Will Allen
Will Allen
Will Allenis an American football safety who is currently a free agent. Allen played college football for Ohio State University, and received All-American honors. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and he has also played for the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth17 June 1982
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one of the fortuitous events, one of the great pieces of luck in my life.
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One of the points we want to make is we're regular rural folks. We're not California Democrats, Washington Democrats, or even Austin Democrats. We don't want to be defined by what people think we are.
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I was going to do whatever I could, no matter what, to help out the team tonight. Our second unit brought the energy and it helped turn the game around.
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I was at the Super Bowl last year just hoping that one day we'd be able to get there. I may seem like a mild-mannered guy, but my gut was churning inside: 'Let's win this game. Just win this game. We've got to win this game.
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I was surprised that they just let me wind the clock down and take a shot. I told my teammates that I was going to wind it down. ... I was hoping if I did miss, the ball would bounce and the time would run out.
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