Colin Allred
American politician (born 1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colin Zachary Allred (born April 15, 1983) is an American politician and civil rights attorney. He used to be a professional football player. He is a Democrat. Since 2019, he is the U.S. Representative for Texas's 32nd congressional district. That district covers the northeastern corner of Dallas. It also has many of its northeastern suburbs such as Garland, Richardson, the Park Cities and Rowlett.
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Colin Allred | |||||||||
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 32nd district | |||||||||
Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Pete Sessions | ||||||||
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Born | Colin Zachary Allred (1983-04-15) April 15, 1983 (age 41) Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
Political party | Democratic | ||||||||
Spouse(s) | Alexandra Eber (m. 2017) | ||||||||
Education | Baylor University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) | ||||||||
Website | House website | ||||||||
Football career | |||||||||
No. 56 | |||||||||
Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 238 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Hillcrest (Dallas, Texas) | ||||||||
College: | Baylor | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 2006 | ||||||||
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Tennessee Titans (2006ā2010) | |||||||||
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When he was a football player, he was a linebacker who played for the Tennessee Titans in the National Football League (NFL). Allred stopped playing football to go back to law school for a Juris Doctor degree, from the University of California, Berkeley. He then worked in the Obama administration[1] and the U.S. Attorney's office.[2]