University of South Dakota Athletics

2019
Played in 11 of 12 games and started all 11 at wide receiver … finished second on the team in catches with 30 … totaled 300 yards received with two touchdowns … had a season-high seven catches for 81 yards and a score at home against Houston Baptist (9/14) … had a 28-yard catch and run for the Coyotes’ final score in the win against Youngstown St (11/9)

2018
Second-team all-MVFC wide receiver ... started the first 10 games before missing the season finale … top Coyote receiver with 48 catches for 703 yards and five touchdowns … had the ninth-most catches and receiving yards in a season by a USD player since 2000 … ranked seventh in the Valley in receiving yards and was sixth for catches … was the Coyotes’ leading receiver in five straight games (Weber State thru Youngstown State) when he amassed 29 catches for 511 yards and three scores … caught six passes for a career-high 183 yards including an 89-yard bomb in USD’s 31-24 conference-opening win at Southern Illinois (9/29)
 

TOUCHDOWN!! Austin Simmons finds a wide-open Dekarai Allen for the long TD as the Coyotes extend the lead to 31-17. pic.twitter.com/NvpqoVzzOA

— South Dakota Football (@SDCoyotesFB) September 30, 2018

2017
One of 33 Coyotes who played in all 13 games … started the final five games at wide receiver … team’s sixth-leading receiver with 22 catches for 267 yards … all but two of those catches came in a four-game stretch near the end of the season … tied for fourth on the team in touchdown receptions with four … led USD with season-highs of seven catches for 83 yards and two touchdowns against No. 5 South Dakota State (11/18) … had six catches for 55 yards and a score in a playoff victory at No. 22 Nicholls (11/25) … had an 18-yard kickoff return at North Dakota State (11/11)

2016
One of five true freshmen who competed for the Coyotes … played in eight games and earned his first collegiate start in the season finale against fourth-ranked North Dakota State (11/19) … caught five passes for 34 yards and two touchdowns … got his first collegiate reception against Illinois State (10/22) … caught his first touchdown, a 7-yard catch from Chris Streveler, the following week at home against 15^th-ranked Western Illinois (10/29) … hauled in an 8-yard touchdown catch from Streveler against 14^th-ranked South Dakota State that tied the game at 14-14 (11/12) … forced a fumble following an interception against national runner-up Youngstown State and USD recovered to earn a new set of downs (10/1)

Prep
Allen is a first-team all-county football and basketball player ... led the Packers in receptions and receiving yards his senior season on the gridiron and was the team’s leading scorer at 15 points per game on the hardwood as a junior ... was selected to the Pinellas County Athletic Conference all-star football game ... is a member of 5,000 Role Models, SR&R and Largo Leadership

Personal
Parents are Daniel and Heather ... is the youngest of seven siblings (four brothers, three sisters) ... kinesiology and sport science major.