Devon Allen
American football player and hurdler (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Devon Allen (born December 12, 1994) is an American track and field athlete, specializing in the 110-meter hurdles, and a professional football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played wide receiver for the University of Oregon football team from 2014 to 2016.[1] In the 110-meter hurdles, Allen is a three-time U.S. national champion (2014, 2016, and 2018) and a two-time Olympian, reaching the finals in both the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. His personal best of 12.84 seconds, set in 2022, ranks as the third-fastest time in history.[2] In his final meet of 2021, Allen clocked 12.99 seconds and became the 13th American hurdler to ever break the 13-second barrier in this event.[3][4] In April 2022, the Eagles signed Allen as a wide receiver.[5]
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Born: | (1994-12-12) December 12, 1994 (age 29) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
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High school: | Brophy College Preparatory (Phoenix, Arizona) |
College: | Oregon (2013–2016) |
Position: | Wide receiver |
Undrafted: | 2017 |
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
On July 17, 2022, Allen was disqualified at the 2022 World Athletic Championships in Eugene, Oregon, due to a controversial false start. The sensors in the starting blocks measured his reaction time from the moment the gun went off at 0.099 seconds, which is 0.001 seconds faster than the legally allowed reaction time of 0.100 seconds.[6][7]