Player Dossier

2023-2025

Georgia

CJ Allen

LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Barnesville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

CJ Allen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Georgia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Georgia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn

Player Story

CJ Allen built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Barnesville, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of CJ Allen's career was his defensive production: 205...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9643

Lamar County Comprehensive · Barnesville, GA

Committed To
Georgia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 21
Overall
No. 53
NFL Team
Indianapolis Colts

CJ Allen, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Georgia. CJ Allen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
205
TFL
13.5
Sacks
4.5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

CJ Allen quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia · LB
Career Tackles
205
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Georgia
Top game
Auburn
Recruit profile
4-star · Lamar County Comprehensive · Georgia
High school pipeline
Lamar County Comprehensive · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 2 · Pick 21 · Indianapolis Colts
Latest roster
No. 3 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
88 tackles · LB 75th (top 6%) · SEC 5th (top 1%) · National 100th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonGeorgia1161.50-1027.6
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia113511-1027.6
2024 PostseasonGeorgia144-0--045.7
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia14723054045.7
2025 PostseasonGeorgia133-0--070.2
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia138583.524070.2

Related Context

CJ Allen played LB for Georgia. Across 3 tracked seasons, CJ Allen recorded 205 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Georgia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Georgia paired 17.5 primary output with 41.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 41.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Auburn

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Georgia

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

41.3

Usage

12.8

Consistency

39.5

Best Game by takeover score

Auburn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 0. Marshall: 0. Austin Peay: 2.5. Tennessee: 1. Alabama: 1. Kentucky: 3. Auburn: 4. Ole Miss: 0. Florida: 1. Mississippi State: 1. Texas: 1. Georgia Tech: 1. Alabama: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ole Miss: 3 by 12.5. Marshall: 4 by 16.7. Austin Peay: 7 by 54.2. Tennessee: 11 by 55.8. Alabama: 8 by 43.3. Kentucky: 6 by 55. Auburn: 10 by 81.7. Ole Miss: 10 by 41.7. Florida: 13 by 60. Mississippi State: 6 by 35. Texas: 3 by 22.5. Georgia Tech: 2 by 18.3. Alabama: 5 by 40.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 11 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Auburn

Best efficiency game

81.7 vs Auburn

Result
Fri 1/2vs Ole MissL 34-3932000
Sat 12/6@ AlabamaSplash gameW 28-753001
Fri 11/28@ Georgia TechW 16-922100
Sun 11/16vs TexasW 35-1031100
Sat 11/8@ Mississippi StateW 41-21600.500.500
Sat 11/1@ Florida10+ tacklesW 24-20137000
Sat 10/18vs Ole Miss10+ tacklesW 43-35108000
Sat 10/11@ Auburn10+ tackles · Splash gameW 20-10106211
Sat 10/4vs KentuckySplash gameW 35-1463210
Sat 9/27vs AlabamaL 21-2485001
Sat 9/13@ Tennessee10+ tacklesW 44-41111001
Sat 9/6vs Austin PeaySplash gameW 28-6751.5010
Sat 8/30vs MarshallW 45-744000

Player Story

CJ Allen story

CJ Allen built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Barnesville, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of CJ Allen's career was his defensive production: 205 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 38 career games in the available record. That gives CJ Allen's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Georgia

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonGeorgia5.520.55.9
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia5.520.55.90
2024 PostseasonGeorgia1331.97.57.5
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia1331.97.50
2025 PostseasonGeorgia17.541.312.84.5
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia17.541.312.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 29 Auburn

Week 7 · W 20-10 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

93.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Ole Miss

Week 11 · L 10-28 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

91.1 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Florida State

Week 1 · W 63-3 · Postseason

2.5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Georgia Tech

Week 14 · W 44-42

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Florida

Week 10 · W 34-20 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Georgia

17.5 primary output · 41.3 efficiency · 12.8 usage

70.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Georgia

70.2

17.5 primary · 41.3 efficiency · 12.8 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Georgia

45.7

13 primary · 31.9 efficiency · 7.5 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

9

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games