Jared Allen Jared Scot Allen ( born April 3 , 1982 ) is an American football defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Allen played college football for Idaho State University , and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft . A five - time Pro Bowl and four - time All - Pro selection , Allen has tallied 117 quarterback sack s during his career , which began in 2004 . Early years . Allen was born in Dallas , Texas , and raised on a horse ranch in Morgan Hill , California . His father , Ron , was once on the training camp roster of the Minnesota Vikings and played in the United States Football League . Allen first attended Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill , but transferred to Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos for his senior year after he was accused of stealing yearbooks . By then , Allen had lost many of his athletic scholarship offers . As a senior at Los Gatos , he was named First - Team All - League and Defensive Player of the Year . He was also a First - Team All - Central Coast Section selection , and a member of Who ' s Who in Sport . Allen was selected by the North squad for the North vs . South San Jose Charlie Wedemeyer All - Star football game , after a senior season where he racked up 96 tackles , 12 sacks , five forced fumbles , and five fumble recoveries . College . Allen attended Idaho State University , where he started 33 of 41 games for the Idaho State Bengals football team . The three - time All - Big Sky Conference selection finished his career with 250 tackles , 38 . 5 sacks , 73 stops for losses , seven fumble recoveries , three touchdowns , 13 forced fumbles , three interceptions , 26 pass deflections , and one blocked kick . As a freshman in 2000 , Allen was originally slated to redshirt the season , but this was reconsidered , and he eventually played in eight games for the Bengals and earned Honorable Mention All - Big Sky honors without ever being started . In 2001 Allen earned First - team All - Big Sky honors , and led the Bengals with 16 tackles for loss and 6 . 5 sacks . As a junior in 2002 , Allen was named Second - team Division 1 - AA All - American by the Associated Press , and was also named First - team All - Big Sky for the second consecutive season . He led the team in sacks , tackles for loss ( with 18 ) , and also led all Bengal linemen with 63 tackles . In 2003 , as a senior , Allen won the Buck Buchanan Award , recording 17 . 5 sacks , 102 tackles , 28 tackles for loss , six forced fumbles , three recovered fumbles , and nine pass deflections during 2003 , ranking among the Big Sky Conference leaders in several defensive categories . Allen , a First - team Division 1 - AA All - America and All - Big Sky for the third straight season , led ISU to an 8 - 4 record that season , helping the school post its first back - to - back eight win seasons in school history . Idaho State finished the regular season ranked No . 21 in the nation . Professional career . Kansas City Chiefs . Allen was drafted by the Chiefs in the fourth round ( 126th overall ) of the 2004 NFL Draft , and made the league minimum his first three years . On May 21 , 2007 , Allen , as a restricted free agent , signed the Chiefs ' one - year tender offer of $ 2 . 35 million for the 2007 season . Allen credited his early 2007 season success to his mullet . With every quarterback sack Allen made , he was expected to shave a " racing stripe " into his hairstyle . On December 2 , 2007 , Allen caught a touchdown pass against divisional rival San Diego . On December 23 , 2007 , Allen caught another touchdown pass against the Detroit Lions . Allen was elected as starting defensive end for the American Football Conference in the 2007 Pro Bowl . He led the NFL in sacks ( 15 . 5 ) for 2007 . Allen was also the selected All - Pro team for 2007 . In February 2008 , the Chiefs placed the franchise tag on Allen , giving him a one - year , $ 8 . 8 million salary for 2008 . Minnesota Vikings . On April 22 , 2008 , the Chiefs traded Allen to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for a first - round pick , which they used to select OT Branden Albert , and two third - round picks , one of which was used to take Jamaal Charles , and swapped sixth - round picks in the 2008 NFL Draft . The Vikings then signed Allen to a six - year contract , which at the time was the richest contract for a defensive player in NFL history . Allen was due an $ 8 million roster bonus in 2010 , per the six - year , US $ 72 . 36 million contract he signed with the Vikings , and his signing bonus was $ 15 . 5 million . During the 2008 season , Allen recorded 54 tackles , along with 14 . 5 sacks and 3 forced fumbles , while battling both knee and shoulder injuries throughout the season . He was named First - team All - Pro and selected to his second Pro Bowl . His first sack as a Viking was in a game against the Indianapolis Colts , when he sacked quarterback Peyton Manning . In his first playoff game as a Viking , Allen recorded three tackles , along with two sacks and a forced fumble . Allen also forced a safety when he chased Dan Orlovsky out of the end zone during a game against the Detroit Lions , and he forced another safety in the week 10 game against the Green Bay Packers , when he sacked Aaron Rodgers in the end zone . On October 5 , 2009 , against the Green Bay Packers , Allen set a career high with 4 . 5 sacks , as well as having his third safety in the previous two years . A week later , against the St . Louis Rams , he returned a fumble 52 yards , for the first defensive touchdown of his career . He also made the 2009 Pro Bowl , as the starting defensive end for the NFC team . Allen started the 2010 season slow , having only one sack in the first 7 games , but had 10 sacks in the next 9 games , making him 10th in the league with 11 sacks . In the season finale against Detroit , Allen scored his second career defensive touchdown , a 36 yard interception return . In 2011 , Allen returned to Kansas City , where his former team , the Chiefs , home field was . The Vikings would go on to barely lose the game 22 - 17 . On January 1 , 2012 , Allen set the single - season franchise record for most sacks by a Viking , with 22 sacks . In Week 17 against the Chicago Bears , Allen sacked Josh McCown 3 . 5 times , but fell . 5 sacks short of the NFL record held by former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan . Allen appeared on NFL ' s Top 100 players of 2012 , and was ranked # 13 . Allen was voted 67 spots higher than last year , the biggest leap on the list . Allen fell 7 votes short of winning NFL Defensive Player of the Year . On October 2 , 2012 , Allen was fined $ 7 , 875 for grabbing Tampa Bay Buccaneers lineman Donald Penn ' s facemask . Career statistics . " Source : NFL . com " Legal troubles . Allen has been arrested / charged for DUI a total of three times . The first was in Pocatello , Idaho , on May 11 , 2002 . He was then arrested twice within five months in Leawood , Kansas , on May 11 , 2006 , and on September 26 , 2006 . He was sentenced to 48 hours in jail as a result of the latter arrest . In March 2007 , Allen voiced his displeasure with the Chiefs ' refusal to give him a long - term contract extension . No offers were made for Allen throughout free - agency due to the Chiefs ' high tender for his trade ( two first - round draft picks ) . On April 27 , 2007 , Allen was suspended for the first four games of the 2007 Chiefs ' season , and he returned to the Chiefs saying he " will do everything [ he ] can to help bring a championship back to the great fans of KC . " On May 22 , Allen signed a one - year contract worth $ 2 . 35 million , but was liable to forfeit $ 552 , 941 of his contract because of a four - game suspension for driving under the influence . On July 16 , Allen ' s suspension was reduced to two games following an appeal , and thus he forfeited $ 287 , 500 of his 2007 salary . Personal life . Allen serves as an advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation , and raises funds through his " Sack Diabetes " program . Allen was also an active role model in the JDRF ' s Children ' s Congress 2009 . He is an avid hunter , and has interviewed with Field & Stream . He was among four NFL players that were sent overseas on a NFL - USO tour to visit with U . S . military troops : " It has been one of the best experiences of my life – something that I ' ll never forget . We as players probably get more out of it than you do as Soldiers and Marines . " He created his own charity , the Jared Allen ' s Homes 4 Wounded Warriors , in October 2009 , in order to build handicapped - accessible homes for severely wounded military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan . His grandfather and younger brother also served in the Marines . He currently resides in Chanhassen , Minnesota . In September 2010 , Allen contributed $ 3 , 000 to Downey , California , animal shelter SEACCA ' s reward fund for information leading to an arrest , in connection to a horse being starved and abandoned on a Los Angeles city street . He was also featured in the 2010 film " Jackass 3D " , doing a stunt which features him blindsiding Johnny Knoxville . On October 27 , 2011 , Allen ' s wife Amy gave birth to their first child , a girl named Brinley Noelle Allen .