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Title: From Foster Care to First Round - WaPo on Jonathan Allen Post by: bamaphil on December 28, 2016, 09:22:31 AM Great read.
Quote Allen didn’t attend kindergarten, and missed so much school that he later had to repeat the second grade. The boys’ father didn’t even realize they’d relocated to South Carolina with their mother. The local school district became concerned, and the brothers were eventually placed into foster care by the state’s Child Protective Services. Jonathan was 8 at the time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/from-foster-care-to-first-round-alabamas-jonathan-allen-plows-forward/2016/12/22/9f61c5d4-c84f-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?postshare=3721482685477177&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.0547242c3b92 Title: Re: From Foster Care to First Round - WaPo on Jonathan Allen Post by: lstephen on December 28, 2016, 10:16:32 AM Great story about a great young man! Thanks.
Title: Re: From Foster Care to First Round - WaPo on Jonathan Allen Post by: 2Stater on December 28, 2016, 10:27:17 AM Quote For his efforts, he was not only named the SEC’s defensive player of the year but also won the Chuck Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy (nation’s best defensive player) and the Ted Hendricks Award (best defensive end). And yet, was not invited to New York for Heisman consideration but what's-his-face from Meechigan was. Just doesn't make sense to me. Title: Re: From Foster Care to First Round - WaPo on Jonathan Allen Post by: N.AL-Tider on December 28, 2016, 10:29:53 AM Great read. Thanks for sharing it...
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