Former Michigan State standouts Brian Allen and Trae Waynes are preparing this week for Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The game will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is being televised on NBC. In addition to Allen, the starting center for the Rams, and Waynes, a cornerback and special teams player for the Bengals, linebacker Joe Bachie is on the reserved/injured list for Cincinnati.
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Matt Allen wants to play despite brother’s COVID-19
Matt Allen held a teleconference in late March, near the outset of college sports’ shutdown due to the coronavirus. The Michigan State senior told reporters he and his oldest brother, Jack, were back in Illinois working out together, with the former All-American honing his youngest brother’s skills at center. Meanwhile, their middle brother, Brian, was in Los Angeles continuing his rehab from a late-season injury he suffered playing for the Los Angeles Rams.
Source: Detroit Free Press
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Brian Allen first active NFL player to test positive for COVID-19
Former MSU center Brian Allen of the Los Angeles Rams is the first active NFL player to test positive for COVID-19, according to Fox Sports reporter Jay Glazer.
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Former Spartans Brian Allen and Brian Hoyer Preparing for Super Bowl LIII
Former Michigan State Spartans Brian Allen and Brian Hoyer are preparing for Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, Feb. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The game will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is being televised on CBS.
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Brian Allen might be the centerpiece of Rams’ draft
“The basement” has become a metaphor for cyber-driven dysfunction, a teenage wasteland below ground. The Allen basement, in Hinsdale, Ill., is an exception. It is the headwater for a long stream of large people in Michigan State uniforms. On Saturday, it contributed its second son to the NFL.
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Brian Allen had good feeling L.A. Rams would draft him
Brian Allen was standing beside his brother, Jack, at their family’s home in Illinois when the call arrived. They gave each other a fist-bump. Finally, the family could celebrate an NFL draft pick.
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Brian Allen keeps eye-popping NFL draft streak alive
The streak lives on. Michigan State’s impressive NFL draft streak lives to see another year as senior center Brian Allen was chosen No. 111 overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the fourth round.
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MSU streak hopes: Brian Allen to NFL draft, Matt Allen to play center?
Snapping is the family business, with Jack Allen in the NFL, Brian Allen hoping to join him and Matt Allen hoping to become Michigan State’s starter.
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Brian Allen’s NFL prospects
Michigan State fans have gotten used to seeing plenty of Spartans graduate into the NFL over the last decade. Most years, it’s safe to assume a handful of former MSU players will hear their name called during the NFL Draft.
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Mel Kiper sees Brian Allen picked in final three rounds of NFL draft
Brian Allen is Michigan State’s top NFL draft prospect. Whether the center gets picked or not will play out over three days and seven rounds in next month’s draft. For now, it’s all speculation and ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. is the guru of draft conjecture. During a conference call Wednesday afternoon, Kiper said he wouldn’t be shocked if Allen went undrafted but added “I could see him getting drafted fifth, sixth, seventh round.”
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Brian Allen is best bet to continue MSU draft streak
Brian Allen did not do much for NFL scouts Friday afternoon at Michigan State’s pro day. But he might be the Spartans’ best hope to keep a significant streak alive. MSU has had at least one player selected every year since the modern NFL draft began in 1967 after the merger with the AFL.
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Brian Allen looking for effective pro day
Michigan State has a lot riding on the 2018 NFL Draft. The university has had a player drafted in 77 straight drafts, the second-longest active streak in the nation. While Michigan State rebounded, flipping the script from 3-10 to 10-3, this year’s professional prospect pool is looking barren. It’s going to take some hefty performances from players at Michigan State’s pro day this afternoon to make their draft dreams become a reality.
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Football’s annual Pro Day to showcase 5 Spartans
Former center Brian Allen, linebacker Chris Frey, defensive end Demetrius Cooper, running back Gerald Holmes and kicker Brett Scanlon will attend football’s annual Pro Day Friday, an MSU athletics spokesperson confirmed Thursday afternoon.
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Brian Allen shines in bench press at NFL combine
With a background as a standout wrestler, strength is considered one of Brian Allen’s top attributes. The former Michigan State center backed that up on Friday at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.>
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Brian Allen Tests at NFL Scouting Combine
Former Michigan State center Brian Allen performed on-field testing in front of NFL coaches and scouts on Friday in Lucas Oil Stadium on the fourth day of the NFL Combine.Allen, who measured in at 6-1 and 300 pounds, was one of the top performers in the bench press on Thursday. He put up 225 pounds 27 times, which ranked tied for eighth among the offensive linemen at the combine.
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MSU football allegations pop up in Brian Allen’s NFL combine sit-downs
“To my knowledge and everything, Coach D and Coach Izzo, they’re the greatest coaches that college football and college basketball have so I have all the respect for those guys and I know what’s going on there and stuff like that,” Allen said, referring to MSU football coach Mark Dantonio and basketball coach Tom Izzo.
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Brian Allen hopes competitive background is an NFL foundation
The Michigan State center arrived at the NFL Scouting Combine ready to meet with teams who wanted to know why he, an undersized center, will be worth picking out of a deep group of interior offensive linemen. Eighteen of them asked in total, all in quick informal interviews that cut to the chase of what he can offer on the field.
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Brian Allen lands invitation to NFL combine
Brian Allen was the only Michigan State player selected to participate in a showcase game this winter for NFL hopefuls. The center is also the only Spartan invited to the NFL combine. Allen is among the 326 participants listed for the 2018 NFL combine, which will take place Feb. 27 to March 5 in Indianapolis. He started for the East squad in the East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 20 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Brian Allen to Start in East-West Shrine All-Star Game
Former Michigan State center Brian Allen will showcase his talents in the 93rd annual East-West Shrine Game on Saturday, Jan. 20 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game, which is being televised live on the NFL Network, will start at 3 p.m.
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Kiper: MSU’s ‘overachiever’ Allen has NFL draft shot
Allen (6-foot-2, 302 pounds) was named second-team All-Big Ten three straight seasons and ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. believes Allen can be a late-round pick. “With Brian Allen, just a hard-working overachiever type, my ninth-highest rated center,” Kiper said Thursday. “Probably puts him in the late-round category, a late-rounder (or) priority free agent for Brian Allen.
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