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Braelon Allen has accomplished something no Wisconsin RB has done in two decades
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Death, taxes, and Wisconsin finding good running backs.
The Badgers just churn out high-level tailback after high-level tailback and after a longer-than-usual stretch spent looking for their next guy, freshman Braelon Allen has emerged as a future star.
After logging only 12 carries in the team’s first 4 games, Allen has topped 100 yards rushing in each of Wisconsin’s last 6 games. No freshman has done that at Wisconsin since Anthony Davis did it in 2001.
BTN tweeted out the milestone.
131 at Illinois
108 vs. Army
140 at Purdue
104 vs. Iowa
129 at Rutgers
123 vs. Northwestern (halftime)@BraelonAllen is the first @BadgerFootball freshman RB with six straight 💯-yard games since Anthony Davis in 2001. pic.twitter.com/LZOTB21NZP— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) November 13, 2021
Allen has been electric during this Badger winning streak. A 4-star recruit from the 2021 class, Allen stayed in-state to play for Wisconsin. Since the Illinois game on Oct. 9, he’s run wild. During this 6-game run, Allen is averaging 7.4 yards per carry. He’s found the end zone 8 times and piled up 785 yards. Only Ohio State’s TreVeyon Henderson is averaging more on a per-play basis than Allen.
The Badgers’ 35-7 win over Northwestern on Saturday was his full-on breakout moment. He carried it 25 times (a career-high) for 173 yards (a career-high) and 3 touchdowns (a career-high).
With Purdue and Minnesota both losing Saturday, Wisconsin (7-3, 5-2 Big Ten) controls its destiny in the Big Ten West divisional race.
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