AMERICAN CENTURY CHAMPIONSHIP JULY 6-10, 2022 | LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA
Josh Allen
Career Highlights: All-Pro quarterback Josh Allen is starting his fifth season with the Buffalo Bills after leading them to AFC Divisional Playoffs last year. In the Wild Card game against New England, Allen scored a touchdown on every offensive possession, completing the first ever “perfect offensive game” in NFL history. The next week against Kansas City, the Bills lost in overtime (after losing coin toss), with Allen’s 149.0 postseason passer rating being the highest in NFL history. Allen had a breakout season in 2020 when he led the Bills to their first division title and playoff victory since 1995. He set the Bills franchise records for single-season passing yards and touchdowns, while earning Pro Bowl and SecondTeam All-Pro honors. A seven-time AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Week and two-time AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Month honoree, Allen was named the 2020 Most Improved Player. Selected seventh overall in the 2018 NFL Draft by Buffalo after three seasons at Wyoming (2015-17) and one year at Reedley College (2014), Allen earned Second Team All-Mountain West honors in 2017, and in 2016 led Wyoming to a Mountain Division co-championship and the school’s first-ever appearance in the Mountain West Championship game.
Marcus Allen
Career Highlights: One of the greatest running backs in history, Hall of Famer Marcus Allen is the only player to win a Heisman Trophy, an NCAA National Championship, a Super Bowl, and be named NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP. A six-time Pro Bowler and two-time rushing touchdowns leader, Allen was inducted into the 2003 Pro Football Hall of Fame. He had a phenomenal 16-year career with the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs where he posted 3,022 carries for 12,243 yards with 5,411 receiving yards. Third on the NFL’s all-time rushing touchdown list with 123, Allen was MVP of Super Bowl XVIII when the Raiders defeated the Washington. His other accolades include: 1982 NFL Rookie of the Year, 1985 NFL MVP, 1982 and 1985 First-Team All-Pro, 1984 Second-Team All-Pro, and 1993 NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Allen’s best year came in 1985, when he led the league with 1,759 rushing yards on 380 carries and 11 touchdowns. At the University of Southern California, Allen won the 1981 Heisman Trophy setting an all-time single-season rushing record with 2,342 yards.
Anthony Anderson
Career Highlights: An accomplished actor on both the big and small screens, Anthony Anderson recently stared in the ABC comedy “Blackish,” where he has been nominated for numerous best actor awards. Anderson can also be seen on ABC hosting “To Tell the Truth.” He also starred in “Guys With Kids,” and had roles in “Treme” and “Rake” and was the host of the Food Network’s “Eating America with Anthony Anderson.” Anderson had a supporting role in the 2006 Academy Award-winning film “The Departed” and starred in such films as “Transformers,” “Scream 4,” “The Back-Up Plan,” “The Big Year,” “Grudge Match,” and “Barbershop: The Next Cut.” Anderson received critically-acclaimed reviews for his role as criminal Antwon Mitchell in the FX television series “The Shield” and received four consecutive NAACP Image Award nominations as Detective Kevin Bernard in “Law and Order.” He also starred in the FOX police drama “K-Ville.” Anderson’s other film credits include “King’s Ransom,” “Hustle and Flow,” “Romeo Must Die,” “Scary Movie 3,” “Scary Movie 4,” “Kangaroo Jack,” “Hoodwinked” and “Barbershop.” Anderson created and starred in the WB Network show “All About the Anderson’s,” based loosely on his life.
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