It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.

Allen shares the NCAA record for most 200-yard rushing games with Ricky Williams and Ron Dayne each completing the feat twelve times. Allen retired after the 1997 season. Though his rookie season was shortened by a league strike Allen ruMarcus Allend for 697 yards and led the Raiders to the best record in the AFC at 8-1.

As a professional Allen ran for 12243 yards and caught 587 passes for 5412 yards during his career for both the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1982 to 1997. Marcus LeMarr Allen (born March 26 1960) is a former American football running back and football analyst for CBS.