Keenan Allen Class: Junior Hometown: Greensboro, NC High School: Northern Guilford HS/Grimsley HS Height / Weight: 6-3 / 206 Position: WR Birthdate: 04/27/1992 Experience: 2L

2011 Game Program Feature

CAL CAREER (Career Stats): Has played in 24 games with 20 starts, totaling 144 receptions, 1,833 receiving yards and 11 touchdown catches ... has averages of 76.4 receiving yards per game and 12.7 receiving yards per catch ... eighth all-time at Cal in receptions and begins the 2012 season only 58 shy of all-time leader Geoff McArthur's career total of 202 from 2000-04 ... ranks just outside the top 10 in both receiving yards (252 shy) and touchdown catches (two shy) ... has totaled 2,470 all-purpose yards (102.9 per game), adding 27 rushes for 191 yards (7.1 ypr) and a touchdown on the ground, with a long of 45 yards against Washington as a freshman in 2010, six punt returns for 40 yards, and 18 kick returns for 406 yards including a long of 61 versus Arizona State also as a freshman ... has scored 72 career points on 11 touchdown catches and one rushing TD ... Cal's active career leader in receptions, receiving yards, all-purpose yards, touchdown catches and points, while ranking second in total touchdowns one behind Isi Sofele ... on the receiving end of a 90-yard touchdown pass from Zach Maynard at Washington in 2011 that is the longest pass play in school history ... his 13 catches against USC in 2011 is tied for third on Cal's single-game reception list, while his 197 receiving yards at Washington also in 2011 is fifth ... equaled DeSean Jackson as the fastest player in Cal history to reach both 1,000 career receiving yards in his 16th career game vs. Utah and 100 career receptions in his 18th career game against Washington State both in 2011, as Jackson reached both respective marks in 2006 in the same number of total games in his career ... has at least one reception in each of his 24 collegiate games and at least two in each of his last 20 contests in a row ... has completed both of the career passes he has attempted for 44 yards and a touchdown, giving him an astronomical career passer efficiency rating of 449.80 ... has 25 career catches of 20 or more yards ... has six career 100-yard receiving games to rank tied for sixth on Cal's all-time list ... has led or co-led all Cal receivers in receptions 19 times and receiving yards on 13 occasions over his first 24 collegiate contests ... has six tackles.

2012: A national honors and All-American candidate ... earned third-team Preseason All-American and a first-team Preseason All-Pac-10 honors from Phil Steele ... a candidate for the Biletnikoff Award and Paul Warfield Award given annually to the country's top receiver, as well as the College Football Performance Awards Wide Receiver Trophy and the Paul Hornung Award bestowed upon the nation's most versatile player ... missed all of the team's 2012 spring practices due to an injury.

2011 (Game-by-Game Stats): A first-team All-Pac-12 selection for the first time in his career in a vote of the conference's coaches, while Phil Steele and Yahoo! Sports also had him as a first-team All-League pick, while College Sports Madness had him on its third team ... third-team Midseason All-American and first-team Midseason All-Pac-12 according to Steele ... won the team's Bear Backers MVP Award on the offensive side of the ball ... one of 10 Biletnikoff Award semifinalists for the honor given annually to the nation's top receiver ... a candidate for the Paul Warfield Award also given annually to the country's top receiver, and on watch lists for the College Football Performance Awards Wide Receiver Trophy as well as the Paul Hornung Award bestowed upon the nation's most versatile player ... played in 13 games and 11 starts ... posted career and team-high totals of 98 receptions, 1,343 receiving yards and six touchdown catches, with the receptions and receiving yards both ranking second on Cal's all-time single season lists behind school record holders Dameane Douglas (100 receptions in 1998) and Geoff McArthur (1,504 receiving yards in 2003) ... finished one touchdown catch away from entering the single-season top 10 ... added nine rushes for 55 yards and four punt returns for 32 yards to total a team-high 1,430 all-purpose yards ... reached the 1,000-yard receiving mark in a season faster than anyone else in school history when he reached 1,000 receiving yards during his ninth game of the campaign against Washington State ... his per-game averages ranked second in the Pac-12 and 11th nationally in receptions (7.54), fourth in the conference and 10th nationally in receiving yards (103.31), and 12th in the conference and 72nd nationally in all-purpose yards (110.00) ... led the nation in receiving yards per game for two weeks after contests against USC and Utah ... added a 13.7 yards per reception average that was the team's highest among receivers with an average of at least one catch per game ... had five 100-yard receiving games to rank tied for third in the Pac-12 ... ranked second on the club behind quarterback and brother Zach Maynard with 18 "big plays" of 20 or more yards from the line of scrimmage ... led the team in receptions 12 times and receiving yards on eight occasions ... had a huge game at Washington, posting 10 catches and a career-high 197 receiving yards (fifth-most all-time in a single game at Cal and the seventh-most in a 2011 contest by a Pac-12 receiver) to earn Wide Receiver Performer of the Week honors from the College Football Performance Awards for the first time in his career ... also added a season-high-tying two rushes for a season-high 20 yards vs. the Huskies, including a season-long 19-yarder, to finish with a career-high 217 all-purpose yards ... took a short pass from Maynard in the first quarter at Washington and turned it into a 90-yard TD reception that is the longest pass play in Cal history ... came back in the next two games to post nine receptions for 170 yards and a touchdown at Oregon and then a career-high 13 receptions for 160 receiving yards vs. USC to pick up honorable mention CFPA Wide Receiver Performer of the Week honors both weeks ... the only Pac-12 player to have three games of 160 or more receiving yards in 2011 ... also had 100-yard receiving games in the first two contests of the season vs. Fresno State (8-112) and at Colorado (6-104-TD), adding a key 32-yard reception on first down and 30 yards to go in overtime and then two plays later catching a game-winning three-yard touchdown pass from Maynard at Colorado, when he also had a 27-yard completion to Maynard as well as a one-yard rush ... had at least five catches and 61 yards receiving in 12 of 13 games, with the only exception a three-catch, 29-yard contest against Oregon State ... had nine catches for 82 yards and a season-high-tying two rushes for eight yards in the Holiday Bowl vs. Texas ... contributed eight receptions on two other occasions in addition to the Fresno State season opener vs. Washington State (85 yards) and Utah (78 yards, TD), adding one rush for eight yards vs. the Cougars ... had seven catches at UCLA (83 yards), while adding one rush for 12 yards ... posted six catches at Stanford for 97 yards and a touchdown, with all of his receiving stats coming in the first quarter ... also had six catches for 85 yards and a touchdown against Presbyterian ... had five catches (61 yards) at Arizona State, while adding one rush for six yards ... had one receiving touchdown in four consecutive games at Colorado, vs. Presbyterian, at Washington and at Oregon ... had a career-high 20 punt return yards and a long punt return of 12 yards on a career-high-tying two punt returns vs. Washington State, while adding one punt return for seven yards vs. Fresno State and one for five against USC ... also contributed three tackles ... a second-team preseason All-Pac-12 choice of Phil Steele ... listed as having his "Stock Rising" on a Fantasy Flash sidebar in Cal's team section of Athlon's season preview magazine.

2010 (Game-by-Game Stats): Racked up the honors in a record-setting rookie season, highlighted by a fourth-team Freshman All-American selection from Phil Steele and an honorable mention nod from College Football News ... also a second-team All-Pac-10 selection as an all-purpose player according to Scout and a fourth-team All-Pac-10 choice of Steele at wide receiver ... played in 11 games with nine starts ... posted one of the top seasons by a true freshman wide receiver in school history, setting a Cal single-season school record for receptions with 46 for 490 yards, surpassing DeSean Jackson's previous record of 38 ... both his total receptions and receiving yards were second on the team behind Marvin Jones ... added a team-high five touchdown grabs, including one in each of the club's first two games vs. UC Davis and Colorado, and then one each in three consecutive contests vs. UCLA, at USC and against Arizona State ... also led the team with a kick return average of 22.6 yards on a team-high 18 returns to rank ninth in the Pac-10 and 85th nationally ... added 18 rushes for 136 yards (third on the team) and a touchdown on the ground, and even threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jones on his only passing attempt in the Big Game vs. Stanford ... ranked second on the club behind Shane Vereen with 1,040 all-purpose yards (136 rush, 490 receiving, 8 punt return, 406 kick return) and third on the squad in scoring with 36 points ... led the team in receptions seven times and receiving yards on five occasions ... ranked among the Pac-10's top 15 in per-game averages for receptions (No. 13, 3.83), receiving yards (No. 15, 40.83) and all-purpose yards (No. 15, 86.87) ... posted his biggest all-purpose game of the season against Stanford, going for a season high 188 all-purpose yards, with a season-high-tying eight catches for 51 yards, two rushes for 17 yards and five kick returns for a career-high 120 yards, while also hitting Jones with the TD pass ... began his record-setting rookie season by making one of the most memorable debuts in Cal football history in the season opener against UC Davis when he caught four passes for a season-high 120 yards, including a season-long 48-yard touchdown reception, while totaling 176 all-purpose yards by adding 38 yards rushing and a touchdown on three carries, as well as one kick return for 18 yards ... his 120 receiving yards were the most by any Cal receiver since LaReylle Cunningham had 138 at Maryland on Sept. 13, 2008 (surpassed later in the season by Jones' 161 at Nevada) ... recorded a season-high-tying eight catches for 68 yards and a career-high six kick returns that he brought back for 106 yards at Oregon State for a total of 174 all-purpose yards ... had 151 all-purpose yards against Washington with career highs of seven rushes and 60 yards rushing, including a career-long 45-yarder, four catches for 46 yards, two kick returns for 37 yards, and a career-high-tying two punt returns (his lone two of the season) for a season-high eight yards ... totaled five triple-digit all-purpose yard games, adding another with 140 against Arizona State (team-high six catches, 40 yards; two kick returns, 106 yards) that included a career-long 61-yard kick return that was the longest by a Cal player in 2010 as he earned Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career ... garnered several preseason honors prior to the start of his Cal career, including being named the nation top freshman defensive back by Lindy's although he ended up playing wide receiver and being a returner ... also listed by Lindy's as the nation's No. 3 overall Pac-10 recruit as well as the No. 5 freshman nationally ... Athlon and Phil Steele both had him as Cal's top freshman, with Athlon also picking him as the No. 2 incoming freshman in the nation listed as an "athlete", while ranking him No. 8 in the Pac-10 among all players and No. 26 nationally ... Steele also had him as the No. 3 freshman defensive back in the country.

HIGH SCHOOL: A five-star recruit according to ESPN, Rivals and Scout ... named to the Parade All-American squad ... ranked No. 5 in the country on the Rivals250 list, while checking in as both the nation's top safety and best overall player from North Carolina ... the country's No. 5 "athlete" and No. 33 player overall according to ESPN ... listed as the nation's No. 70 player overall by Sporting News ... played in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl, returning one punt for 33 yards as well as one kickoff also for 33 yards ... listed as the No. 8 player overall by MaxPreps, which also showered him with first-team All-American honors ... had a huge season statistically as a senior with 145 tackles and eight interceptions on defense to go along with an astounding 53 offensive touchdowns to help his school win its first 3A Mid-State Conference championship and finish with a 12-2 overall record ... picked off nine passes to go along with 15 pass breakups, 64 tackles and three forced fumbles to earn All-State honors defensively as a junior, while adding 42 receptions for 880 yards and 14 touchdown catches, as well as 644 rushing yards and 12 TDs on the ground on only 39 carries on the offensive side of the ball ... transferred to Northern Guilford High School for his final two seasons after playing his first two prep campaigns at Grimsley High School, where he played for two seasons with his brother and current Cal quarterback Zach Maynard ... called "the type of athlete who should make a major impact as a true freshman" by Tom Lemming, while ESPN said "this guy is a really good football player."

PERSONAL: Full name is Keenan Alexander Allen ... born April 27, 1992 ... parents are stepfather Scott Lang and mother Doris Maynard ... brother of Cal quarterback Zach Maynard, who transferred from Buffalo to Cal and is in his second season as the Bears' starter in 2012 ... prep teammate of fellow Golden Bears cousin Chris McCain and Maurice Harris ... major is African American studies.

CAREER STATISTICS

ALLEN'S CAREER GAME HIGHS
Receptions: 13 (vs. USC, 2011)
Receiving Yards: 197 (at Washington, 2011)
Receiving TDs: 1 (11 times, last at Stanford, 2011)
Long Reception: *90TD (at Washington, 2011)
Rushes: 7 (vs. Washington, 2010)
Rushing Yards: 60 (vs. Washington, 2010)
Rushing TDs: 1 (vs. UC Davis, 2010)
Long Rush: 45 (vs. Washington, 2010)
Punt Returns: 2 (twice, last vs. Washington State, 2011)
Punt Return Yards: 20 (vs. Washington State, 2011)
Long Punt Return: 12 (vs. Washington State, 2011)
Kick Returns: 6 (at Oregon State, 2010)
Kick Return Yards: 120 (vs. Stanford, 2010)
Long Kick Return: 61 (vs. Arizona State, 2010)
Pass Completions: 1 (twice, last at Colorado, 2011)
Pass Attempts: 1 (twice, last at Colorado, 2011)
Passing Yards: 27 (at Colorado, 2011)
Passing TDs: 1 (at Stanford, 2010)
Long Pass: 27 (at Colorado, 2011)
All-Purpose Yards: 217 (at Washington, 2011)
Tackles: 2 (at Nevada, 2010)
Points: 12 (vs. UC Davis, 2010)
*Cal single-game record

LAST UPDATED: May 18, 2012