Josh Allen

Joshua Patrick Allen (born May 21, 1996) is an American professional football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). A lightly regarded high school prospect, Allen began his college football career with the Reedley Tigers before transferring to the Wyoming Cowboys. He was selected seventh overall by the Bills in the 2018 NFL draft.

Allen would later be announced as a 2025 inductee into the University of Wyoming Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame for his play as Wyoming's quarterback. In September 2025, it was announced that Wyoming would retire Allen's number 17 jersey, becoming the first player to have their jersey number retired in the program's history. The ceremony occurred on November 22, 2025.

On the day of the draft, old Twitter posts of his in which Allen used racial and homophobic slurs when he was in high school were brought up. He apologized, stating that he was "young and dumb" for making them.

In Week 14 against the New York Jets and fellow rookie quarterback Sam Darnold, Allen finished with 206 passing yards and 2 interceptions, adding a rushing touchdown on 101 rushing yards as the Bills lost a close game 23–27. Allen became the first quarterback in NFL history with at least 95 yards rushing in a three-week span, accumulating 335 yards. After a 24–12 loss to the New England Patriots in Week 16, Allen rebounded in the rematch against the Dolphins in Week 17. Despite throwing his first career pick-six, he scored five total touchdowns, three passing and two rushing, along with 224 passing yards and 95 rushing yards as the Bills routed the Dolphins 42–17. The performance earned him recognition as the American Football Conference (AFC)'s Offensive Player of the Week.

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