Aundrae Allison
WR
| Height: | 6'0" |
| Weight: | 198 lbs |
| Age: | 25 |
| Years in NFL: | 3 |
| College: | East Carolina |
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◊ Set Vikings record with the longest play in team history, a 104-yard kickoff return TD vs. DET, 12/2/07, one of his three returns over 60 yards in 2007.
◊ Logged 18 receptions for 231 yards in 26 games. Also rushed the ball three times for four yards.
◊ Averaged 26.4 per return on 26 career kickoff returns and 6.4 yards per return on nine punt return.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◊ 8/5/09 NYJ Signed, Waivers (MIN)
◊ 8/4/09 MIN Waived
◊ 4/29/07 MIN D5 (146) 2007 Draft
SEASON-BY-SEASON REVIEW
◊ 2008 (MIN) Contributed on special teams and on offense...Notched career-high three catches at Chicago (10/19/08)...Hauled in season long 21-yard catch vs. Indianapolis (9/14/08) and had career-long 27-yard punt return in same game...Saw time in 15 regular season games and NFC Wild Card playoff game vs. Philadelphia (1/4/09)...Returned 3 punts in season opener at Green Bay (9/8/09).
◊ 2007 (MIN) Made an impact on special teams, setting Vikings records for season kickoff return average and the longest play in team history...Rattled off a 104-yard kickoff return TD vs. Detroit (12/2/07) to score his 1st NFL TD and set a Vikings record for the longest play...Led the NFC and ranked 2nd in the NFL in 2007 with a team record 28.7 average on kickoff returns...Was named NFC SpecialTeams Player of the Week for his performance vs. Detroit (12/2/07), the 1st Viking return man since Moe Williams in 1999...Set Vikings kickoff return record with a 47.7 mark vs. Detroit (12/2/07)...Set Vikings record with 3 kickoff returns of 60+ yards- 104t vs. Detroit (12/2/07), 62 vs. San Diego (11/4) and 60 at Detroit (9/16)...Caught season-long pass, 35-yarder, vs. Detroit (12/2).
BEFORE THE NFL
◊ In two seasons at ECU, he recorded 145 receptions for 1,732 yards.
◊ Was a 1st-Team All-ConferenceUSA honoree in 2005 and a 2nd-Team selection in 2006.
◊ All-State honoree at A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, NC playing for Coach Ron Massey when he collected 50 catches for 1,101 yards and nine TDs as a senior team captain.
◊ Played in Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas.
◊ Did not play football until his junior year.
OFF THE FIELD
◊ Majored in communications at ECU and earned an associate’s degree from Georgia Military.
◊ Aspires to a career as a writer with an interest in movie scripts.
◊ The youngest of five children.
◊ Earned four letters in basketball in high school.
◊ Full name is Aundrae Akeem Allison…Prefers to go by "Drae" (pronounced dray).
