Player Dossier

2018-2022

Western Kentucky

Mike Allen

DT • 6'5" • 290 lbs • Sugar Hill, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Mike Allen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

94%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Wake Forest • Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

Mike Allen built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Sugar Hill, GA wearing No. 35, spending time with Wake Forest and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Mike Allen's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8148

Peach County · Fort Valley, GA

Committed To
Western Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Mike Allen, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Mike Allen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
32
TFL
4
Sacks
2
QB hurries
7

Quick Answers

Mike Allen quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · DT
Career Tackles
32
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 9 entries · 24 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
3-star · Peach County · Western Kentucky
High school pipeline
Peach County · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 35 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
16 tackles · DT 92nd (top 46%) · Conference USA 202nd (top 41%) · National 2,198th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonWake Forest331.50--014.3
2019 PostseasonWake Forest31-0--036.8
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest32-0--036.8
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonWestern Kentucky73-0--014.7
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky77-02-014.7
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest70-0--014.7
2022 PostseasonWestern Kentucky11211--052
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky11141.515-052

Related Context

Mike Allen played DT for Wake Forest and Western Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mike Allen recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 9.5 primary output with 14.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wake Forest, Western Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

14.7

Usage

5

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 2. Hawai'i: 3. Austin Peay: 0. Indiana: 0. Florida International: 1. Troy: 1. Middle Tennessee: 1.5. UAB: 0. Charlotte: 1. Auburn: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0

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. South Alabama: 2 by 28.3. Hawai'i: 0 by 30. Austin Peay: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Florida International: 1 by 14.2. Troy: 2 by 18.3. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 23.3. UAB: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 2 by 18.3. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

30 vs Hawai'i

Result
Thu 12/22@ South AlabamaSplash gameW 44-2321110
Sat 11/26@ Florida AtlanticW 32-3111000
Sat 11/19@ AuburnL 17-4121000
Sat 11/5@ CharlotteW 59-7210.500.500
Sat 10/22vs UABW 20-1710000
Sat 10/15@ Middle TennesseeW 35-17210.5000
Sat 10/1vs TroyL 27-34210.500.500
Sat 9/24vs Florida InternationalW 73-010000
Sat 9/17@ IndianaL 30-3322000
Sun 9/4@ Hawai'iSplash gameW 49-1700000
Sat 8/27vs Austin PeayW 38-2710000

Player Story

Mike Allen story

Mike Allen built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Sugar Hill, GA wearing No. 35, spending time with Wake Forest and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Mike Allen's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Mike Allen's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Wake Forest

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Kentucky

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192019202020212021202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonWake Forest1.59.22.5
2019 PostseasonWake Forest04.20.7-1.5
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest04.20.70
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest00
2021 PostseasonWestern Kentucky28.82.32
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky28.82.30
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest28.82.30
2022 PostseasonWestern Kentucky9.514.757.5
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky9.514.750

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Hawai'i

Week 1 · W 49-17

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#2

@ South Alabama

Week 1 · W 44-23 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#3

@ NC State

Week 11 · W 27-23 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

#4

vs UT Martin

Week 1 · W 59-21

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Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 12 · W 52-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

48.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky

9.5 primary output · 14.7 efficiency · 5 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

52

9.5 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Wake Forest

36.8

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games