Player Dossier

2022-2025

Marshall

Michael Allen

RB • 5'11" • 206 lbs • Greenville, NC, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Michael Allen leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

61

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

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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 · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
NC State • UNLV • Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Player Story

Michael Allen built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Greenville, NC wearing No. 2, spending time with Marshall, NC State, and UNLV. The clearest part of Michael Allen's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.9022

J.H. Rose · Greenville, NC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Michael Allen, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · NC State. Michael Allen leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,314
Rushing yards
1,012
Receiving yards
302
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Michael Allen quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,314
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · NC State
Top game
Louisiana
Recruit profile
4-star · J.H. Rose · NC State
High school pipeline
J.H. Rose · 16 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
524 scrimmage yards · RB 200th (top 28%) · Sun Belt 49th (top 19%) · National 463rd (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2022 PostseasonNC State626521064.4
2022 Regular SeasonNC State633926376164.4
2023 Regular SeasonNC State1031725166149.2
2024 Regular SeasonUNLV31081080041.7
2025 Regular SeasonMarshall8524385139564

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Marshall to East CarolinaG5/FCS to G5/FCS21Jan 8, 2026
2025UNLV to MarshallG5/FCS to G5/FCS76.8Dec 14, 2024
2024NC State to UNLVP4 to G5/FCS76.1Dec 4, 2023

Michael Allen played RB for NC State, UNLV, and Marshall. Across 4 tracked seasons, Michael Allen recorded 1,012 rushing yards, 302 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

NC State paired 365 primary output with 54.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 51.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, UNLV, Marshall.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Loss with 177 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Marshall

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

65.5

Efficiency

51.9

Usage

18.1

Consistency

52.4

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 5. Eastern Kentucky: 40. Middle Tennessee: 97. Louisiana: 177. Old Dominion: 92. Georgia State: 77. App State: 18. Georgia Southern: 18

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. Georgia: 2 by 26. Eastern Kentucky: 5 by 83.3. Middle Tennessee: 22 by 45.2. Louisiana: 24 by 76.1. Old Dominion: 13 by 50.5. Georgia State: 9 by 80.4. App State: 8 by 23.4. Georgia Southern: 6 by 30

Split Comparison

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

Wins76.5 · Games = 4 · +22 vs Losses
Losses54.5 · Games = 4 · -22 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs Eastern Kentucky

Result
Sat 11/29vs Georgia SouthernL 19-245142.800143
Sat 11/22@ App StateL 24-268182.3002.3
Sat 11/15@ Georgia StateW 30-186437.2013348.6
Sat 10/11vs Old DominionW 48-2411373.4002557.1
Sun 9/28@ Louisiana100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 51-54191387.3025397.4
Sat 9/20@ Middle TennesseeW 42-2821904.301174.4
Sat 9/13vs Eastern KentuckyW 38-7540808
Sat 8/30@ GeorgiaL 7-45252.5002.5

Player Story

Michael Allen story

Michael Allen built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Greenville, NC wearing No. 2, spending time with Marshall, NC State, and UNLV. The clearest part of Michael Allen's career was his backfield work: 1,012 rushing yards, 201 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 302 receiving yards across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 302 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 17 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Michael 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

    NC State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UNLV

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Marshall

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 PostseasonNC State36554.120
2022 Regular SeasonNC State36554.1200
2023 Regular SeasonNC State31746.112.5-48
2024 Regular SeasonUNLV10850.410.7-209
2025 Regular SeasonMarshall52451.918.1416

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 105 Louisiana

Week 5 · L 51-54 · Conference game

Loss with 177 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

177

Scrimmage Yards

90.4 takeover

177 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.

#2

vs Boston College

Week 11 · L 20-21 · Conference game

86

Scrimmage Yards

78.3 takeover

Loss with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

86 scrimmage yards and 26.8 usage.

#3

vs Marshall

Week 6 · W 48-41

70

Scrimmage Yards

77.1 takeover

Win with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

70 scrimmage yards and 17.6 usage.

#4

@ Houston

Week 1 · W 27-7

65

Scrimmage Yards

73.9 takeover

Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

65 scrimmage yards and 18.9 usage.

#5

@ North Carolina

Week 13 · W 30-27 · Conference game

73

Scrimmage Yards

71.7 takeover

Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

73 scrimmage yards and 28.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · NC State

365 primary output · 54.1 efficiency · 20 usage

64.4

#2

2022 Regular Season · NC State

64.4

365 primary · 54.1 efficiency · 20 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Marshall

64

524 primary · 51.9 efficiency · 18.1 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games