Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-38vs App State | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-6@ Pittsburgh | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Kent State | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 1 | 19 | Season-high 62 yds |
| Total | 23 | 98 | 4.0 | 2 | 19 |
#8
Mark Allen
Senior running back for Penn State. 2018: 98 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 4 catches.
5′6″ · 190 lb · Hyattsville, MD
Penn State 2018 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
RB recruit
No. 1109 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Penn State. 2018: 98 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 4 catches.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2014.
Mark Allen
He has spent four seasons in the Penn State backfield. The receipt: 62 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Kent State — Week 3, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 352 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2014
- Signed with Penn State3-star out of DeMatha Catholic
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Penn State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coach2015–2018
Penn State
Played his entire career under James Franklin.
2018 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under James Franklin — 38-15 over that span.
2015Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced
2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced
2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 43.0 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 12.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 32.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2018
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Penn State | 23 | 98 | 4.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Penn State | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2016 | Penn State | 29 | 115 | 4.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Penn State | 28 | 101 | 3.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 89 | 352 | 4.0 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Penn State | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Penn State | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Penn State | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 12 | 93 | 7.8 | 2 | -- |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology