
BeauAllen
- position Quarterback
- height 6-2
- Weight 207
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Lexington, Ky.
- High school Lexington Catholic
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
- Majoring in pre-finance
Beau Says
- His nickname is “Beau” – his birth name is William
- He chose Kentucky because of the coaches and the relationships he made with team
- Other than play in the NFL, his dream job is to coach
- One word to describe him on the field is “calm”
- His sports hero is Tom Brady because he wins