HOUSTON TEXANS WEEKLY RELEASE - NFL.com
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ALLEN, JASON<br />
ing nine starts...Recorded 53 tackles, three interceptions<br />
and a forced fumble...Interception total<br />
led the team...Also produced nine stops on special<br />
teams, a figure that tied for second on the squad...<br />
Moved into starting lineup at one safety spot for<br />
game vs. N.Y. Giants in London (10/28), the first<br />
start of his <strong>NFL</strong> career...Took over spot from Renaldo<br />
Hill, who sustained a season-ending knee<br />
injury the week before against New England...<br />
Recorded five tackles and a forced fumble in the<br />
Giants game as the Dolphins held New York to 49<br />
net passing yards, a season low for a Dolphins<br />
opponent...Recorded his first two interceptions<br />
of the year at Philadelphia (11/18) when he picked<br />
off a pair of Donovan McNabb passes...Tallied a<br />
career-high eight tackles at Buffalo (12/9)...Two<br />
weeks later at New England (12/23), came up with<br />
an interception of a Tom Brady pass...Registered<br />
a season-high three special teams tackles vs. N.Y.<br />
Jets (12/2).<br />
2009 (Miami 16/1): Played in 16 games, all in a reserve<br />
role, in his rookie season...Posted 13 tackles<br />
and an interception on defense and seven stops<br />
on special teams...Majority of action on defense<br />
came in dime package...First career interception<br />
occurred in 31-13 win at Chicago (11/5) when he<br />
picked off a Rex Grossman pass and returned it<br />
seven yards...Tallied a season high four tackles in<br />
24-20 win over Minnesota (11/19).<br />
COLLEGE: Was a four-year letterman (2002-05) at<br />
Tennessee who started his final three seasons...<br />
Served as a captain each of his final two years...<br />
Opened 26 of the 43 games in which he played<br />
during his career...Totaled 220 tackles, three<br />
sacks, four interceptions, 21 passes defensed,<br />
five forced fumbles and a fumble recovery...Started<br />
12 games at free safety and 14 at cornerback<br />
in his career...Started the first five contests of his<br />
senior year at right cornerback before sustaining<br />
a season-ending hip dislocation against Georgia<br />
...Had the most productive season of his collegiate<br />
career the year prior, when he started all<br />
13 contests, the first at cornerback and the final<br />
12 at free safety...Produced 123 tackles, a pair of<br />
sacks, two interceptions, five passes defensed,<br />
three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery as a<br />
junior...Tackle total that year set a school singleseason<br />
record for a defensive back...In addition,<br />
was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference<br />
pick, a third-team All-America selection and a<br />
semi-finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, given annually<br />
to the nation’s top defensive back...Earned<br />
degree in sports management.<br />
PERSONAL: Attended Muscle Shoals (Ala.) High<br />
School, where he lettered in football, track and<br />
basketball...Played running back in high school,<br />
and was an All-America selection by Super Prep<br />
and Prep Star as a senior when he rushed for<br />
1,740 yards and 21 touchdowns, while adding 378<br />
receiving yards and three scores...Was named to<br />
the Class 5A all-state team and chosen as the Alabama<br />
Gatorade High School Player of the Year as<br />
a senior...Was also chosen as the Class 5A Back<br />
of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association...Would<br />
like to be a sports agent following<br />
his playing career...Enjoys traveling to other countries...Is<br />
the middle of seven children...Full name<br />
is Jason Jamar Allen, born July 5, 1983 in Muscle<br />
Shoals, Ala.<br />
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