Eastern Michigan Athletics
2011 Football Roster
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Northern Illinois
Oct 11 (Sat)
TBA
Roster
Allen, Tyler

Jersey Number 82
Tyler Allen
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lansing, Mich.
- High School:
- Eastern
Bio
PERSONAL: Full name: Tyler Allen...Son of Robert and Chris Allen...Criminology major...EMU: 2013: Played in all 12 games for EMU, serving as the team’s primary kick returner...Set a school record for 51 kickoff returns in one season...Tallied 1,014 return yards throughout the year, the second-most in one season in EMU history...Earned MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week accolades after taking back the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown against Ohio (Oct. 19), tying for the longest return by an Eagle in Rynearson Stadium history...College Football Performance Awards also selected him as National Kickoff Returner of the Week for the first kickoff returned for a touchdown of his career...2012: Appeared in 11 games primarily as a kick returner...Named to the 2012 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention list...Averaged 94.2 all-purpose yards/game...Tallied a season-high 166 yards on seven kick returns vs Toledo (Oct. 13)...2011: Appeared in nine games for the Eagles...Set a career-long rush of 18 yards at Michigan (Sept. 17)...Had eight rushes on the season for 18 yards...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Lansing Eastern H.S. where he played football for Head Coach Richard Woods... Earned Class A All-Area as a senior when he ran for 572 yards (6.4 per carry) and eight touchdowns...Was injured in his junior season and only played in two games...Rushed for 198 yards against East Lansing...In track, he turned in the fastest 40-yard dash time (4.24) out of 625 athletes at the Michigan Preps Combine...Also ran on the 800-meter relay that finished third at the Division 1 state track meet as a junior...Recorded a 10.4 in the 100-meter dash as a junior...As a senior placed fifth in the 100-meter dash at the state meet and was third in the regional.
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