Former Badger, Braelon Allen, becoming NFL’s youngest to score from scrimmage in 94 years has so many Wisconsin layers to it
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New York Jets rookie and former Wisconsin Badgers running back Braelon Allen became the youngest player to score a touchdown from scrimmage in the NFL in 94 years.
Allen scored on a 12-yard touchdown pass from the NFL’s oldest player, 40-year-old Aaron Rodgers, with 1:47 left in the second quarter Sunday against Tennessee.
The fourth-round pick from Wisconsin bowled into the end zone to finish off the play.
With his TD, he tied Green Bay native, Arnie Herber, who scored in 1930 at the exact same age of 20 years and 239 days.
Herber, born on April 2, 1910, was playing for the Packers when he caught a TD pass on Nov. 27, 1930.
TOP PHOTO: FILE – New York Jets running back Braelon Allen (0) celebrates after he scores a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Nashville, Tenn., on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/John Amis)