Brandon Allen

Brandon Allen

32-Year-Old QuarterbackQB
San Francisco 49ers
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Allen spent the 2023 season on the 49ers' practice squad while Sam Darnold backed up star quarterback Brock Purdy. With Darnold in Minnesota this time around, Allen has another opportunity to beat out a veteran backup (Joshua Dobbs) for rights to be the No. 2 signal caller for Kyle Shanahan's vaunted offense. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year, $2.02 million contract with the 49ers in March of 2024.
Serving as emergency QB in Week 13
QBSan Francisco 49ers
Coach's Decision
December 1, 2024
Allen (coach's decision) is inactive for Sunday night's contest against Buffalo and will be the 49ers' emergency third quarterback, Matt Barrows of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Allen will drop to the No. 3 role at quarterback in Week 13 after completing 17 of 29 passes for 199 yards with a touchdown and an interception in the team's Week 12 loss to the Packers. Joshua Dobbs will operate in the backup role behind Brock Purdy versus the Bills.
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    The percentage of passes that were considered to be poorly thrown.
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    The average number of yards thrown per pass by the quarterback – including incomplete passes.
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  • Avg Receiver YAC
    The average number of yards after the catch that receivers gained on passes thrown by this quarterback.
  • Receiver Drop %
    The percentage of passes dropped by receivers on passes thrown by this quarterback. The longer the bar, the more sure-handed his receivers have been.
Bad Pass %
16.7%
 
Avg Target Depth
7.1 Yds
 
Sack Rate
6.3%
 
Avg Receiver YAC
7.1 Yds
 
Receiver Drop %
10.0%
 
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B.Brandon Allen
#% of Team Snaps

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Overall QB Rating Against
82.3
 
Cornerbacks
81.0
 
Safeties
107.9
 
Linebackers
71.0
 
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Measurables Review View College Player Page
How do Brandon Allen's measurables compare to other quarterbacks?
This section compares his draft workout metrics with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average.
Height
6' 2"
 
Weight
209 lbs
 
40-Yard Dash
4.84 sec
 
Shuttle Time
4.33 sec
 
Cone Drill
7.06 sec
 
Vertical Jump
28.0 in
 
Broad Jump
110 in
 
Hand Length
8.88 in
 
Arm Length
31.25 in
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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The 49ers' quarterback situation was mangled by injury in 2022, so the team brought in Sam Darnold and Allen to add veteran depth to the young position group. The latter comes in at fourth on the pecking order, giving him a slim chance to make the cut come Week 1. A sixth-round pick with Jacksonville in 2016, Allen has seen action as a backup with Denver and Cincinnati, completing 56.7 percent of his passes and 10 touchdowns to six interceptions over that span.
Usually when Allen enters the game, it's bad news for the Bengals, as it signals an injury to starter Joe Burrow. Luckily last season, only one of Allen's six appearances was due to that reason - the waning seconds of the regular season win over the Chiefs. Allen had one start when the Bengals rested Burrow in Week 18, and four other mop-up appearances, three with a prohibitive lead. He'll hopefully fill the same role again this year.
Allen started the last five games of the 2020 season after Joe Burrow tore his ACL and MCL against Washington, with mediocre results -- five touchdown passes against four interceptions, averaging 6.5 yards per attempt. Allen re-signed with the Bengals in March and will once again back up Burrow, who is expected to be ready for Week 1 against Minnesota.
A sixth-round selection in 2016, Allen is still looking to see the field in a regular-season game. With Jared Goff and Blake Bortles ahead of him on the Los Angeles depth chart, it's unlikely his NFL debut comes with the Rams in 2019.
The 2016 sixth-round pick will once again open the season as the Jaguars' No. 3 QB option behind Blake Bortles and Chad Henne. Ideally, he won't have to see the field during the regular season, though if Bortles falters or goes down with an injury, it's possible Jacksonville could give Allen a shot over the 31-year-old Henne. Allen did not appear in any regular season games as a rookie last season.
On the heels of a strong Senior Bowl showing, Allen was selected by the Jaguars in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. The Arkansas product will look to crack the roster as the No. 3 quarterback behind Blake Bortles and Chad Henne.
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Middling results in spot start
QBSan Francisco 49ers
November 24, 2024
Allen completed 17 of 29 pass attempts for 199 yards, one touchdown and one interception while rushing twice for five yards and losing a fumble in Sunday's 38-10 loss to Green Bay.
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Named as Week 12 starter
QBSan Francisco 49ers
November 22, 2024
Allen will replace Brock Purdy (shoulder) as the starting quarterback Sunday at Green Bay, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
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Named Niners' QB2
QBSan Francisco 49ers
September 5, 2024
Coach Kyle Shanahan said Thursday that Allen will be San Francisco's backup quarterback behind Brock Purdy for Monday night's Week 1 game against the Jets, Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Starts preseason opener
QBSan Francisco 49ers
August 10, 2024
Allen completed seven of 13 pass attempts for 98 yards while getting the nod under center in Saturday's preseason tilt against Tennessee.
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Sticking around in San Francisco
QBSan Francisco 49ers
March 11, 2024
The 49ers are set to re-sign Allen as a backup quarterback, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
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Drawing Week 12 spot start
QBSan Francisco 49ers
November 22, 2024
Allen, who's made just three regular-season pass attempts since the start of the 2022 campaign, will draw the start for the 49ers against the Packers on Sunday due to Brock Purdy being ruled out because of a shoulder injury, Nick Wagoner of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Allen put up 226 pass attempts over the first two NFL seasons he saw action in back in 2019 and 2020, but he's been very sparsely utilized since that point while playing behind Joe Burrow in Cincinnati. Allen has been running the 49ers' scout team for most of his nearly two seasons in San Francisco, and he just found out Friday he'd be starting since the expectation was Purdy's shoulder soreness would improve as the week went on.
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