I hope he does well. It'll show that track athletes are really good athletes which we already know. People seem to be bashing on him already saying that just because he's fast doesn't mean he'll be good at football, but obviously he has played NCAA football and done pretty well while there, and he got faster since he last focused on football.
I wonder if he'll still try to make the Eugene world championships this summer, I imagine that's a yes since he was still competing this past indoor season (although he didn't make the world indoor team, so maybe he's seeing the writing on the wall for his track career)
Huge E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles fan here. I thought it was April Fool's when I saw Citius post about this on Instagram.
Instantly the fastest guy on the team and I assume in some metrics, the fastest person on an NFL pre-season roster.
Guy hasn't played football since 2016. As cool as this is, I don't see him making the roster UNLESS there is interest from other teams, in which case they will treat him like the Jordan Mialata project (which has actually turned out to be a great project).
It is a bit weird with WCs this year. You'd think Devon Allen would want to focus on that.
Another Oregon hurdler/footballer was Jerry Tarr, this guy was great actually ranked number one in the world and leadoff a world record 4x1 team at Oregon...
Tarr...Mike Gaetcher..Mel Renfro...all three played pro football...Harry Jerome the great Canadian on anchor. Tarr was a bust.
Richmond Flowers even had a movie about him, you know the story, so so career with Cowboys/Giants.
The best hurdler/footballer would have to be Rod Woodson he is a Hall of Fame.
James Owens was an Olympian out of UCLA, a running back.
Earl McCllouch had a good career with the Lions, ran leadoff on that world record 4x1 at USC with Simpson.
Willie Gault was good, he could play.
Fair Hooker ...love that name.
A few others....
Art Monk, Tyrone Wheatley, Gene Washington, Bernie Casey, Paul Lowe, Abe Woodson
Allen had a few moments at Oregon as a footballer but had a hard time staying healthy,
Another Oregon hurdler/footballer was Jerry Tarr, this guy was great actually ranked number one in the world and leadoff a world record 4x1 team at Oregon...
Tarr...Mike Gaetcher..Mel Renfro...all three played pro football...Harry Jerome the great Canadian on anchor. Tarr was a bust.
Richmond Flowers even had a movie about him, you know the story, so so career with Cowboys/Giants.
The best hurdler/footballer would have to be Rod Woodson he is a Hall of Fame.
James Owens was an Olympian out of UCLA, a running back.
Earl McCllouch had a good career with the Lions, ran leadoff on that world record 4x1 at USC with Simpson.
Willie Gault was good, he could play.
Fair Hooker ...love that name.
A few others....
Art Monk, Tyrone Wheatley, Gene Washington, Bernie Casey, Paul Lowe, Abe Woodson
Allen had a few moments at Oregon as a footballer but had a hard time staying healthy,
Another Oregon hurdler/footballer was Jerry Tarr, this guy was great actually ranked number one in the world and leadoff a world record 4x1 team at Oregon...
Tarr...Mike Gaetcher..Mel Renfro...all three played pro football...Harry Jerome the great Canadian on anchor. Tarr was a bust.
Richmond Flowers even had a movie about him, you know the story, so so career with Cowboys/Giants.
The best hurdler/footballer would have to be Rod Woodson he is a Hall of Fame.
James Owens was an Olympian out of UCLA, a running back.
Earl McCllouch had a good career with the Lions, ran leadoff on that world record 4x1 at USC with Simpson.
Willie Gault was good, he could play.
Fair Hooker ...love that name.
A few others....
Art Monk, Tyrone Wheatley, Gene Washington, Bernie Casey, Paul Lowe, Abe Woodson
Allen had a few moments at Oregon as a footballer but had a hard time staying healthy,
Renaldo Nehemiah?
He played in 4 games in 4 seasons, what a shame. I would have gave him a little longer, he had 43 catches.
Nobody should forget Renaldo Nehemiah talking hurdlers in the NFL.
Track sprinters who were not great receivers in college do not become great receivers in N.F.L. Most of the names mentioned on this thread regarding former college sprinters is not really impressive when one thinks about it. Most of the big name sprinters were not as good as one believed they would be entering N.F.L. Receiver in Am. football is a position of many skills. The ability to sprint fast in a 100m dash is the least important skill needed to be a good receiver. I took Advanced Physical Conditioning as a summer school course. Several of the university's D-1 receivers took same course with me. How fast a sprinter one was had little relationship to playing time.
Devon Allen was a good football player at Oregon before his injuries. He has some kickoff experience. His best lane to making a roster initially will be fielding punts and kickoffs surehandedly to start. Unlike some of the track guys who have got in that way, he has solid size at 6 feet. So it is not a stretch to see him getting a chance as to win 4th/5th WR spot after earning preseason snaps. The odds are against him mostly because of his injuries and having to bulk up quickly after track season and make a very fast transition/impression. I think he’s got a shot at Practice Squad, and that’s just an injury/two away from getting a call-up.
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