Mike Allen: DT · Western Kentucky · #35.
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Mike Allen
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Dave Clawson and Tyson Helton. A game that shows it: 2 tackles against Auburn — Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 16 | 8 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Career | 32 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-27vs Austin Peay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 49-17@ Hawai'i | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-33@ Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 73-0vs Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-17@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-7@ Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-41@ Auburn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 32-31@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 44-23vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Bowl · 2022
W 44-23
vs South Alabama · neutral site
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 21-point win at a neutral site against South Alabama.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%2 TFLSack rate
12%2 sacksHurry rate
31%5 hurries16 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
60.9%
620 pass / 398 run
Plays / game
72.7
14 games
Team sack rate
2.1%
605 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #78 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Wake Forest and Western Kentucky, 32 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dave Clawson and Tyson Helton.
