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  Russell Allen
Russell Allen

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Oceanside, Calif.

High School:
Vista High

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 235

Position:
Linebacker

Birthdate:
05/05/1986

Experience:
3L

SDSU's top returning tackler ... Has seen extensive playing time at both weakside and strongside linebacker in his first two competiitive seasons ... Made 19 career starts ... A physical player with excellent speed ... SDSU scholar-athlete..

2006: Starter at linebacker in all 12 games with the first four on the weakside and the last eight on the strongside... Ranked ninth in the MWC in tackles per game (7.3) and in the top 100 nationally... Two of his four tackles against UTEP were behind the line of scrimmage... Team-leading nine tackles at Wisconsin... Six stops versus Utah and seven at SJSU... Career best 14 tackles in win over Air Force... Second straight game with 10 or more stops, logging 10 tackles vs. Cal Poly, including one for a loss... First PBU of the season against Wyoming ... Seven tackles, including one for a loss of two yards versus UNLV ... Eight stops at TCU and versus Colorodod State ... Three career contest with double-figure tackles.

2005: An honorable mention freshman All-American by The Sporting News ... Mountain West Conference all-academic selection ... Played in all 12 games, starting seven times, including six straight at weakside linebacker ... Eight tackles against New Mexico, Colorado State and Wyoming... First career interception at UNLV, before adding another in the fourth quarter at CSU ... Career and team game-high 10 tackles in the win over BYU, earning Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors ... Four tackles, including three solos, in a loss at Ohio State ... First career start at Air Force, recording four tackles ... First career action in the opener against UCLA.

High School: San Diego County defensive player of the year by the San Diego Union-Tribune, the North County Times as well as the CIF ... Led Vista to consecutive Division I championship game appearances ... Team-high 118 tackles as a senior... Also credited with four sacks, four fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles ... Returned an INT for a TD ... Second-team all-state selection by CalHi-Sports.com ... Rivals.com listed him as the No. 33 outside linebacker prospect in the country ... All-Far West selection by SuperPrep ... One of two Vista High School players inking with SDSU in 2004 (Eric Miclot).

Personal: Born May 5, 1986, in Upland ... Son of Jennifer and Dave Allen ... Majoring in kinesiology.

Allen's Career Statistics

Career Statistics	  G		UA-AT-TT	TFL-Yds.	Sacks	Int.	PBU	FF	FR
2005	            12		32-29-61	1-3	0-0	2-0	3	0	0
2006	            12		48-40-88	6.0-11	0-0	0-0	1	0	0
Totals 	            24		80-69-149 7.0-14	0-0	2-0	4	0	0

Career Highs: Tackles: 14 vs. Air Force (10/21/06); TFL: 2 vs. UTEP (8/31/06); Interceptions: 1 at UNLV (10/8/05), at CSU (11/12/05); PBU: 1, four times.

Allen game-by-game

		G	     UA-AT-TT	TFL-Yds.	Sacks	Int.	PBU	FF	FR
UCLA (9/3/05)	1		1-2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
at AFA (9/10/05)	1		1-3-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
at OSU (9/17/05)	1		3-1-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
SJSU (9/24/05)	1		2-0-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0
BYU (10/1/05)	1		6-4-10	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
at UNLV (10/8/05)	1		2-2-4	0-0	0-0	1-0	0	0	0
at Utah (10/15/05)	1		0-2-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0
UNM (10/22/05)	1		5-3-8	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
TCU (10/29/05)	1		2-2-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0
at CSU (11/12/05)	1		4-4-8	0-0	0-0	1-0	0	0	0
WYO (11/19/05)	1		4-4-8	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
at UH (12/3/05)	1		2-2-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0
UTEP (8/31/06)	1		4-0-4	2.0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0
at WIS (9/16/06) 	1		3-6-9	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
UTAH (9/23/06) 	1		3-3-6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
at SJSU (9/30/06)	1		2-5-7	1.0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0
at BYU (10/7/06) 	1		1-4-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
AFA (10/21/06)	1		6-8-14	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
CAL POLY (10/28/06)	1		10-0-10	1.0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0
at Wyoming(11/4/06)	1		2-4-6	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0
UNLV (11/11/06)	1		5-2-7	1.0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0
at TCU (11/18/06	1		7-1-8	1.0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0
at UNM (11/25/06)	1		0-4-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
CSU (12/2/06)	1		5-3-8	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0