Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Penn State
Mark Allen
RB • 5'6" • 190 lbs • Hyattsville, MD, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Mark Allen leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Mark Allen built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Hyattsville, MD wearing No. 8, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Mark Allen's career was his backfield work: 352...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Mark Allen, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Penn State. Mark Allen leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 445
- Rushing yards
- 352
- Receiving yards
- 93
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Mark Allen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 445
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · DeMatha Catholic · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- DeMatha Catholic · 82 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 123 scrimmage yards · RB 412th (top 60%) · Big Ten 136th (top 46%) · National 1,286th (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 145 | 101 | 44 | 2 | 53.3 |
| 2016 Postseason | Penn State | 9 | -8 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 9 | 147 | 115 | 32 | 2 | 44.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 123 | 98 | 25 | 2 | 62.1 |
Related Context
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Mark Allen played RB for Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mark Allen recorded 352 rushing yards, 93 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Penn State paired 123 primary output with 43.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 43.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
41
Efficiency
43.7
Usage
15.8
Consistency
74.6
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. App State: 42. Pittsburgh: 19. Kent State: 62
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 8 by 51.9. Pittsburgh: 8 by 20.6. Kent State: 11 by 58.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half30.5 · Games = 2 · -31.5 vs Second Half
Second Half62 · Games = 1 · +31.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
58.7 vs Kent State
Player Story
Mark Allen story
Mark Allen built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Hyattsville, MD wearing No. 8, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Mark Allen's career was his backfield work: 352 rushing yards, 89 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 93 receiving yards across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 93 receiving yards and 43 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Mark Allen's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Penn State
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 145 | 38.5 | 9.3 | 145 |
| 2016 Postseason | Penn State | 139 | 31.5 | 6.1 | -6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 139 | 31.5 | 6.1 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 38 | 43 | 3.7 | -101 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 123 | 43.7 | 15.8 | 85 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Indiana
Week 6 · W 29-7 · Conference game
Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
71 takeover
60 scrimmage yards and 18.5 usage.
#2
vs Kent State
Week 3 · W 63-10
62
Scrimmage Yards
70.3 takeover
Win with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 18.3 usage.
#3
@ Rutgers
Week 12 · W 39-0 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
65.1 takeover
Win with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
53 scrimmage yards and 9.1 usage.
#4
@ Maryland
Week 13 · W 66-3 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
55.9 takeover
Win with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
20 scrimmage yards and 5.5 usage.
#5
vs App State
Week 1 · W 45-38
42
Scrimmage Yards
51.8 takeover
Win with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
42 scrimmage yards and 12.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Penn State
123 primary output · 43.7 efficiency · 15.8 usage
62.1
#2
2015 Regular Season · Penn State
53.3
145 primary · 38.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Penn State
44.2
139 primary · 31.5 efficiency · 6.1 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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