Marcus Allen

Marcus LeMarr Allen

Position: RB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 lbs.

Born: March 26, 1960 in San Diego, CA
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 103 (117th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2003

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All-Time Rank: #127. Mike Kenn… #128. Lemar Parrish… #129. Bob Brown… #130. MARCUS ALLEN… #131. Tom Brady… #132. Lee Roy Jordan… #133. Ernie Stautner…

All-Time Rank: #127. Mike Kenn… #128. Lemar Parrish… #129. Bob Brown… #130. MARCUS ALLEN… #131. Tom Brady… #132. Lee Roy Jordan… #133. Ernie Stautner…

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1982*+	22	RAI	RB	32	9	9	160	697	11	53	4.4	77.4	17.8	38	401	10.6	3	51	4.2	44.6	1098	14	5	18
1983	23	RAI	RB	32	16	15	266	1014	9	19	3.8	63.4	16.6	68	590	8.7	2	36	4.3	36.9	1604	11	14	13
1984*	24	RAI	RB	32	16	16	275	1168	13	52	4.2	73.0	17.2	64	758	11.8	5	92	4.0	47.4	1926	18	8	14
1985*+	25	RAI	RB	32	16	16	380	1759	11	61	4.6	109.9	23.8	67	555	8.3	3	44	4.2	34.7	2314	14	3	17
1986*	26	RAI	RB	32	13	10	208	759	5	28	3.6	58.4	16.0	46	453	9.8	2	36	3.5	34.8	1212	7	7	7
1987*	27	RAI	RB	32	12	12	200	754	5	44	3.8	62.8	16.7	51	410	8.0	0	39	4.3	34.2	1164	5	3	9
1988	28	RAI	RB	32	15	15	223	831	7	32	3.7	55.4	14.9	34	303	8.9	1	30	2.3	20.2	1134	8	5	8
1989	29	RAI	rb	32	8	5	69	293	2	15	4.2	36.6	8.6	20	191	9.6	0	26	2.5	23.9	484	2	2	4
1990	30	RAI	RB	32	16	15	179	682	12	28	3.8	42.6	11.2	15	189	12.6	1	30	0.9	11.8	871	13	1	8
1991	31	RAI	rb	32	8	2	63	287	2	26	4.6	35.9	7.9	15	131	8.7	0	25	1.9	16.4	418	2	1	4
1992	32	RAI		32	16	0	67	301	2	21	4.5	18.8	4.2	28	277	9.9	1	40	1.8	17.3	578	3	1	4
1993*	33	KAN	RB	32	16	10	206	764	12	39	3.7	47.8	12.9	34	238	7.0	3	18	2.1	14.9	1002	15	4	8
1994	34	KAN	RB	32	13	13	189	709	7	36	3.8	54.5	14.5	42	349	8.3	0	38	3.2	26.8	1058	7	3	7
1995	35	KAN	RB	32	16	15	207	890	5	38	4.3	55.6	12.9	27	210	7.8	0	20	1.7	13.1	1100	5	2	8
1996	36	KAN	RB	32	16	15	206	830	9	35	4.0	51.9	12.9	27	270	10.0	0	59	1.7	16.9	1100	9	2	8
1997	37	KAN		32	16	0	124	505	11	30	4.1	31.6	7.8	11	86	7.8	0	18	0.7	5.4	591	11	4	5
Career					222	168	3022	12243	123	61	4.1	55.1	13.6	587	5411	9.2	21	92	2.6	24.4	17654	144	65	142
11 yrs		RAI			145	115	2090	8545	79	61	4.1	58.9	14.4	446	4258	9.5	18	92	3.1	29.4	12803	97	50	106
5 yrs		KAN			77	53	932	3698	44	39	4.0	48.0	12.1	141	1153	8.2	3	59	1.8	15.0	4851	47	15	36

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1982*+	22	RAI	RB	32	9	9	1	4	25.0	47	0	0.0	0	0.0	47	11.8	11.8	47.0	5.2	76.0	0	0	11.75	11.75	0.0
1983	23	RAI	RB	32	16	15	4	7	57.1	111	3	42.9	0	0.0	43	15.9	24.4	27.8	6.9	141.4	3	26	8.50	14.50	30.0
1984*	24	RAI	RB	32	16	16	1	4	25.0	38	0	0.0	0	0.0	38	9.5	9.5	38.0	2.4	66.7	1	2	7.20	7.20	20.0
1985*+	25	RAI	RB	32	16	16	1	2	50.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	8.0	8.0	16.0	1.0	77.1	0	0	8.00	8.00	0.0
1987*	27	RAI	RB	32	12	12	1	2	50.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	11.5	11.5	23.0	1.9	91.7	1	3	6.67	6.67	33.3
1988	28	RAI	RB	32	15	15	1	2	50.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	10.5	10.5	21.0	1.4	87.5	1	1	6.67	6.67	33.3
1990	30	RAI	RB	32	16	15	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	-45.00	0.0
1991	31	RAI	rb	32	8	2	1	2	50.0	11	1	50.0	0	0.0	11	5.5	15.5	11.0	1.4	106.2	0	0	5.50	15.50	0.0
1996	36	KAN	RB	32	16	15	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
1997	37	KAN		32	16	0	2	2	100.0	15	2	100.0	0	0.0	14	7.5	27.5	7.5	0.9	137.5	0	0	7.50	27.50	0.0
Career					222	168	12	27	44.4	282	6	22.2	1	3.7	47	10.4	13.2	23.5	1.3	106.8	6	32	7.58	9.85	18.2
11 yrs		RAI			145	115	10	24	41.7	267	4	16.7	1	4.2	47	11.1	12.6	26.7	1.8	105.4	6	32	7.83	9.00	20.0
5 yrs		KAN			77	53	2	3	66.7	15	2	66.7	0	0.0	14	5.0	18.3	7.5	0.2	118.1	0	0	5.00	18.33	0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1982*+	22	RAI	RB	32	9	9							0	5	2	0	0
1983	23	RAI	RB	32	16	15							0	14	2	0	1
1984*	24	RAI	RB	32	16	16							0	8	3	0	0
1985*+	25	RAI	RB	32	16	16							0	3	2	-6	0
1986*	26	RAI	RB	32	13	10							0	7	1	0	0
1987*	27	RAI	RB	32	12	12							0	3	0	0	0
1988	28	RAI	RB	32	15	15							0	5	0	0	0
1989	29	RAI	rb	32	8	5							0	2	0	0	0
1990	30	RAI	RB	32	16	15							0	1	1	0	0
1991	31	RAI	rb	32	8	2							0	1	0	0	0
1992	32	RAI		32	16	0							0	1	0	0	0
1993*	33	KAN	RB	32	16	10							0	4	1	0	0
1994	34	KAN	RB	32	13	13							0	3	0	0	0
1995	35	KAN	RB	32	16	15							0	2	1	0	0
1996	36	KAN	RB	32	16	15							0	2	0	0	0
1997	37	KAN		32	16	0							0	4	2	0	0
Career					222	168							0	65	15	-6	1
11 yrs		RAI			145	115							0	50	11	-6	1
5 yrs		KAN			77	53							0	15	4	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1982*+	22	RAI	RB	32	9	9	11	3		14		84
1983	23	RAI	RB	32	16	15	9	2	1	12		72
1984*	24	RAI	RB	32	16	16	13	5		18		108
1985*+	25	RAI	RB	32	16	16	11	3		14		84
1986*	26	RAI	RB	32	13	10	5	2		7		42
1987*	27	RAI	RB	32	12	12	5			5		30
1988	28	RAI	RB	32	15	15	7	1		8		48
1989	29	RAI	rb	32	8	5	2			2		12
1990	30	RAI	RB	32	16	15	12	1		13		78
1991	31	RAI	rb	32	8	2	2			2		12
1992	32	RAI		32	16	0	2	1		3		18
1993*	33	KAN	RB	32	16	10	12	3		15		90
1994	34	KAN	RB	32	13	13	7			7	1	44
1995	35	KAN	RB	32	16	15	5			5		30
1996	36	KAN	RB	32	16	15	9			9		54
1997	37	KAN		32	16	0	11			11		66
Career					222	168	123	21	1	145	1	872
11 yrs		RAI			145	115	79	18	1	98		588
5 yrs		KAN			77	53	44	3		47	1	284

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis, Jim Brown, Ricky Watters, Billy Sims, Earl Campbell, Hugh McElhenny, LaDainian Tomlinson, Roger Craig, Adrian Peterson
4	Barry Sanders, Ricky Watters, Jim Brown, Chuck Foreman, Tony Dorsett, Billy Sims, LaDainian Tomlinson, Eric Dickerson, William Andrews, Terrell Davis
5	Marshall Faulk, Barry Sanders, Billy Sims, Ricky Watters, William Andrews, Walter Payton, Tony Dorsett, Lenny Moore, Eric Dickerson, Franco Harris*
6	Eric Dickerson, Roger Craig, Ricky Watters, Chuck Foreman, Lenny Moore, Jim Brown*, John L. Williams, Calvin Hill, Wilbert Montgomery, Alan Ameche
7	Eric Dickerson, Lenny Moore, Roger Craig, Chuck Muncie, John L. Williams, Ricky Watters, Chuck Foreman, Larry Brown, Clinton Portis, Brian Westbrook
8	Eric Dickerson, Tiki Barber, Lenny Moore, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, Chuck Muncie, Clinton Portis, Brian Westbrook, Wilbert Montgomery, Chuck Foreman
9	Eric Dickerson, Tiki Barber, John L. Williams, Roger Craig, James Brooks, Chuck Muncie, Leroy Kelly, Eddie George, Jerome Bettis, Ahman Green
10	Eric Dickerson, John L. Williams, James Brooks, Roger Craig, Leroy Kelly, Chuck Muncie, Charlie Garner, Ahman Green, Tiki Barber, Freeman McNeil
11	Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, Leroy Kelly, Jerome Bettis, Calvin Hill, Freeman McNeil, Ahman Green, Chuck Muncie
12	Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, Jerome Bettis, Calvin Hill, John Riggins, Freeman McNeil, Leroy Kelly, Lenny Moore
13	Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, Warrick Dunn, John Riggins, Earnest Byner, Lenny Moore*, Calvin Hill
14	Eric Dickerson, Warrick Dunn, James Brooks, John Riggins, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Earnest Byner, Tony Dorsett, John L. Williams, Lenny Moore
15	Warrick Dunn, John Riggins, Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Franco Harris, Tony Dorsett, Earnest Byner, John L. Williams
16	John Riggins, Warrick Dunn, Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Franco Harris, Tony Dorsett, Earnest Byner, John L. Williams
Career	John Riggins, Warrick Dunn, Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Franco Harris, Tony Dorsett, Earnest Byner, John L. Williams

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1982 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year 1983 NFL Super Bowl MVP 1985 NFL AP MVP 1985 NFL PFWA MVP 1985 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year 1993 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1993	First-Team All-Pro 1982 1985	Approximate Value 1982 NFL 18 (5) 1985 NFL 17 (8) Career 142 (93)
Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 103 (117)	Rushing Att 1982 NFL 160 (6) 1984 NFL 275 (10) 1985 NFL 380 (2/16) Career 3022 (8)	Rushing Yds 1982 NFL 697 (4) 1984 NFL 1168 (10) 1985 NFL 1759 (1/24) 1987 NFL 754 (10) Career 12243 (12)	Rushing TD 1982 NFL 11 (1) 1983 NFL 9 (10) 1984 NFL 13 (3/90) 1985 NFL 11 (3) 1990 NFL 12 (4) 1993 NFL 12 (1) 1994 NFL 7 (8) 1996 NFL 9 (9) 1997 NFL 11 (3) Career 123 (3)
Long Rush 1982 NFL 53 (8)	Yds/Rushing Att 1982 NFL 4.4 (7) 1995 NFL 4.3 (10)	Rushing Yds/Game 1982 NFL 77.4 (6) 1985 NFL 109.9 (1/32) 1987 NFL 62.8 (10) Career 55.1 (97)	Receptions Career 587 (69)
Long Reception 1984 NFL 92 (1/63)	Touchdowns 1982 NFL 14 (1) 1983 NFL 12 (8) 1984 NFL 18 (1/35) 1985 NFL 14 (4) 1990 NFL 13 (4) 1993 NFL 15 (2) 1997 NFL 11 (10) Career 145 (6)	Points Scored 1982 NFL 84 (1) 1984 NFL 108 (8) Career 872 (72)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1982 NFL 14 (1) 1984 NFL 18 (1/34) 1985 NFL 14 (3) 1990 NFL 13 (4) 1993 NFL 15 (2) 1997 NFL 11 (10) Career 144 (6)
2-pt. Conv. Made Career 1 (178)	Yds From Scrimmage 1982 NFL 1098 (1) 1983 NFL 1604 (9) 1984 NFL 1926 (4/74) 1985 NFL 2314 (1/8) 1987 NFL 1164 (6) Career 17654 (7)	All-Purpose Yds 1982 NFL 1098 (2) 1983 NFL 1604 (10) 1984 NFL 1926 (4) 1985 NFL 2314 (2/29) 1987 NFL 1164 (10) Career 17654 (10)	Total Offense Career 12493 (128)
Touches 1982 NFL 198 (3) 1983 NFL 334 (8) 1984 NFL 339 (8) 1985 NFL 447 (1/6) 1987 NFL 251 (7) Career 3609 (6)	Games Career 222 (121)	Playoff Games Career 16 (171)	Playoff Games Started Career 15 (108)
Fumbles 1983 NFL 14 (1/42) Career 65 (65)	Fumble Return TD 1983 NFL 1 (3/41)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1982	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1984	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1984	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1984	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1984	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1985	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1985	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1985	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1985	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1985	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1986	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1993	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1993	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1982	22	9	RB	196	208	1	1
1983	23	16	RB	249	99	6	14
1984	24	16	RB	302	180	3	4
1985	25	16	RB	316	165	1	1
1986	26	13	RB	163	25	17	53
1987	27	12	RB	147	42	9	32
1988	28	15	RB	162	22	15	44
1989	29	8	RB	60		58
1990	30	16	RB	163	35	13	31
1991	31	8	RB	60		52
1992	32	16	RB	76		45
1993	33	16	RB	190	77	5	11
1994	34	13	RB	148	20	19	56
1995	35	16	RB	140		24	75
1996	36	16	RB	164	36	15	41
1997	37	16	RB	138	3	23	70
				2674	912

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis, Jim Brown, Ricky Watters, Billy Sims, Earl Campbell, Hugh McElhenny, LaDainian Tomlinson, Roger Craig, Adrian Peterson
4	Barry Sanders, Ricky Watters, Jim Brown, Chuck Foreman, Tony Dorsett, Billy Sims, LaDainian Tomlinson, Eric Dickerson, William Andrews, Terrell Davis
5	Marshall Faulk, Barry Sanders, Billy Sims, Ricky Watters, William Andrews, Walter Payton, Tony Dorsett, Lenny Moore, Eric Dickerson, Franco Harris*
6	Eric Dickerson, Roger Craig, Ricky Watters, Chuck Foreman, Lenny Moore, Jim Brown*, John L. Williams, Calvin Hill, Wilbert Montgomery, Alan Ameche
7	Eric Dickerson, Lenny Moore, Roger Craig, Chuck Muncie, John L. Williams, Ricky Watters, Chuck Foreman, Larry Brown, Clinton Portis, Brian Westbrook
8	Eric Dickerson, Tiki Barber, Lenny Moore, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, Chuck Muncie, Clinton Portis, Brian Westbrook, Wilbert Montgomery, Chuck Foreman
9	Eric Dickerson, Tiki Barber, John L. Williams, Roger Craig, James Brooks, Chuck Muncie, Leroy Kelly, Eddie George, Jerome Bettis, Ahman Green
10	Eric Dickerson, John L. Williams, James Brooks, Roger Craig, Leroy Kelly, Chuck Muncie, Charlie Garner, Ahman Green, Tiki Barber, Freeman McNeil
11	Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, Leroy Kelly, Jerome Bettis, Calvin Hill, Freeman McNeil, Ahman Green, Chuck Muncie
12	Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, Jerome Bettis, Calvin Hill, John Riggins, Freeman McNeil, Leroy Kelly, Lenny Moore
13	Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, Warrick Dunn, John Riggins, Earnest Byner, Lenny Moore*, Calvin Hill
14	Eric Dickerson, Warrick Dunn, James Brooks, John Riggins, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Earnest Byner, Tony Dorsett, John L. Williams, Lenny Moore
15	Warrick Dunn, John Riggins, Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Franco Harris, Tony Dorsett, Earnest Byner, John L. Williams
16	John Riggins, Warrick Dunn, Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Franco Harris, Tony Dorsett, Earnest Byner, John L. Williams
Career	John Riggins, Warrick Dunn, Eric Dickerson, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Franco Harris, Tony Dorsett, Earnest Byner, John L. Williams