After the game, it was revealed by Bills head coach Sean McDermott that Allen had played one day after the death of his grandmother. 1 pick in the NFL draft next year. [84], In Week 10, the Bills traveled west to play the Arizona Cardinals. Yes, he played high school football as a pastime but football wasn’t his mainstay. When Josh Allen was a junior at Firebaugh High School, he and his teammates decided they were sick of taking beatings at the hand of rival Mendota. Josh Allen is one of the top NFL quarterbacks this season and in the middle of the MVP conversation with the likes of Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. Allen also matched $10,000 in donations to Kaleida Health's COVID-19 Response Fund. "Now I get paid to wear them. Josh Allen-- one of the top QBs in the NFL Draft ... and Allen had posted them to his real, authentic account back when he was in high school. [93] Overall, Allen finished the 2020 season with 4,544 passing yards, 37 passing touchdowns, and ten interceptions to go along with 102 carries for 421 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns. Due to a stutter, he spent part of his studies in New Jersey's special education system. [34] Allen's 57-yard completion to Zay Jones, which traveled 64 yards, tied for the second longest air distance ever recorded by NFL Next Gen Stats for a completed pass. [100], In the Wild Card Round against the Indianapolis Colts, Allen completed 26 of 35 passes for 324 yards, rushed for 54 yards, and had three total touchdowns as the Bills won 27–24 giving the Bills their first playoff win since 1995. Despite a poor offensive line in his rookie year, Allen was able to elude and break tackles to keep plays alive or gain large amounts of yardage on the ground, keeping an otherwise ineffective Buffalo offense moving. [82], In Week 8, Allen led the Bills to a 24–21 victory over the New England Patriots, Buffalo's first home win against the Patriots since 2011 and Allen's first career win against the Patriots. Seven years later, he's in the NFL MVP discussion. [27] On July 25, he signed a four-year, fully guaranteed $21 million contract with the Bills. This proved incorrect; near the end of the season, Allen sent a mass email to every head coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, and quarterback coach in FBS, but received interest from only a small number of schools. Born on 21 May 1996, the quarterback comes from a family that emigrated from Sweden around 1907 during the Great Depression to settle in California. The Bills lost 42–16. 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It’s pretty cool." San Diego State made him an offer to walk on, but Allen turned it down because Aztecs coach Rocky Long couldn't guarantee any playing time. And he’s just 24 years old. [2][7], Wyoming's coaches initially visited Reedley to scout another potential transfer,[2] but former Fresno State assistant Dave Brown, who had since become part of the inaugural staff of new Cowboys head coach Craig Bohl, was familiar with Allen, and urged offensive coordinator Brent Vigen to recruit him. Allen was given a scholarship by Wyoming and starred two seasons for the Cowboys. Josh Allen’s old high school coach, John Fiore from Montclair High School (Montclair, New Jersey) has been a believer in his potential to become a top NFL pick since his commitment to Kentucky, saying, “To be honest with you, it doesn’t shock me at all.” While Allen is now a consensus top-10 pick in this year’s draft, getting to that point was not easy. Allen grew up on a 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) cotton farm near Firebaugh, California, a small town about 40 miles (64 km) west of Fresno, California. [57] The following week against the Miami Dolphins, he passed for 256 yards and three touchdowns, matching a career high, and rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown as the Bills won 37–20. [98] He became the first player in franchise history to win the award at least three times in a single season. [28] Allen competed for the starting quarterback position with AJ McCarron and Nathan Peterman through the offseason and training camp. "[2] In December 2017, after leading the 8–5 Cowboys to a 37–14 win over Central Michigan in the 2017 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Allen announced he would be entering the 2018 NFL Draft. More videos. [55], Despite being placed in the concussion protocol, Allen returned the following week against the Tennessee Titans, completing 23 of 32 pass attempts for 219 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in a 14–7 Bills win. [124] "I’ve been wearing New Era caps for a long time," said Allen. [119], Allen is friends with Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold and Washington Football Team quarterback Kyle Allen (no relation); the trio often trains together in the offseason. [63] With playoff seeding locked up, Allen had a limited role in the regular season finale loss to the New York Jets. [99] On December 21, 2020, Allen and four of his teammates were named to the 2021 Pro Bowl, which took place virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [52], Allen entered 2019 as the Bills' opening day starter, being named a team captain. My name is Josh Allen, a quarterback out of a small town school in the Central Valley called Firebaugh. Allen grew up on a 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) cotton farm near Firebaugh, California, a small town about 40 miles (64 km) west of Fresno, California. Despite throwing his first career pick-six, he scored five total touchdowns, three passing and two rushing, along with 224 passing yards and 95 rushing yards as the Bills routed the Dolphins 42–17. He completed 28 of 48 pass attempts for 287 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception that was his first career pick in the redzone, in addition to rushing for 88 yards, as the Bills lost 38–24. Allen finished the game with 26 completions on 41 attempts, passing for 263 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. Bohl was the only FBS head coach to visit the family farm, and while there, he told Allen's father, "We went all around the country and there's only one quarterback we want and that's your son. He also ranked 20th among California JUCO quarterbacks in passing yards as a freshman, and ranked 42nd in the state in rushing, averaging 66.0 yards per game. Josh Allen is a 6-5, 210-pound Dual-Threat Quarterback from Reedley, CA. Okafor began to taunt Allen until Bills linemen Jon Feliciano and Dion Dawkins shoved Okafor onto the ground. We discovered the high school highlight tape that Josh Allen sent to over 1000 college coaches. He scored 29 total touchdowns in the 2019 season, resulting in a total donation of $5,800 to the hospital. He spent his childhood days on an approximately 3,000-acre farm near Firebaugh, California, where he attended Firebaugh High School and graduated in 2014. Allen wears a blue "NEGU" (Never Ever Give Up) bracelet from the foundation. He became the first quarterback in Bills history to lead the team in both passing and rushing in a season. 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