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Position: | Punter | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Salem, Oregon, U.S. | February 28, 1990||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | West Salem (Salem, Oregon) | ||||||||||||
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Undrafted: | 2013 | ||||||||||||
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Ryan Allen (born February 28, 1990) is an American former football punter who played in the National Football League (NFL). He is best known for being the starting punter for the New England Patriots for six seasons, during which he won three Super Bowls and was the Patriots’ longest serving starting punter of the Bill Belichick era. He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Allen won twice the Ray Guy Award in 2011 and 2012, and also was a unanimous All-American in 2012. He was signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent after the 2013 NFL draft.