Bryson Allen

Cal Poly Fall Sports Headshots 2022Allen Bryson - FB 8/1/22 Photo by Owen Main

Height:
6-3
Weight:
185
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Tulare, CA
High School:
Tulare Union HS

2022 -- Played in all 11 games, including three starts, in first season at Cal Poly ... 20 receptions for 251 yards and one touchdown, a nine-yard pass from Jaden Jones in season opener at Fresno State ... season-high six catches for 52 yards against the Bulldogs ... also made five catches for 43 yards at Northern Arizona ... season-high 57 receiving yards against UC Davis on just one catch ... the 57-yarder from Spencer Brasch on the first play of the second quarter was his longest catch of the year ... caught two passes for 16 yards in 2023 Spring Game.

Community College -- Allen caught 81 passes for 1,668 yards and 15 touchdowns in two seasons at College of Sequoias, helping the Giants of head coach Travis Burkett to back-to-back 6-5 seasons and a pair of California Community College bowl games ... a two-time first-team All-National Division Valley League selection and the league's offensive MVP in 2019, Allen caught 38 passes in 11 games as a freshman in 2019 and made 43 receptions as a sophomore in 2021 ... named a preseason All-American by College Football American Yearbook ... Sequoias played just two games iin the spring of 2021 after the 2020 fall season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Allen did not play in those two contests, leaving him with two seasons of eligibility at Cal Poly ... the Giants beat Merced 40-39 in overtime in the Valley Center Bowl on Dec. 2 in Merced and lost to Butte in the 2019 Gridiron Classic Bowl at Oroville ... Allen made a career-high 10 catches twice, both in 2021, against Modesto in the regular season and versus Merced in the bowl game ... he averaged 83.4 yards per game and 20.6 yards per catch in his Sequoias career ... after visiting Cal Poly and New Mexico State, chose to be a Mustang because of "the coaching staff, the culture change that's coming up, and a great environment."

High School -- Allen is a 2018 graduate of Tulare Union High School ... under head coach Darren Bennett, made 40 catches for 778 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior in 2017, leading the Tribe to a 13-1 record, first-place finish in the East Yosemite League, a CIF-Central Section Division 2 title and into the semifinal round of the NorCal Division 2-AA finals before falling to Serra of San Mateo for the Tribe's only loss of the year ... missed three games with a hip injury ... as a junior in 2016, Allen had 16 catches for 194 yards in 10 games ... signed a National Letter of Intent with Sacramento State in 2018 and was a redshirt that year before transferring to College of Sequoias ... Allen also played baseball at Tulare Union, hitting .312 as a junior in 2017 with 15 RBIs in 22 games and played two seasons of varsity basketball, notching 27 points and 33 rebounds in 25 career games.

Personal -- Son of Donald and Annette Allen ... three brothers, Mark, Dom and Josh, and three sisters, Amber, Celeste and Miya ... cousin Kazmeir Allen played football at UCLA while Coleman Jones played football at College of Sequoias and Ottawa University (Surprise, Arizona) ... hobbies include playing video games, listening to music and painting ... born in Visalia, Calif. ... majoring in communication studies.