{"id":3223,"date":"2016-02-24T12:51:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2016-02-24T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:51:37","slug":"17-db-will-allen-jr-is-a-playmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/17-db-will-allen-jr-is-a-playmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"’17 DB Will Allen Jr. Is A Playmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Chad Wilson – Editor in Chief – GridironStuds Blog<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @GridironStuds<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may have seen my article in entitled “Recruiting, Like Beauty Contests, Has A Lot to Do With Looks<\/a>“. \u00a0Yes, we live in a sporting world where size is king and athletic freaks are the craze at least until we are thoroughly convinced that they can’t play the game. \u00a0Not being able to play the game is not a problem possessed by 2017 American Heritage cornerback Will Allen Jr.<\/p>\n

Allen is not out of the mold of the 6′ corners that people like to talk about. \u00a0Rather Allen is more about being where the ball is going to be and making the opposing team pay for it. \u00a0We more commonly call this, \u00a0a playmaker. \u00a0Allen is a member of the new GridironStuds Recruiting App<\/a> that has been heavily talked about over the last few weeks. \u00a0Hundreds of high school football prospects have downloaded the app and created a profile. \u00a0Allen Jr. is one that stands out. \u00a0Viewing his highlight video from the app, \u00a0you quickly see his playmaking skills. \u00a0Before you hit the 2 minute mark in his highlights you have already witnessed the 2017 prospect use his 37 inch vert to go up high and bat down a pass, jump a curl route almost taking\u00a0it to the house and smoothly rip the ball out of a RBs hands for a forced fumble.<\/p>\n

Allen has been around the game for many years now as a player and has a father who was a first round draft pick by the NY Giants. \u00a0Will Allen Sr.\u00a0played\u00a011 seasons in the NFL. \u00a0Allen Jr.\u00a0is one of three sons of former NFL players lining up on American Heritage’s defense come Fall 2016. \u00a0His football IQ and instincts put Allen in position to help his team win every Friday Night while making him a general pain in the ass for the opposing teams’ offensive coordinator. \u00a0Allen is a brain off the field too sporting a 3.8 GPA and an affinity for analyzing things. \u00a0It all adds up to the rising senior playing bigger than his 5’9″ stature. \u00a0Look for his highlight making plays this Fall.<\/p>\n

High School Football prospects, \u00a0build a profile, connect with coaches and build a fan base on the new GridironStuds Recruiting App<\/a>. Click here<\/a> or search “Gridiron Studs” in the App Store. \u00a0Android version is coming soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Chad Wilson – Editor in Chief – GridironStuds Blog Twitter: @GridironStuds You may have seen my article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-of-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}