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2024 Football Roster

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1 Derek Allen Jr.

  • Position WR
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Highschool Warren Central
  • Prev School Wabash

Biography

2024 Season (Graduate): Played in seven games, making two starts… Ended the season with 157 yards on 11 receptions… Scored a 58-yard touchdown in his BU debut vs. Upper Iowa (8/31)… Caught a season-high three passes to record 30 yards in the win at Murray State (9/7)… Had two catches vs. Morehead State to post 20 yards (10/5)… Had a similar game at Drake with two grabs for 18 yards (10/12)… Averaged 14.3 yards per catch and 19.3 yards per game.

Prior to Butler: All-NCAC First Team selection for the second consecutive season in 2023… Member of the 2024 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society… Caught a team-best 62 passes for 810 yards and 12 touchdowns... Ranked second among conference wide receivers in touchdown catches… Ranked third in receiving yards, yards per game (80.7) and yards per catch (6.2)… Hauled in a school-record 90-yard touchdown pass in a victory over Wooster… Finished his career ranked third in school history averaging 5.37 receptions per game and sixth in career touchdown catches with 25… His 2,498 receiving yards rank seventh in Wabash history… His 161 career receptions are the eighth-most by a Wabash player… Earned First Team All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors in 2022... Named to D3football.com All-Region 4 Third Team... Led the Little Giants with 56 receptions for 913 yards... Caught eight touchdown passes, second-most on the team... Averaged 91.3 receiving yards per game and 16.3 yards per catch.... Ranked third among conference receivers and 31st in the nation in receiving yards per game... Third in the conference in touchdown receptions... Second in the conference and 35th in the nation in total receiving yards... Caught a career-high eight passes for 173 yards and three TDs in the season-opening win over Hampden-Sydney... Added two more 100+ yard games with 140 receiving yards at Oberlin (five receptions) and 133 yards versus Kenyon (six receptions)... Caught eight passes for 54 yards at Wittenberg... Added single touchdown receptions against Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan, Hiram, and Kenyon... Caught TD passes in four consecutive games... Tied his career-long with a  75-yard reception against Hampden-Sydney… Ranked second on the team in 2021 with 43 receptions for 775 yards... Third on the team with five touchdown catches... Set single-game marks with seven receptions against Oberlin (Oct. 9), Ohio Wesleyan (Oct. 23), and Wittenberg (Nov. 6)... Finished with a season-best 181 yards and two touchdowns at Kenyon on five receptions... Caught a career-long 75-yard pass in the game at Kenyon... Carried the ball five times for seven yards and one TD... Scored his only rushing touchdown on a seven-yard run at Rose-Hulman... Received the Wabash Football Newcomer of the Year Award.

High School: Earned a varsity letter in football at Warren Central High School... Played on the Warriors' 2018 State Championship team.

Personal: Son of Kristine Teruel… Has six siblings… Strategic Communications major.

Why Allen Jr. Chose Butler
“I chose Butler to expand my knowledge and maximize the resources I have to become successful in life.”

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