Should Devon Allen quit the NFL and purse Paris 2024 fulltime?

He had 13 receptions total in his last 2yrs of CFB and that was 6yrs ago. He'll be extremely lucky to make the roster.

What people mean by that is in football not only do you have to be fast but also have the ability to change directions. You could be a sub 10 sprinter, but if you don't have the eye sight, hand eye coordination, be able to read holes etc. Good luck making it in the NFL.

His last play in college was a non-contact knee injury. He might be too injury prone to last in the N.F.L.

Best case for him is he makes the roster as a third stringer and doesn't have to play too much outside of special teams, gets some extra money as well as clout for making an NFL roster and they allow him to miss some offseason training for track each spring/summer.

He was a really solid guy they year before for how they used him. But yeah that was a lifetime ago. And he probably needs to add 10lbs of muscle to survive as a receiver.

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Devon Allen suffers another major knee injury

Nick Zaccardi

Allen finished fifth in the Rio Olympics 110m hurdles.

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If he makes the field (a big if), he has a history of catastrophic knee injuries. It's amazing he's been able to come back from both. Goes to show how good those surgeries are know.

Hope he stays healthy and has a productive football career. Money has to be better than track.

It'll be interesting to see if he makes the team but I think the good news is he is expected to make the practice squad.

But I'm open to the argument he hurdles his best when he is also doing football. Could be his focus or maybe some of the agility stuff. But he is at another level after this past race. I've never seen someone run the last 2 hurdles like that.

How much can he make in each sport? Can he get a guaranteed contract in the NFL? He is 3rd all time in the hurdles but no one gives a dang about the hurdles. I can't imagine him getting any more than about $300,000 in a track contract.

He signed a 3-year contract for about $2.6M but only $40K is guaranteed and he’s considered a long shot to make the 53-player roster. If I was him, I wouldn’t risk blowing out a knee again during pre-season.

I agree with you there. Football is nothing like baseball where the contracts are truly guaranteed. He is basically Skeets Nehimiah. I would try to get whatever possible for a track contract. His time is really amazing.

D. Allen needs to look in the mirror. Is he a TT, dual/tri/quad meet guy or is D. Allen a big lights guy? If D. Allen can replicate under the big lights, he needs to continue with T&F full time. There is no evidence that D. Allen is a very good Am. football player. D. Allen has above average speed for a N.F.L. guy but above average speed is not enough. Sprinting speed is probably only the 4th most important trait for a N.F.L. receiver. If we were to list the 50 best N.F.L. receivers of all time and if were to list the 50 fastest N.F.L. players of all time, maybe only Randy Moss makes both lists.

If we could watch two hurdlers who could be consistent sub-13 guys go head-to-head in the prime of their careers... Imagine that. Wouldn't that be great?

But I can't fault the guy for going after some real money.

I think football is a big mistake.

But he knows what he wants

Yes. Look what happened to Jerry Tarr.

Skeets never played in college. In Allen's first year at Oregon he caught 41 passes and led the team in td receptions (7). This was a team that was ranked #2 in the country and played for the national Championship. And he was a 4 star recruit out of high school. It's not like he never played football.

But I agree the odds are against him.

Forget Paris, dude should shoot for the Olympics.