Player Profile: Greg Allen
#22 Greg Allen
Rivals.com: Profile as recruit
Position: Safety
Height: 5-11
Weight: 204
Class: Senior
Hometown: Houston, Texas
High School: Alief Taylor HS
2015 (Jr.): Started two games, against South Dakota State and Memphis, while seeing action in five games overall… Missed four games due to injury… Posted 12 tackles on the year, including a career-high six stops against South Dakota State and West Virginia… Also intercepted a team-best two passes, one at Rutgers, the other at Iowa State… South Dakota State: Started the fourth game of his career and turned in a career-high six tackles… Memphis: Started at nickel, but did not record any statistics… at Rutgers: Snagged the first interception of his career… at Iowa State: Grabbed the second interception of his career… Baylor: Did not play… Texas Tech: Did not play… at Oklahoma State: Did not play due to injury… Oklahoma: Did not play due to injury… at Texas: Did not play due to injury…at TCU: Did not play due to injury… West Virginia: Returned from injury to tie his career-high after making six tackles… K-State: Did not play.
2014 (So.): Started three games in 2014, while playing in all 12 contests… Ended the season with 17 tackles and two tackles-for-loss… Earned his first-career start against Central Michigan... Contributed a career-high five tackles and one tackle-for-loss at Texas Tech…Southeast Missouri State: Recorded two tackles... at Duke: Set a then-career high with three tackles... Texas: Tallied one pass breakup...at Baylor: Made one solo tackle... Iowa State: Recorded one quarterback hurry... TCU: Made three tackles, including his first career sack...at Oklahoma: Posted two tackles... at K-State: Came away with one tackle. 2013 (RFr.): Played in eight games… South Dakota: Saw his first-career action in the season-opener vs. the Coyotes… Texas Tech: Recorded his first-career tackle… Baylor: Had one tackle.2012 (Fr.): Redshirted his first year at Kansas.
High School: Recorded 58 total tackles, 13 pass breakups and one interception during senior season at Alief Taylor HS... A first team all-district honoree in both 2010 and 2011, earning District 18-5A Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2011... Earned honorable mention all-district honors in 2009... Ranked as one of the top 25 defensive backs in Texas by Dave Campbell... Named to 2011 Pre-Season All-Greater Houston High School Football Team by Touchdown Club of Houston... A three-year letterwinner in football... Also competed in track and field at Alief Taylor, earning team MVP honors as a junior... Coached by J.D. Jordan at Alief Taylor.
Personal: Son of Camella Allen... Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but moved to Houston following Hurricane Katrina... His cousin, Shawn Allen, plays football at Grambling... Selected Kansas over Utah, Ole Miss and Memphis... Majoring in liberal arts and sciences.