Jonathan Allen was born on January 16, 1995. He participates in American football as a defensive tackle for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL).
He participated in college football with Alabama, where he won many defensive player of the year awards and the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship. Allen was chosen by Washington in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Allen was born in Anniston, Alabama, and before settling in Ashburn, Virginia, where he attended Stone Bridge High School, he lived in Seattle, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Maryland.
When Allen was three years old, his parents divorced, and his mother was given custody of both him and his brother, Richard Allen III. He and his brother were both removed by child protective services when they were eight years old. Before his father, US Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Allen Jr., acquired full custody of Allen and his brother in 2004, he spent 10 months in foster care.
He won the Virginia Gatorade Football Player of the Year award in 2012 as a senior. He recorded 308 tackles and 44 sacks throughout the course of his career. Allen was one of the top students in his class and a five-star recruit. He pledged to play for the University of Alabama in collegiate football.
Allen was predicted by several NFL draft gurus to go in the top five after graduating from Alabama. Teams got concerned when he was found to have arthritis in one of his shoulders and underwent surgery on both two weeks before the combine, which caused his stock to drop.
Jonathan Allen Height: How Tall Is Jonathan Allen?
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).