Matt Allen

Matt Allen (born October 23, 1977) is a former American football punter in the NFL who played for the New York Giants. He played college football at Troy State.

Matt Allen
Carolina Panthers
Position:Punter, Director of Player Personnel
Personal information
Born: (1977-10-23) October 23, 1977
Montgomery, Alabama
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:Montgomery (AL) Calvary Christian
College:Troy State
Undrafted:2002
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Punts:63
Punt yards:2,045
Punt average:36.9
Inside 20:20
Longest punt:65
Player stats at NFL.com

Early life

Allen played football, basketball, and baseball for Calvary Christian Academy.

College career

Allen played for Troy State University.

NFL career

Before joining the Giants, Allen played for the Atlanta Falcons in the preseason. In his lone NFL season, Allen had 63 punts for 2,326 yards with 2,045 net yards and an average 36.9 yards per punt. He is infamously known for attempting a pass to Rich Seubert after a botched snap from Trey Junkin on a field goal attempt to win the game on the last play of the Giants-49ers NFC Wildcard game on January 5, 2003. The pass fell incomplete, ending the Giants' season, although an obvious pass interference penalty wasn't called by officials. Had that penalty been called, the Giants would have had another chance to kick the winning field goal, as it would have offset their own ineligible man downfield penalty and resulted in an extra, untimed down. However, as it was not 4th down and the team had a timeout left, Allen also could have earned another field goal attempt if he had spiked the ball or taken a knee and then used the time out.

This play ended up being #10 on NFL Top 10's Top Ten Meltdowns[1] and Top Ten Controversial Calls at #7.[2]

References
  1. "NFL Videos: Top 10 meltdowns in NFL history". Nfl.com. 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  2. "NFL Videos: Top 10 controversial calls". Nfl.com. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Rodney Williams		 New York Giants
Starting Punter
2002		 Succeeded by
Jeff Feagles


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