Jonathan Allen with the Washington Commanders
With the Washington Commanders. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive line, Alabama, 2013–⁠16

Jonathan Allen

Number
No. 93
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Leesburg, VA
Born
Jan 16, 1995, in Anniston, Alabama

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Jonathan Allen played defensive line at Alabama (2013–⁠16). He won the 2016 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the 2016 Chuck Bednarik Award, the 2016 Lombardi Award and the 2016 Ted Hendricks Award. He finished seventh in the 2016 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2016. The Washington Redskins took Allen in the first round, No. 17 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2016
Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award and 5 more
Heisman vote
7th
In the 2016 vote
Drafted
No. 17
Overall, 2017 NFL Draft (Washington Redskins)

Career highs

8tackles, career highvs. Kentucky, 20162sacks, career highvs. USC, 2016

Honors

Team titles: SEC champions, 2014, 2015 and 2016; National champions, 2015

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonTeamTackles
TotTFLSacks
2013131530.5
20141432115
2015143614.512
201615691610.5
Career15244.528

From the college statistics table in Allen’s Wikipedia article (Jonathan Allen, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksFF
2013131061630.51

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Alabama93DL
2014Alabama93DL
2015Alabama93DL
2016Alabama93DL6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2016 Alabama 15 games, 69 tackles, 10.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksPD
Sep 3vs.USCW 52–⁠644222
Sep 10vs.Western KentuckyW 38–⁠1031110
Sep 17atOle MissW 48–⁠4340000
Sep 24vs.Kent StateW 48–⁠030000
Oct 1vs.KentuckyW 34–⁠686110
Oct 8atArkansasW 49–⁠30310.500
Oct 15atTennesseeW 49–⁠1043110
Oct 22vs.Texas A&MW 33–⁠1463110
Nov 5atLSUW 10–⁠031110
Nov 12vs.Mississippi StateW 51–⁠320000
Nov 19vs.ChattanoogaW 31–⁠364200
Nov 26vs.AuburnW 30–⁠1262200
Dec 3vs.FloridaW 54–⁠16421.51.50
Dec 31 ✦vs.WashingtonW 24–⁠762210
Jan 9 ✦vs.ClemsonL 31–⁠3574110

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′2⅝″
Weight286 lb
Arm length33⅝″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan80⅞″W
40-yard dash5.00 s
10-yard split1.74 sW
Vertical jump30″
Broad jump9′0″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.49 s
20-yard shuttle4.50 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 128 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

Pro Bowls: 2 (2021–⁠22)

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2017Washington Redskins5910
2018Washington Redskins165580
2019Washington Redskins146460
2020Washington Football Team166220
2021Washington Football Team175590
2022Washington Commanders14587.51
2023Washington Commanders16505.50
2024Washington Commanders81730
2025Minnesota Vikings17673.50
2026 (so far)Cincinnati Bengals51330
NFL career12845048.51

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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