Marcus Allen Marcus LeMarr Allen ( born March 26 , 1960 ) is a former American football running back and football analyst for CBS . As a professional , Allen ran for 12 , 243 yards and caught 587 passes for 5 , 412 yards during his career for both the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1982 to 1997 . He scored 145 touchdown s , including a then league record 123 rushing touchdowns , and was elected to six Pro Bowl s over the course of his career . He was also a fairly good passer for a running back , completing 12 of 27 passes for 285 yards and six touchdowns , with only one interception . Allen was the first player ever to gain more than 10 , 000 rushing yards and 5 , 000 receiving yards during his career . Allen is considered one of the greatest goal line and short - yard runners in National Football League ( NFL ) history . He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003 . His younger brother , Damon Allen , played quarterback for 23 seasons in the Canadian Football League and was professional football ' s all - time leader in passing yards . Allen is a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy . Allen is a Board Member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy , which is named after Ronnie Lott and is awarded annually to college football ' s Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year . High school and college . Allen played football at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Diego , California , where he played the quarterback and safety positions . Allen played running back at the University of Southern California ( USC ) from 1978 to 1981 . He was recruited as a defensive back , but head coach John Robinson switched him to tailback . Allen spent his first season at USC as a backup to Heisman Trophy winning running back Charles White . In 1979 , he was moved to fullback . Eventually , in 1980 , Allen became the starter at tailback and rushed for 1 , 563 yards , the third - most in the nation that year ( behind senior George Rogers of S . Carolina - 1 , 781 yards and freshman Herschel Walker of Georgia - 1 , 616 ) . In 1981 , Allen had one of the most spectacular seasons in NCAA history , rushing for 2 , 342 yards , becoming the first player in NCAA history to rush for over 2 , 000 yards in one season , passing the 2 , 000 yard mark in a win at Cal . He also gained a total of 2 , 683 offensive yards , led the nation in scoring , and won the Heisman Trophy , the Maxwell Award , and Walter Camp Award . He was also the Pac - 10 Player of the Year . Allen shares the NCAA record for most 200 - yard rushing games with Ricky Williams and Ron Dayne , each completing the feat twelve times . Allen finished his four college seasons with 4 , 682 rushing yards , 5 , 232 total yards , and 46 touchdowns , while averaging 5 . 2 yards per carry . USC has retired his jersey number ( 33 ) , and coach Robinson has called Allen , " the greatest player I ever saw . " On December 14 , 2006 , Allen hosted the USC Football Awards banquet at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles . NFL career . Allen was drafted with the 10th overall selection of the 1982 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Raiders . In a recent ad on NFL Network , Allen recalls shortly before being drafted that the Raiders asked him his weight at the time ( he answered 200 or 212 ) and then drafted him soon after . Though his rookie season was shortened by a league strike , Allen rushed for 697 yards and led the Raiders to the best record in the AFC at 8 - 1 . He was voted the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year . The Raiders would lose to the New York Jets in the AFC Divisional Playoffs . The next season , Allen broke the 1 , 000 - yard mark for the first time , an accomplishment he would repeat the two following years . During the 1985 season , he rushed for 1 , 759 yards and scored 11 touchdowns on 380 carries , leading the Raiders to a 12 - 4 record and the AFC West Division Championship . In addition , Allen was named the NFL MVP . Allen may be best remembered for his heroics in Super Bowl XVIII January 22 , 1984 as he ran for 191 yards , caught two passes for 18 yards , and scored two touchdowns in the Raiders 38 - 9 victory over the Washington Redskins . Included in his stats was a 74 - yard touchdown run , a feat that remained the longest run in Super Bowl history until Super Bowl XL when Willie Parker of the Pittsburgh Steelers broke the record by a single yard . Allen ' s 191 rushing yards were also a Super Bowl record , which stood until Timmy Smith of the Redskins topped it with 204 yards in Super Bowl XXII . Upon winning the game , Allen joined an elite group of players to win both the Heisman Trophy and Super Bowl MVP ( Roger Staubach , Jim Plunkett , Desmond Howard ) . Moreover , Allen put together one of the greatest postseasons ever by a NFL running back . On January 1 , 1984 , Allen gained 121 yards for two touchdowns on just 13 carries against the Pittsburgh Steelers . One week later , Allen rushed 25 times for 154 yards and scored on a touchdown reception . In total , Allen rushed 58 times for 466 yards and four touchdowns during the playoffs . He also added 118 yards and one touchdown on 14 receptions . In future seasons with the Raiders , Allen formed a stormy relationship with owner Al Davis stemming from a contract dispute where Davis referred to Allen as a " cancer to the team . " He also missed most of the 1989 season with a knee injury . Allen was relegated to back - up duty in his final three seasons with the Raiders and , at one time , fell to fourth on the depth chart . Allen ' s strained relationship with Davis reached an all - time low in December 1992 . During halftime of the Raiders - Dolphins game on Monday Night Football , a taped interview between Al Michaels and Allen was broadcast , with Allen stating that Davis " told me he was going to get me . " Allen further stated , " I think he ' s [ Davis ] tried to ruin the latter part of my career , tried to devalue me . He ' s trying to stop me from going to the Hall of Fame . They don ' t want me to play . " Allen eventually left Los Angeles and joined the Kansas City Chiefs in 1993 . Although he only rushed for 764 yards that year , he scored 12 touchdowns , leading the AFC , as he and Joe Montana led the Chiefs to the AFC Championship Game . As a result , Allen was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year . Allen went on to play for the Chiefs for four more seasons , leading the team in rushing every year but his last . Allen ' s main contribution to the Chiefs was his leadership . The Chiefs won more games than any other NFL team during his tenure in Kansas City . Allen made many contributions to charitable causes off the field in Kansas City , while also hosting his own talk show on Sunday mornings before Chiefs games . Allen retired after the 1997 season . In 1999 , he was ranked 72nd on " The Sporting News " ' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players . Allen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003 . In 1999 , Allen was also inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions , Breitbard Hall of Fame honoring San Diego ' s finest athletes both on and off the playing surface . In 2008 , Allen joined as a spokesman for the sports website OPENSports . com , the brainchild of Mike Levy , founder and former CEO of CBS Sportsline . com . Allen wrote a blog and occasionally answered member questions for the company during this time . In 2011 , Allen led the RioCan Wrecking Crew to a 2 - 1 record in the Strike out Cancer Baseball Tournament . NFL Records :