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As part of the #NFL100 campaign celebrating the league’s centennial season, NFL Network on Fridays has been rolling out new episodes of its 100 Greatest content series.
This week’s segments break down the first grouping of the “greatest characters” in NFL history, including a trio of Vikings Legends.
The series debuted in Week 2 and will run through Week 11 with two, one-hour episodes airing back-to-back each Friday night. Five categories are covered in the series: Plays (Sept. 13 & Sept. 20), Games (Sept. 27 & Oct. 4), Characters (Oct. 11 & Oct. 18), Game-Changers (Oct. 25 & Nov. 1) and Teams (Nov. 8 & Nov. 15).
The NFL and the Associated Press (AP) came together to select the 100 greatest in the five categories, comprising an 80-person blue-ribbon panel. In addition to the rankings, NFL Films conducted more than 400 interviews with celebrities, current NFL stars and Legends.
94. DE Jared Allen (2008-13)
When Vikings fans think of Jared Allen, it’s likely they picture his signature mullet.
A throwback video at the Metrodome captures Allen saying the following: “Playoff football. You’ve gotta have a mullet and a Fu Manchu [mustache].”
The defensive end’s gregarious personality showed up both on and off the field throughout his NFL career. Allen played the first four seasons of his career in Kansas City before the Vikings acquired him via trade in 2008.
Over six seasons in Purple, Allen started 96 games and racked up 85.5 sacks, earning him four Pro Bowl appearances and three All-Pro designations.
Two of his former Chiefs teammates described Allen to NFL Network:
“Fun-loving, happy-go-lucky guy. A goofball,” said Dante Hall. “You would think he was all serious, get after the quarterback, but this guy was the biggest jokester. Always had a big smile on his face, fun to be around.”
Added Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez: “He had a pink Cadillac with horns on the edge of it. That was his car. And he’d come wearing this big cowboy hat. He was always fun to play with, and he was a hell of a football player.”