Education
Allen attended Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He finished the season completing 21 of 49 passes for 186 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions.
Allen attended Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He finished the season completing 21 of 49 passes for 186 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions.
He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was their starting quarterback from 2013 to 2015. As a senior he threw for 3,408 yards and 38 touchdowns. He was ranked by Rivals.com as the fifth best pro-style quarterback recruit.
Allen was redshirted as a freshman in 2011.
In 2012 he was the backup to Tyler Wilson. He appeared in five games and started one game after Wilson missed a game due to injury.
In 2013, Allen took over as the starting quarterback. He passed for 1,552 yards, completing 49.6% percent of his throws, and threw for 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions for a team that finished 3-9 under first year head coach Bret Bielema.
As a junior in 2014, Allen had 2,285 passing yards, 20 touchdowns and five interceptions.
He was the Offensive Most Valuable Player of the 2014 Texas Bowl, a 31-7 victory against the Texas Longhorns. Allen threw two touchdowns in the game, and Arkansas finished with a 7-6 record. During his senior year in 2015, Allen threw a school record six touchdown passes against Ole Mission and broke the record two weeks later with seven touchdowns against Mississippi State.
He also broke Arkansas" record for career passing touchdowns against Mississippi State.
He finished the year with 3,440 passing yards, 30 touchdowns and eight interceptions for a team that finished 8-5, and beat Kansas Street in the Liberty Bowl 45-23. Allen finished his career with 7,463 passing yards, 64 passing touchdowns and 26 interceptions.
