Long, physical boundary corner who wins at the line with press technique and uses 32 3/8-inch arms to disrupt releases and crowd receivers at the catch point. Allen is a man-coverage specialist with fluid enough footwork to mirror routes on the perimeter, but twitchier receivers can expose him when his feet get heavy and he overcommits to initial stems. The 4.50 forty and lack of explosive change-of-direction raise real questions about whether he can stay on the field against NFL speed — he's a developmental piece, not a plug-and-play starter. The ceiling is a No. 2 boundary corner on a press-man team that can hide his recovery limitations; the floor is a special teams contributor who gets phased out by faster competition in camp.

• 🐍Elite length (6-2, 32 3/8-inch arms) and frame for the boundary corner position — ideal tools to jam and reroute receivers at the line
• 🤲Effective press-man technique with strong hands at the point of attack and willingness to be physical through routes
• 🤲Good instincts in 50/50 ball situations, evidenced by team-high 8 PBUs in 2025 and career consistency in contested-catch disruption
• +Multi-year starter with 39 career starts and 51 games played — experienced, mature, and coached under Bill Belichick's staff in his senior year

• 🏎️Lacks top-end recovery speed (4.50 forty, 16th among combine corners) — gets beaten on deeper routes when he's late to flip hips
• ✂️Grabby tendencies and penalty-prone play when he overrides or loses his positioning, especially on in-breaking routes that cross his face
• 🤲Play strength is a liability — at 187 pounds at the combine, teams can attack his side in the run game and bigger receivers can bully him at the catch point
• ✂️Inconsistent footwork — can get caught flat-footed or sitting on his heels, which allows twitchier route-runners to separate underneath