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Who is Brandon Allen, Cam Ward's backup quarterback for Tennessee Titans?
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- Who is Brandon Allen, Cam Ward's backup quarterback for Tennessee Titans?
The Tennessee Titans signed veteran Brandon Allen on March 13 to back up Cam Ward , whom they chose with the first overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft .
The 6-foot-2, 209-pound Fayetteville, Arkansas, native was chosen by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the sixth round (209th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.
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His father, Bobby Allen, is the director of high school and NFL relations for the University of Arkansas, where Brandon went to school. His brother, Austin, also played quarterback for the Razorbacks, and was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2018 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers .
Allen completed 26 of 41 pass attempts for two touchdowns and threw zero interceptions for the Titans during the preseason. He also caught a pass for six yards.
Here are three more things to know about Brandon Allen .
Which other teams has Brandon Allen been on in the NFL?
Allen has been on the Jacksonville Jaguars , Los Angeles Rams , Denver Broncos , Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers rosters.
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Brandon Allen's NFL career stats
Allen has completed 166 passes in 293 attempts for 1,810 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions during 18 games spanning five seasons in the NFL.
His best season was 2020, when he was 90-for-142 for 925 yards and five touchdowns in five games, all starts, with the Bengals.
Brandon Allen stats at Arkansas
Allen played four seasons for Arkansas.
He was 583-for-1,016 for 7,463 yards, 64 touchdowns and 26 interceptions in 42 career games.
In 2015, he threw a then-school record six touchdown passes in one game, then broke the record two weeks later when he threw seven.
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Paul Skrbina is a sports enterprise reporter covering the Predators, Titans , Nashville SC, local colleges and local sports for The Tennessean. Reach him at pskrbina@tennessean.com and on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) @paulskrbina .
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Meet Brandon Allen, Cam Ward's backup quarterback for Titans
