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BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 13, 2018 - linebacker Thomas Allen #44 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics
Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics
BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 13, 2018 - linebacker Thomas Allen #44 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics
Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics
BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 13, 2018 - linebacker Thomas Allen #44 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics
Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics
Thomas Allen
Jersey Number 44

Thomas Allen

  • Position:
    LB
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 240
  • Year:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Tampa, Fla.
  • High School:
    Plant

2021 Honors: Earned the team’s Ted Verlihay “Mental Attitude” Award ... Indiana’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree ...  Academic All-Big Ten.

2021 (Senior): Appeared in all eight games at linebacker and on special teams ... made three tackles.

2020 (Junior): Posted eight tackles, six solo, with one forced fumble in four games ... suffered a season-ending hip injury in the win at Michigan State (11/14) ... forced the fumble against the Spartans ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

2019 (Sophomore): Suffered a season-ending shoulder injury at Nebraska (10/26) ... finished with 17 tackles, a half-for loss, in eight games ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2018 (Freshman): Made 28 tackles, 20 solo, with one sack, three for loss, one interception (30 yards), and two quarterback hurries ... played in all 12 games ... posted three stops, all solo, with one tackle for loss in his collegiate debut at Florida International (9/1) ... picked off his first career pass and added one QBH against Iowa (10/13) ... collected his first career sack against No. 18 Penn State (10/20) ... made four tackles with a half-TFL at Minnesota (10/26) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2017: Redshirted the 2017 season ... two-time scout team player of the week (Penn State, Purdue) ... enrolled in spring classes and participated in practice.

Prep/Personal: Linebacker for head coach Robert Weiner at Plant High School and Johnny Hill at Oxford (Miss.) High School ... starred at Plant in 2015 and 2016, and Oxford in 2013 and 2014 ... played on four division championship teams and three state runner-ups (2 at Oxford) ... finished his career with 470 tackles, 119 for loss, 13 sacks, eight forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries, and one interception ... 2016 Tampa Bay Defensive Player of the Year earned second-team all-state honors ... collected 147 stops, six sacks, and 51 TFLs ... first-team all-state selection at Oxford ... Plant reached the 2016 7A state championship game ... ranked the No. 29 inside linebacker nationally by ESPN ... four-year football and two-year basketball letterwinner ... Academic All-American ... parents are Tracy and Tom Allen ... Tom was named Indiana University’s 29th head coach on Dec. 1, 2016 ... born on May 27, 1998.