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2023 Football Roster

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20 Ben Allen

  • Position Linebacker
  • Class Super Senior
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 232
  • Hometown Toledo, Ohio
  • Major Interdisciplinary Studies
  • High School Anthony Wayne (OH) '19
  • Previous School(s) Bucknell

Biography


Career summary
  • Played in 48 total games while starting in 33 in the four seasons with Bucknell University and one season with Eastern.
  • Made 226 tackles, 16 1/2 tackles for loss, 5 1/2  sacks, and 2 fumble recoveries.
2023 (Super Senior)
  • Phil Steele All-Big Sky Fourth Team
  • Transferred to Eastern from Bucknell University (Patriot League).
  • Played and started in 11 games.
  • Recorded 11 tackles and a sack at Fresno State (9/9/2023).
  • Had 11 tackles in his final Collegiate game vs. Northern Arizona (11/18/2023).
  • Made a total of seven tackles for loss which ranked 2nd on the team.
  • Ranked eighth in the Big Sky in tackles per game with an average of 7.0.
  • Led the team in tackles with 76.
Prior to Eastern (Bucknell University)
  • 2022 (Senior)
    • All-Patriot League Second Team.
    • Team captain.
    • Started all 11 games at linebacker.
    • Tied for 2nd on the team with 83 tackles (43 solo), including 4 TFL, 1.5 sacks and 1 pass breakup. Season-high 10 tackles 3 times; at Lafayette, Yale, and Fordham. Had at least 4 tackles in every game.
    • C. Dale Wolfe Recognition Award as the team's most inspirational player.
    • Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
  • 2021 (Junior)
    • Started all 11 games at Mike linebacker. One of just two Bison to start every game.
    • Served as game captain at Fordham and against Holy Cross.
    • Finished 2nd on the team in tackles (75), tied for 2nd in sacks (2) and 3rd in TFL (4).
    • Tied for the team lead in forced fumbles (2) and fumble recoveries (2).
    • Made at least 5 tackles in 9 games, topping out at 11 against Penn. Also reached double digits against Holy Cross (10). Posted 9 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack & 2 FF at Fordham.
    • Honored with Bucknell's inaugural Bub Morgan Award for Tenacity.
    • Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
  • 2021 Spring (Sophomore)
    • Appeared in all four games at linebacker and on special teams, making 8 tackles (6 solo).
    • Season-best 5 tackles, all solo, against Fordham.
    • Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
  • 2019 (Freshman)
    • One of six newcomers to appear in all 11 games, seeing action on special teams and at linebacker.
    • 22 tackles (12 solo) and 1.5 tackles for loss.
    • Season-high 5 tackles in the opener at Temple. Four tackles against No. 23/22 Villanova and at No. 20/18 Towson.
    • Bucknell’s Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year.
High School
  • Three-year football letter-winner at Anthony Wayne High in Whitehouse, Ohio.
  • District Defensive Player of the Year as a senior after setting a school record with 182 tackles. Also all-state, all-district, and all-league first teams, as well as All-Toledo Blade team member. Had 17 tackles for a loss, five sacks, and three forced fumbles during the senior campaign.
  • Finished prep career with a school-record 34 tackles for a loss.
  • Was a captain as a senior on both the football and basketball teams. Lettered twice in basketball and once in baseball.
  • As a junior, was all-state second team and all-district and all-league first teams. 
  • Helped Anthony Wayne High School capture back-to-back league titles in 2017 and 2018, going 14-0 in league over that span. Helped team finish 11-1 in 2018 with one state playoff victory.
Personal
  • Born Benjamin Thomas Allen on August 8, 2000, in Maumee, Ohio. Son of Tom and Judy Allen. Has three older siblings: Kate, Reed, and Abby.
  • Father played football at Ohio Northern. Sister Kate played soccer at Northwestern. Brother Reed was a member of Ohio Northern’s football and baseball teams. Sister Abby played soccer at Indiana.
  • Majored in management & organizations at Bucknell.

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