Lequint
Allen.
Lequint
Allen.
Syracuse· 6'0"· 204 lb
"The rare seventh-round back who arrives already trusted on third down: LeQuint Allen protects the quarterback like a veteran and catches like a slot receiver, even if the interior runs never came easy."Pre-draft read
Three-down-capable satellite back who lived in 11 personnel at Syracuse, aligned in the gun, in the slot and detached wide, making his living on option routes, checkdowns and screens. Long-limbed and high-cut with oversized hands, he snatches the ball away from his frame and transitions to a runner in one step. As a carrier he presses the front side and creases the backer.
The separator is the pass-protection tape: he sets his feet, squares cut-back blitzers and finishes, which is why he never left the field on throwing downs. He is quick rather than fast, so second-level explosion is average and he wins with contact balance instead of home-run speed. Between the tackles he grinds; in space he is a matchup problem.
Spread 11-personnel passing attack that treats the back as a route runner and demands he win one-on-one in protection.
Year 1: designated third-down back and core special teamer. Ceiling: 1B in a committee handling every passing down and 8-10 carries a game.
A gap/duo downhill run scheme that asks him to be the 20-carry hammer between the tackles and press double teams at the point of attack.
His value is measured in protections converted and checkdowns caught, not in yards per carry.
LeQuint Allen 2024 Regular Season Highlights | Syracuse Running Back
Full junior-year reel: the 16-touchdown season, the receiving usage and the protection reps.
LeQuint Allen | Running Back | Full 2024 Syracuse Highlights | 2025 NFL Draft
Draft-cut compilation showing route running out of the slot and contact balance after first hit.
Syracuse's LeQuint Allen Hits A 4 Touchdown Jackpot In Vegas
Four-touchdown overtime win over No. 25 UNLV, his signature short-yardage performance.
A junior-entry, two-year starter who leaves Syracuse as one of the most complete passing-down backs in the class. The body type is unusual for the archetype: 6-0, 204, high-cut, long arms, hands that measure like a tight end's. That build shows up in the catch radius and in the blocking, and it shows up again — negatively — when he tries to press a crowded interior.
Production backs it up. He carried 245 times for 1,064 yards as a sophomore, then went for 1,021 and 16 rushing touchdowns as a junior while catching 64 passes for 521 yards and four more scores, an unusual receiving volume for a back who was also his team's short-yardage answer. Career: 514 carries, 2,359 yards, 26 rushing touchdowns, 119 receptions. The flags are the ones the frame implies — a 4.6 career yards per carry that leans on volume, average burst through the hole and a habit of running himself into traffic on inside zone.
Boards had him in the fifth-to-sixth-round range as a designated third-down back with special-teams value, and he never ran a timed forty, which cooled rooms that wanted athletic confirmation. Falling to 236 made Jacksonville's call low-cost and logical: a Trevor Lawrence offense that wanted a back who could protect first and catch second.
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Pass protection
Genuinely NFL-ready in blitz pickup: sets quickly, squares up scraping linebackers and finishes reps, the trait that guaranteed him a third-down role from day one.
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Receiving back
Receiver-caliber hands and route feel; led all FBS running backs in receptions in 2024 with 64 for 521 yards and four touchdowns out of the slot and the backfield.
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Catch radius
Long arms and oversized hands let him pluck away from his frame on the move, expanding the quarterback's margin for error on checkdowns and wheel routes.
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Contact balance
Runs angry through arm tackles and keeps his feet churning after first contact, converting stalled runs into positive yardage far more often than his build suggests.
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Short-yardage nose
Scored 16 rushing touchdowns as a junior on goal-line and third-and-short work despite average power, thanks to timing, vision and pure willpower.
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Play strength
Naturally high pad level and light through the lower body; he does not push piles or move the line, which caps his value as a designed inside-zone hammer.
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Interior vision
Lacks feel between the tackles and will drift into congestion rather than cut it back, a recurring negative-yardage source at Syracuse.
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Long speed
Quick but not explosive, with only one carry longer than 40 yards in his final season; defenders in pursuit angles catch him from behind.
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Athletic testing
Never posted a timed forty at the Combine or his pro day, leaving rooms without confirmation of the burst the tape already questioned.
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| Yr | Team | G | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | RecYds |
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| 2022 | Syracuse | 13 | 41 | 274 | 1 | 17 | 117 |
| 2023 | Syracuse | 13 | 245 | 1064 | 9 | 38 | 210 |
| 2024 | Syracuse | 13 | 228 | 1021 | 16 | 64 | 521 |
| Career | — | 39 | 514 | 2359 | 26 | 119 | 848 |
Verified against Sports Reference CFB; season totals sum exactly to the career line. He also threw two career passes and returned five punts and two kickoffs, omitted here.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
- Kyle McCordQB28%
- Trebor PenaWR11%
- Jackson MeeksWR10%
#7 of 16 tracked contributors · Production leaned on volume · Offense explosiveness 1.28 (p51) · CFBD — usage x PPA per tracked player
Roster-sticking committee back who earns snaps on third down and special teams.
Undrafted-caliber athlete whose hands and protection turned him into a genuine passing-down weapon.
Career backup whose value lives almost entirely on coverage units and emergency carries.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Jacksonville used him exactly as the projection said. As a rookie he dressed for all 17 games behind Travis Etienne Jr. and Bhayshul Tuten, took 23 carries for 94 yards and caught 10 passes for 54 more, but the real snaps came on special teams: 24 kick returns for 617 yards at 25.7 per return, including a 50-yarder. He got one start, a game-manager script against the Chargers where he handled eight carries, and he appeared in the wild-card loss to Buffalo. Zero fumbles across 33 touches and 24 returns is the number that matters for a rotational back trying to stay dressed.
In hindsight the evaluation held up almost too cleanly. Everything the pre-draft file promised — the pass protection, the hands, the toughness, the absence of explosive plays — is exactly what showed up, and it earned him a roster spot in year one on merit rather than draft capital. What is still unwritten is whether the passing-down role ever becomes a real 25-snap job or whether he stays a return man who happens to play running back. Too early to grade the outcome, but a seventh-round pick who plays every week is already a win on the margin.
Data note: Verified against Sports Reference CFB; season totals sum exactly to the career line. He also threw two career passes and returned five punts and two kickoffs, omitted here.