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MARCUS ALLEN
FOOTBALL LEGEND
Former Los Angeles Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs running back Marcus Allen joined CBS Sports in 1998 as a studio analyst on the CBS Television Network’s NFL broadcast team. Allen, a 16-year NFL veteran who played for the Chiefs and Raiders, will again serve as a reporter on THE NFL TODAY studio show. In August 2003, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Allen, third all-time in career touchdowns with 145, is also second on the NFL’s all-time rushing touchdown list with 123. He is second on the NFL’s all-time list for running backs in games played (222) and third in pass receptions (587), as well as eighth on the all-time list with 12,243 career rushing yards. A six-time Pro Bowler, Allen was the MVP of Super Bowl XVIII when the Raiders upended the Washington Redskins, 38-9. He held the NFL record for most consecutive games with 100 or more rushing yards with 11 (10/28/85-9/14/86), until his record was eclipsed by Barry Sanders’ 14 games in 1997. Allen also possesses the fourth-highest NFL single-season mark for most rushing and receiving yards combined (2,314 in 1985). Among his many accolades throughout his career include being named the 1982 NFL Rookie of the Year, the 1985 NFL Most Valuable Player, and to the 1982 and 1985 All-Pro Team.
As a senior at the University of Southern California, he won the 1981 Heisman Trophy, was a consensus All-America choice and was named College Player of the Year by Football News. He was inducted in to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
Allen was born March 26, 1960, in San Diego, Calif., and lives in Los Angeles.
