Kyle Allen

Kyle James Allen (born March 8, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).

A native of Scottsdale, Arizona, he played high school football at Desert Mountain and was among the top football players of his class.

He was highly recruited out of high school, receiving offers from several schools to play college football before committing to Texas A&M in June 2013.

Allen played for the West team in the 2014 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, setting an Army Bowl record at the time with 183 passing yards.

As a true freshman in 2014, Allen competed with Kenny Hill before the season for the starting quarterback position.

Hill would win the job with Allen appearing in games as a backup.

After the team lost three straight games in October, the competition was opened again prior to the game against Louisiana-Monroe, and Allen won the starting quarterback position.

On September 14, 2014, he made his first appearance with the Aggies and threw for 122 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception.

Allen helped lead the unranked Aggies past the #3 Auburn Tigers with for 277 yards and four touchdowns along with one interception in a 41–38 win, ending Auburn's chances of making the playoffs and putting A&M back in the Top 25.

Allen would finish the season with a 3–2 win–loss record, including a Liberty Bowl win.

He earned the MVP award for the bowl game.

He finished his freshman season with 118 completions off 192 attempts, 1,322 passing yards, 16 touchdowns, and seven interceptions.

Following the transfer of Kenny Hill to Texas Christian University, Allen was positioned to be the starter for the Aggies in 2015.

On August 24 during the 2015 off-season, Allen was named the starting quarterback against Arizona State with competition from incoming freshman Kyler Murray.

Texas A&M got off to a 5–0 start, as Allen led the SEC in passing efficiency.

Then, against Alabama, he threw three interceptions that were returned for touchdowns in a 41–23 loss.

During that game, on Oct 16, he had a 50 percent completion rate.

He went 12-for-34 passing (35.3 percent passing completion rate) for 88 yards in a 23–3 loss to Ole Miss on Oct. 24.

The Friday before the following game, head coach Kevin Sumlin named Murray the starter and Allen started to practice with the third team.

Against Alabama, Allen said he suffered an AC sprain in his throwing shoulder but told the coaching staff he was well enough to face Ole Miss.

Allen would then miss playing in the 35–28 win on Oct 31 against South Carolina and the Aggies loss to Auburn (26–10).

Murray would start in both of those games and a home win over Western Carolina.

Allen would return as the starter on Nov 21, a 25–0 win over Vanderbilt.

He played his last game with the Aggies on November 28, 2015, completing 15/28 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown in a 7–19 loss to LSU.

He finished his second year with completing 160/283 passes for 2,210 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions.

Allen also ran for 65 yards and 2 touchdowns.

On December 10, 2015, Allen announced he would be transferring from Texas A&M.

This decision made him unavailable to play in the Aggies' Music City bowl game.

Allen ended his Aggies career with 278 completions in 475 attempts (58.5%), 3,532 passing yards, 33 passing touchdowns, and 14 interceptions in 20 games.

He played college football at Texas A&M before transferring to Houston in 2016.

Allen announced on January 5, 2016, that he intended to transfer to the University of Houston.

Allen began classes at Houston on January 19, but was not eligible to play for the Cougars during the 2016 season due to NCAA transfer guidelines that require transfers to sit out an entire year.

Allen signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2018.

That same year, he started the final game of the season following injuries to both Cam Newton and Taylor Heinicke, as well as for the majority of the 2019 season after Newton suffered another injury.

He was traded to Washington in 2020 and started four games before breaking his ankle and missing the rest of the season.

In 2022, he signed with the Houston Texans and following the 2022 season, signed a one-year deal with the Bills.

Allen attended Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.

He was teammates with Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews.

During his high school career, he passed for over 8,000 yards and had 86 passing touchdowns.

Allen was a five-star recruit by Rivals.com and was ranked as the best pro-style quarterback and seventh best player overall in his class.