Jared Allen life and biography

Jared Allenis a American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL.

GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs)
2004 (15/10-KC), 2005 (16/15-KC), 2006 (16/16, 1/1-KC) 2007 (14/14-KC), 2008 (16/16, 1/1), 2009 (16/16, 2/2). Total- 93/87, 4/4 (61/55, 1/1-KC; 32/32, 3/3-Minn.).
• Led Vikings with 14.5 sacks in each of his 2 seasons with Minnesota, earning trips to the Pro Bowl and being honored as an AP 1st-Team All-Pro both seasons.
• Was 2007 NFL sack king with 15.5 en route to his 1st Pro Bowl and 1st-Team All-Pro honors.
• Joins only Reggie White in NFL history as players who have posted 14.5+ sacks in 3 straight seasons.

OFF THE FIELD
A long-time supporter of veterans, Jared started Jared Allen’s Homes of Wounded Warriors in 2010, a charity to build handicap-accessible homes for veterans returning from duty...Took part in USO tour to Iraq in March 2009...Extensively toured Africa following his USO stint...Majored in mass communications at ISU...Spent parts of his 2009 offseason hunting throughout North America, pursuing wolves, bison and elk to name a few...Took a bison while archery hunting on Relentless Pursuit TV show...Has a brother in the Marine Corps...Owns a clothing company, Jared Allen 69, featuring his trademark caps and t-shirts, available at JaredAllen69inc.com...Active with Juvenile Diabetes Foundation...Father, Ron, was a football standout at Jamestown (ND) College who went to training camp with the Vikings and played in the USFL...Older brother played football at Jamestown and his younger brother played at Idaho State before joining the Marine Corps...Incorporated mixed martial arts into his offseason conditioning...Visited Moorhead, MN area as part of the 2008 Vikings You Made The Team Community Tour...Married in spring 2010.

PRO
Leads the NFL in sacks since 2004 with 72.0...Has earned 3 consecutive 1st-Team Associated Press All-Pro honors and Pro Bowl berths from 2007-09...Led Vikings and ranked 2nd in the NFL with 14.5 sacks in 2009...Established Vikings record with 3 career safeties....Scored 3rd career TD, and his 1st career defensive TD, when he returned a fumble 52 yards for a score at St. Louis (10/11/09)...Posted 4.5 sacks vs. Green Bay (10/5/09), the 2nd-most in a game in Vikings history...Has 19 career multi-sack games, including playoffs...Acquired by the Vikings via trade with Kansas City on 4/23/08, sending the Vikings 1st-round pick (#17) and both 3rd-round picks (#73, #82) along with swapping 6th-round picks (#182 for #187) with the Chiefs...His 15.5 sacks in 2007 is the 2nd-best single-season performance in Kansas City history behind Derrick Thomas’ 20.0 in 1990...Ranks 6th in Chiefs history with 43.0 career sacks...Set Chiefs record and led NFL with 6 fumble recoveries in 2006...Scored a pair of TDs on goal-line receptions in 2007, hauling in a 2-yard pass vs. San Diego (12/2/07) and a 1-yarder at Detroit (12/23/07)...Entered the NFL as a 4th-round pick (#126) by Chiefs in 2004...Was the 12th DE drafted in 2004.

HONORS
2007, 2008, 2009 1st-Team Associated Press All-Pro...
2007, 2008, 2009 Pro Bowl...Vikings
2009 Defensive MVP as voted by teammates...NFC Defensive Player of the Week vs. Chicago (11/30/08)...AFC Defensive Player of the Month in October 2007...AFC Defensive Player of the Week vs. Washington (10/16/05)...
2006 USA Today All-Joe Team...
2004 Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team.

2009
Followed impressive debut with the Vikings with another record-setting season...Earned 1st-Team All-Pro honors from Associated Press and was a Pro Bowl starter...Ranked 2nd in the NFL with 14.5 sacks...Notched 4.5 sacks vs. Green Bay (10/5) on Monday Night Football, the 2nd-best single-game sack performance in Vikings history...Set Vikings record with his 3rd career safety when he sacked Packers QB Aaron Rodgers in the end zone vs. Green Bay (10/5)....Posted 7.5 sacks for the season in 2 meetings with Green Bay...Scored 1st career defensive TD at St. Louis (10/11) when he picked up a Kyle Boller fumble and returned it 52 yards for a TD...Snared an INT, the 2nd of his career, vs. Chicago (11/29) off Jay Cutler...Tied career high with 10 tackles vs. Baltimore (10/18).

2008
Impact player for the Vikings after his acquisition in blockbuster trade days before the 2008 Draft...Earned 1st-Team All-Pro honors from Associated Press and named to Pro Bowl for 2nd straight year...Joined fellow linemen Kevin Williams and Pat Williams earning Pro Bowl berths, the 1st trio of Vikings linemen in the game since 1969...Led Vikings and ranked 5th in the NFL with 14.5 sacks...His 14.5 sacks were the most by a Viking since John Randle’s 15.5 in 1997 and are the most in a player’s 1st season with the Vikings...Tied Vikings playoff record with 2.0 sacks on QB Donovan McNabb vs. Philadelphia (1/4/09)...Tied Vikings and NFL record with 2 safeties on the season...Helped Vikings defense rank #1 in the NFL against the run and #6 overall, the highest overall ranking since 1994 and the 1st NFL team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to rank #1 in rushing defense 3 straight seasons...Had season-high 2.5 sacks vs. Chicago (11/30) on Sunday Night Football, earning NFC Defensive Player of the Week...Battled shoulder and knee injuries but did not miss a game...Had streak of 3 games with multiple sacks- 2.5 vs. Chicago (11/30), 2.0 at Detroit (12/7) and 2.0 at Arizona (12/14).

2007
Had 15.5 sacks in 14 games to lead the NFL...Tabbed as an Associated Press 1st-Team All-Pro and named an AFC starter in the Pro Bowl...Became 1st Chiefs DE in the Pro Bowl since Neil Smith in 1995...Was the 1st Chief to lead the NFL since Derrick Thomas in 1990 with 20.0...Won the Derrick Thomas Award as Chiefs MVP, the 1st defender to earn the honor since Marvcus Patton in 1999...Caught 2 TD passes in goal-line situations in the final month of the season and blocked a 49-yard FG attempt by Colts K Adam Vinatieri at Indianapolis (11/18)...Began the season on the NFL’s Reserve/Suspended List for 2 games...His 1st game back on the field was vs. Minnesota (9/23) where he had 2.0 sacks of QB Kelly Holcomb and forced a fumble on RB Adrian Peterson, along with 9 tackles...Named AFC Defensive Player of the Month for October...Had 7 multi-sack games during the season.

2006
Started all 16 games and the AFC Wild Card playoff game at Indianapolis (1/6/07)...Led NFL with 6 fumble recoveries and had 24 yards on returns...Named to USA Today All-Joe Team...Notched 1st career INT off Seneca Wallace vs. Seattle (10/29)...Ranked 5th on team with 75 tackles and led team with 8.0 TFLs...Had 7.5 sacks.

2005
Led team with 11.0 sacks and led Chiefs linemen with 76 tackles...Had team-high 54 QB hurries...Led team with 7 forced fumbles, the 2nd-best single-season total in Chiefs history...Posted career-best 3.0 sacks and recovered 2 fumbles vs. Washington (10/16), en route to AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors...Had career-best 10 tackles at Denver (9/26)...Took over long-snapping chores in the 2nd half in place of injured TE Kendall Gammon at Houston (11/20).

2004
Made an immediate impact as a 4th-round choice for the Chiefs, starting 10 games at RDE and earning All-Rookie honors from Pro Football Weekly...Earned KC’s Mack Lee Hill Award as the top rookie on the team...Led NFL rookies with 9.0 sacks and led the team...His 9.0 sacks is the 2nd-highest rookie total in Chiefs history behind 10.0 by Thomas in 1989...Played in 1st career game as a backup and on special teams at Denver (9/12)...Posted 1st career sack vs. Houston (9/26) when he caught David Carr.

COLLEGE:
Named Buck Buchanon Award winner as a senior at Idaho State, recognizing the top defensive player in Division I-AA football...Was an All-America selection as a senior and named Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year and team MVP...Named 2nd-Team All-America as a junior and earned All-Big Sky honors...Tabbed as All-Big Sky as a sophomore.

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