BeauAllen

2024 – Senior

• Transferred back to Kentucky as a graduate transfer after one season at Georgia Southern and one at Tarleton State
• Will have two seasons of eligibility left

2023 – Junior (Georgia Southern)

• Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules
• Dean’s List (Fall of 2023)

2022 – Sophomore (Tarleton State)

• Started 11 games for Tarleton State
• Named the Western Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year
• Threw for 2,836 yards and had 23 touchdowns on the season with just 11 interceptions
• Had 79 rushing attempts for 110 yards with one rushing TD
• Had five games with 300 yards or more through the air … Tied for the third most 300+ yard games in a single-season in program history, tied with Steve Kelley (2001), only behind Kevin Vickers (seven, 1994) and Cliff Watkins (six, 2003)
• Led the WAC in passing touchdowns (23, 16th in FCS), passing yards (2,828, 17th in FCS)
• Threw for 316 yards and four scores at North Alabama, earning WAC Offensive Player of the Week honors … Four touchdown passes tied for the third-most TD passes by a WAC QB in 2022 … 86-yard pass to Jaden Smith was the longest pass in the conference
• Had a season-high 406 yards passing and three touchdowns at Southern Utah … 406 yards were the 11th most in Tarleton Football history and the 12th 400+ yard game in program history … Second-highest yards by a WAC QB in 2022
• Threw for three scores against Houston Christian
• Made the Honor Roll in the spring

2021 – r-Freshman

• Played in three games (ULM, New Mexico State and Louisville) and completed 8 of 12 passes for 92 yards
• Entered in the fourth quarter vs. New Mexico State and completed 3 of 4 passes for 40 yards … Also had a three-yard scramble for his first collegiate rushing touchdown
• Got a career-long 23-yard rush at Louisville

2020 – Freshman

• Redshirt season
• Mid-year enrollee
• Saw action in two games (Vanderbilt and at Alabama)
• Completed 3-of-7 passes for 40 yards
• Saw his first collegiate action vs. Vanderbilt on Nov. 14 and completed 3 of 5 passes for 40 yards

High School

• Four-star recruit by Rivals as the No. 13 pro-style quarterback
• Rated a top 500 player in the class by 247Sports and the No. 19 pro-style quarterback
• Named the Paul Hornung Award winner given to the top high school player in Kentucky
• Four-year starter who compiled 11,439 career passing yards and 127 touchdowns, numbers that put him in the top five all-time
• Coached by Nigel Smith
• Candidate for Kentucky’s Mr. Football award
• Completed 248 of 366 passes for 3,682 yards and 38 touchdowns and rushed for a team-high 478 yards and 12 scores
• Three-time first-team All-State
• Named to the 2019 Class of the Commonwealth by the Lexington Herald-Leader
• Also was a two-year basketball letter winner
• Academic All-State
• Member of the Beta Club and was named Academic All-State
• Picked Kentucky over Georgia, Washington State, West Virginia, Duke and others

Community Cats

• Volunteered at LexCity Church (2020)
• Participated in the Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s Men’s Conference at Southland Christian (2020)

Personal

• Born in Carmel, Indiana
• Son of Bill and Ingrid Allen
• Dad, Bill, also played quarterback at Kentucky from 1984-88
• Graduated from Georgia Southern in December of ’23 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies with a minor in management … Currently working on a second degree in finance at UK

Beau Says

• His nickname is “Beau” – his birth name is William
• After football his dream job is to be an investment advisor
• One thing most people don’t know about him is that he reads everyday
• His favorite family recipe that he can make is macaroni and cheese
• His go-to karaoke song is “Piano Man”