Linebacker, Kentucky, 2015–18
Josh Allen
- Number
- No. 41
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 260 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Montclair, NJ
- Born
- Jul 13, 1997
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Josh Allen played linebacker at Kentucky (2015–18). He won the 2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the 2018 Chuck Bednarik Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2018. The Jacksonville Jaguars took Allen in the first round, No. 7 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
15tackles, career highvs. Middle Tennessee, 20183sacks, career hightwice; last vs. Penn State, 2018Honors
- 2017Second-team All-SEC
- 2018Bronko Nagurski Trophy
- 2018Chuck Bednarik Award
- 2018Jack Lambert Trophy
- 2018Lott IMPACT Trophy
- 2018Consensus All‑American
- 2018SEC Defensive Player of the Year
- 2018First-team All-SEC
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Int | Yds | TD | PD | FR | FF | |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 56 | 32 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Career | 121 | 99 | 220 | 31.5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
From the college statistics table in Allen’s Wikipedia article (Josh Hines-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
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 of 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kentucky | 41 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Kentucky | 41 | LB | So. | ||
| 2017 | Kentucky | 41 | LB | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Kentucky | 41 | LB | Sr. | 6′5″ | 260 |
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
2018 Kentucky 13 games, 88 tackles, 17 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Central Michigan | W 35–20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | at Florida | W 27–16 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Murray State | W 48–10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Mississippi State | W 28–7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | vs. South Carolina | W 24–10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | at Texas A&M | L 14–20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 14–7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 27 | at Missouri | W 15–14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Georgia | L 17–34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | at Tennessee | L 7–24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 34–23 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | at Louisville | W 56–10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Penn State | W 27–24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Kentucky 13 games, 66 tackles, 7 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Southern Miss | W 24–17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Eastern Kentucky | W 27–16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | atSouth Carolina | W 23–13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Florida | L 27–28 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 24–20 | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Missouri | W 40–34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atMississippi State | L 7–45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Tennessee | W 29–26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Ole Miss | L 34–37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atVanderbilt | W 44–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atGeorgia | L 13–42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Louisville | L 17–44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Northwestern | L 23–24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Kentucky 13 games, 62 tackles, 7 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs.Southern Miss | L 35–44 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | atFlorida | L 7–45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. New Mexico State | W 62–42 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.South Carolina | W 17–10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Alabama | L 6–34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Vanderbilt | W 20–13 | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Mississippi State | W 40–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | atMissouri | W 35–21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Georgia | L 24–27 | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | atTennessee | L 36–49 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Austin Peay | W 49–13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atLouisville | W 41–38 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Georgia Tech | L 18–33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅞″W | |
| Weight | 262 lbW | |
| Arm length | 33½″W | |
| Hand size | 8¾″W | |
| Wingspan | 80½″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.63 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.57 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′10″W | |
| Bench press | 28 repsW | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.15 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.23 sW |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 111 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
Pro Bowls: 2 (2019, 2023)
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7 | 12 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 61 | 7.5 | 1 |
| 2022 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 17 | 48 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 17 | 60 | 17.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 37 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 17 | 47 | 8 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5 | 19 | 1.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 111 | 326 | 62.5 | 2 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). 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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