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Running back, USC, 1978–81
Marcus Allen
Lettered 1978–81 (school media guide)
- Born
- Mar 26, 1960, in San Diego, California
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Marcus Allen played running back at USC (1978–81). He won the 1981 Heisman Trophy, the 1981 Maxwell Award and the 1981 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1981. The Los Angeles Raiders took Allen in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 1982 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
At a glance
Honors
- 1981Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 2000College Football Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2003Pro Football Hall of Fame
- 1980, 1981First-team All-Pac-10
- 1981Maxwell Award
- 1981Walter Camp Award
- 1981Chic Harley Award
- 1981Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 1981UPI College Football Player of the Year
- 1981Consensus All‑American
- 1981Pac-12 Player of the Year
- 1981National leader in points (120)
- 1981National leader in points per game (12.5)
- 1981National leader in rushing touchdowns (22)
- 1981National leader in rushing yards (2,427)
Team titles: National champions, 1978; Pac-10 champions, 1978 and 1979
All-America: consensus 1981; UPI second team 1980; AP third team 1980
Regional honors: Pop Warner Trophy 1981
1981 rushing yards: 2,427 on the NCAA leaders list; 2,342 in his article’s table (which may count the bowl game differently).
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 | Team | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 1978 | 31 | 31 | 171 | 5.5 | 1 | ||||
| 1979 | 105 | 105 | 606 | 5.8 | 8 | 20 | 273 | 13.7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 354 | 354 | 1,563 | 4.4 | 14 | 30 | 231 | 7.7 | 1 |
| 1981 | 403 | 403 | 2,342 | 5.8 | 22 | 29 | 217 | 7.5 | 1 |
| Career | 893 | 4,682 | 45 | 79 | 721 | 2 | |||
From the college statistics table in Allen’s Wikipedia article (Marcus 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).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 6 (1982, 1984–87, 1993) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1982, 1985) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 1984
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1982, 1985; AP second team 1984; Pro Football Writers first team 1982, 1985; Sporting News first team 1985; NEA first team 1982, 1985; Pro Football Weekly first team 1982; and 1 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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