Braelon Allen

Braelon Allen starred at Fond du Lac High School in Wisconsin. He reclassified so he could join Wisconsin in 2021 and not 2022 and subsequently, will be one of the younger players drafted in the 2024 draft. He was a consensus 4-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, and Rivals.com. As a true-freshman, Allen played in 12 games, starting at running back 4 times. He became only the 4th true-freshman to rush for 1,000 yards, joining Ron Dayne, James White, and Jonathan Taylor. Allen ended the season with 1,268 yards, which was 3rd in the Big 10 in rushing, and averaged 6.82 yards per carry, tying him only with Ohio State’s TreVeyon Henderson. In 2022, Allen started all 12 games at running back and rushed for 1,242 yards, ranking 4th in the Big 10. Allen became the 5th fastest Badger player to reach 2,000 career yards (19 games). In two seasons, he had 4 touchdown runs of over 70+ yards and will enter the 2023 season as a Draft 412 pre-season 2nd Team All-American. Allen had another productive season in 2023. He rushed for 984 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Badgers. The offense was predictable and he was keyed on a lot , but he still was able to average 5.4 yards per carry