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

31%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

38

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
1
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

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 31.9 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: Ole Miss

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

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2024 Postseason · Georgia

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

31.9

Usage

7.5

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Clemson: 0. Tennessee Tech: 1. Kentucky: 1. Alabama: 0. Auburn: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Texas: 0. Florida: 3. Ole Miss: 4. Tennessee: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Georgia Tech: 3. Texas: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 4 by 16.7. Tennessee Tech: 5 by 30.8. Kentucky: 6 by 35. Alabama: 6 by 25. Auburn: 5 by 20.8. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 6 by 25. Florida: 8 by 63.3. Ole Miss: 8 by 73.3. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. Massachusetts: 3 by 12.5. Georgia Tech: 10 by 71.7. Texas: 7 by 39.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 11 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

73.3 vs Ole Miss

Result
Thu 1/2vs Notre DameL 10-2343000
Sat 12/7@ TexasW 22-1974001
Sat 11/30vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles · Splash gameW 44-42108102
Sat 11/23vs MassachusettsW 59-2132000
Sun 11/17vs TennesseeW 31-1732000
Sat 11/9@ Ole MissSplash gameL 10-2887101
Sat 11/2vs FloridaSplash gameW 34-20830010
Sat 10/19@ TexasW 30-1564000
Sat 10/12vs Mississippi StateW 41-3111000
Sat 10/5vs AuburnW 31-1352000
Sat 9/28@ AlabamaL 34-4164000
Sat 9/14@ KentuckyW 13-1263000
Sat 9/7vs Tennessee TechW 48-353100
Sat 8/31vs ClemsonW 34-343000

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