Allen’s post-NFL career is represented with an Emmy Award with an inscription that reads “Allen began an award-winning career in sports media shortly after retiring from the NFL in 2001. He won this Emmy in 2022 and another in 2023 for his work with the Las Vegas Raiders and Silver and Black Productions.”
A memory from his days as an Eagle, who drafted him in the second round of the 1988 NFL Draft as the 30th overall pick, is a game ball from the October 3, 1993, game versus the New York Jets when Allen returned an interception 94 yards in the late stages of the contest to provide the winning marking in the Eagles’ 35-30 win. Steve Sabol of NFL Films tabbed this play “The Greatest Interception Return in NFL History.”
His trophy for being named to the 1993 All-Madden team sits on the top shelf of the display.
“I think so highly of Coach [John] Madden. Having that award in was amazing,” Allen expressed.
Also resting inside the glass-encased presentation is a photo of Allen with his Philadelphia teammates Reggie White, Seth Joyner, Clyde Simmons and Jerome Brown at the 1991 Pro Bowl, which was one of six Pro Bowls that he played in.
Soon after it’s unveiled on stage at the enshrinement, the final piece on Allen’s journey to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his bronze bust, will reside with his peers in perpetuity. During his enshrinement speech, Raiders legend John Madden mentioned that when the doors are closed and the hall is dark, the busts talk to each other.
For Allen, this will be a time when his bust will be able to talk to two men who were influential in his pro football journey.
“It’ll probably Reggie [White, his Hall of Fame teammate with Philadelphia] without a doubt,” Allen surmised, “and Al (Davis, the Raiders’ Hall of Fame Owner) will probably talk to me first.”