited out of high school.
In addition to Texas Agricultural and Mechanical, he received offers from Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, California, Colorado State, Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Ole Mission, Tennessee, University of California, Los Angeles, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Allen played for the West team in the 2014 United States. Army All-American Bowl.
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
= 2014 As a true freshman in 2014, Allen competed with Kenny Hill before the season for the starting quarterback position. 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.
He finished his freshman season with 118/192(615%) 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 Agricultural and Mechanical got off to a 5–0 start, as Allen led the Securities and Exchange Commission in passing efficiency.
Then, against Alabama, he threw three interceptions that were returned for touchdowns in a 41–23 loss.
During that game, on October 16, he had a 50 percent completion rate.
He went 12-for-34 passing (353 percent passing completion rate) for 88 yards in a 23–3 loss to Ole Mission on October 24. The Friday before the following game, head coach Kevin Sumlin named Kyler Murray the starter and Allen started to practice with the third team
Against Alabama, Allen said he suffered an Air Corps sprain in his throwing shoulder but told the coaching staff he was well enough to face Ole Mississippi
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 Louisiana State University. 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 Agricultural and Mechanical. This decision made him unavailable to play in the Aggies" Music City bowl game.
Allen ended his Aggies career with 278 completions in 475 attempts (585%), 3,532 passing yards, 33 passing touchdowns, and 14 interceptions in 20 games.
lieutenant was announced on January 5th, 2016, that Kyle Allen intended to transfer to the University of Houston, and Allen began classes at Houston on January 19, 2016. College Career Statistics.