US EditionFormer Chiefs, Vikings Star Jared Allen Inducted Into Pro Football Hall of Fame: All-Pro Was True Sack Artist
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, AUG 1 – Jared Allen recorded 136 sacks over 12 NFL seasons and earned four Pro Bowl selections before his Hall of Fame induction in Canton, Ohio, this past weekend.
- Jared Allen joined the Pro Football Hall of Fame ceremony in Canton on Saturday, enshrined alongside Eric Allen, Sterling Sharpe, and Antonio Gates.
- Jared Allen recorded 136 career sacks across 12 seasons, averaging over 14 sacks per season with the Vikings, including a career-best 22 in 2011.
- With the record standing at 22.5, Allen disputes the official mark and says, `The reality is, I hold the 23 sack record`.
- Allen has pursued curling since retiring in 2015, and his team, led by former Olympian Jason Smith, won the opening round of the U.S. Curling Championships in Denver.
- Inspiring future athletes, Jared Allen's Hall of Fame induction will further showcase that perseverance from modest beginnings can lead to icon status.
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East Bay TimesFormer South Bay star Allen set for Hall of Fame after years of lassoing NFL quarterbacks
By DAVE CAMPBELL, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Jared Allen will be wearing a cowboy hat next weekend in Canton for his Hall of Fame induction, the signature apparel that inspired his celebratory calf-roping act after each sack and still serves as a fitting snapshot of his off-the-field life. Raised on a horse ranch in Morgan Hill, Allen was audacious enough at age 8 to tell his father he planned to become a professional football player. After…
Vikings great Allen to be enshrined in HOF
Minnesota Vikings former All-Pro DE Jared Allen will join football immortality this weekend. He will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Allen spent six of his 12 NFL seasons in Minnesota, racking up 85 1/2 sacks in 96 games. The enshrinement ceremony begins on Saturday (8/2) at noon.
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Vikings legend Jared Allen earned respect of ‘Williams Wall’ on path to Hall of Fame
When reflecting on his career with the Vikings, defensive end Jared Allen immediately goes back to the beginning. Nearly 20 years later, Allen still vividly remembers being taken aback by the size of defensive tackle Kevin Williams and fellow defensive tackle Pat Williams when they picked him up at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. “They were some of largest human beings I had ever seen in my life,” Allen said while referencing the thi…
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