DougieAllen

? Compaq ?Best Reception of the Week in College Football? vs. Arkansas (1999)

Back at full speed after missing parts of the last two seasons because of injury ? His senior leadership will be important among UK?s wide receivers ? Begins the fall as the starter at the ?H? receiver ? Has played in 25 games with eight starts.

2000 (Junior): Played in nine games, starting seven at the ?Z? receiver ? Had 22 catches for 315 yards and two touchdowns ? Had four catches against South Carolina and Georgia, with a career-high 75 yards in the season opener at Louisville ? Caught Jared Lorenzen?s first collegiate TD pass ? Missed the Ole Miss game because of a strained hamstring and the Tennessee game because of an ankle injury.1998 (Freshman): Played the first five games and was emerging as a star receiver and kickoff returner when he was lost for the season because of a knee injury … Caught 25 passes for 263 yards and three touchdowns … Had caught 25 of the 26 passes thrown to him, with the only incompletion being a ball he caught out of bounds … Best game was six catches for 74 yards and two touchdowns at Indiana … Was on his way to another career-best game vs. Arkansas when he caught four passes for 50 yards and a TD, all in the first quarter, before sustaining the knee injury … His 24-yard touchdown reception was a diving, one-handed grab in the end zone, despite double coverage and a defensive pass interference call on the play … The catch was judged the Compaq ?Best Reception of the Week in College Football? … Ironically, it was on that play that he had the season-ending injury … Returned eight kickoffs for an average of 30.8 yards per return … Was leading the SEC and ranked 10th in the nation in kickoff returns when he was sidelined.

1998 (Freshman): Played in every game … Started at Arkansas … Saw more playing time as the season progressed … Caught 13 passes for 102 yards, an average of 7.8 yards per reception … Long play of 19 yards came in the season opener at Louisville … Caught three passes each in the wins over South Carolina and Louisville.

High School: Two-year starter at wide receiver at Paul Laurence Dunbar HS in Lexington … As a senior, caught 57 passes for 1,070 yards and 12 touchdowns … Career totals for three varsity seasons include 108 receptions for 2,325 yards and 31 TDs … Had four punt returns for touchdowns … Helped lead Dunbar to a two-year record of 24-4, including a state runner-up finish in 1996 and a trip to the state semifinals in 1997 … Caught four TD passes in the 1996 state championship game … Named to the ?Class of the Commonwealth? by the Lexington Herald-Leader… Third-team all-state pick by the Louisville Courier-Journal as a junior and senior … Two-year all-city pick … Coached by Mike Meighan … A one-year letterman in track, competing in the 100- and 200-meter dashes … Member of the school?s Academic Club, Student Advisory Committee, and ?Above the Crowd? drug-free club … Chose UK over Cincinnati, Eastern Kentucky, and Western Kentucky.

Personal: Full name is David Douglas Allen … Born 9-17-79 in Lexington … Son of Doug Allen and Nancy Allen … Is a second cousin of former Wildcat and Pittsburgh Steeler Dermontti Dawson … Major is nutrition and food science.

The Cats? Cause: Celebrity guest on the 1999 Children?s Miracle Network telethon ? Worked the annual UK Children?s Hospital ?Breakfast With Santa? (1999) and also a hospital visitor (1999-2000) ? Motivational speaker at area schools (1999-2001) ? Did public service announcement on television station WKYT on the importance of balance between academics and athletics (1999-2000) ? Served as a mentor in the Mashburn Excel Scholarship Mentor Program (1999-2001), a scholarship he earned in high school ? Participated in the Schoolhouse Rock academic pep rally for fourth- and fifth-grade students (2001) … Celebrity waiter at the Leukemia Luncheon (2001).

Allen Career Statistics

YearPositionG-GSRec.Yds.Avg.TDLongKORYds.Avg.TDLong1998Wide Rec.11-1131027.8019199.0091999Wide Rec.5-02526310.5328824630.80532000Wide Rec.9-72231514.324600-0-Totals25-86068011.3546925528.3053

Allen Game-by-Game Statistics

1998OpponentRec.Yds.TDLouisville1190Eastern Kent.130Indiana000Florida000Arkansas150South Carolina3220Louisiana State3250Georgia2120Mississippi St.000Vanderbilt2160Tennessee000Totals131020Penn State1100(Outback Bowl)

1999OpponentRec.Yds.TDLouisville2350Connecticut5550Indiana6742Florida8490Arkansas4501Totals252633

2000OpponentRec.Yds.TDLouisville3751South Florida2340Indiana2221Florida130Ole MissinjuredSouth Carolina4340Louisiana State3260Georgia4600Mississippi St.110Vanderbilt2600TennesseeinjuredTotals223153