Braelon Allen is settling into the 2022 season, and he was off to the races on a huge carry early in action against Illinois State.

After a penalty on the first-down play, Wisconsin was backed up to its own 4-yard line. That didn’t stop Allen.

After initially getting bottled up on the hand-off, he danced around and eventually broke to the outside and past the defense. One defender was able to stick with Allen for a little while, but his desperation dive came up short.

Allen rolled all the way for the 96-yard touchdown, the longest run in Badger history to make it 14-0, Wisconsin. Check it out:

Both scores for the Badgers in the Week 1 opener have come from long range. The first score of the 2022 season came on a 100-yard pick-6 to begin the scoring.

It will be interesting to see what the rest of Week 1 holds!