Geronimo Allison
{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Geronimo Allison
| image = Geronimo Allison (50121719067).jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Allison with the Green Bay Packers in 2018
| current_team =
| number =
| position = Wide receiver
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|18}}
| birth_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 202
| high_school = Spoto (Riverview, Florida)
| college = {{ubl|Iowa Western CC (2012–2013)|Illinois (2014–2015)}}
| undraftedyear = 2016
| pastteams =
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2016}}–{{NFL Year|2019}})
- Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2020}}–{{NFL Year|2021}})
- Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|2022}})*
- Vegas Vipers ({{XFL Year|2023}})
- Saskatchewan Roughriders ({{CFL Year|2024}})*
| status =
| statweek =
| statseason =
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 89
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 1,045
| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 6
| pfr = A/AlliGe01
| cflstatus = American
}}
Geronimo John Allison{{Cite web |title=Geronimo Allison Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlliGe01.htm |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} (born January 18, 1994) is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Illinois, and was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 2016 as an undrafted free agent.
Early life
In an interview with The News-Gazette, Allison said his mother, Melissa Glover, gave him his first name because she wanted to give him "a unique name".{{cite news |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/football/2014-10-10/qa-geronimo-allison.html |title=Q&A with Geronimo Allison |last=Asmussen |first=Bob |date=October 10, 2014 |newspaper=The News-Gazette |access-date=January 16, 2017}} Allison credits his mother with instilling his religious faith, which he expresses in post-game prayers with opponents and teammates at midfield.{{cite web |last1=Hendricks |first1=Martin |title=Allison thankful for opportunity |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2016/11/16/player-profile-allison-thankful-opportunity/93992946/ |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=October 4, 2018 }}
Allison attended Spoto High School in Riverview, Florida.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/31726/nearly-a-never-was-rookie-receiver-geronimo-allison-catches-packers-eye |title=Nearly a 'never was,' rookie receiver Geronimo Allison catches Packers' eye |last=Wilde |first=Jason |date=August 4, 2016 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=January 16, 2017}} He was academically ineligible his sophomore and junior years but worked in private classes with the coach's wife Anne Caparaso to improve his grades and had a successful senior season.
College career
Due to his academic struggles in high school, Allison began college at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He proved to be a bright student, finishing an associate degree in just three semesters. Allison also led the team to a 22–1 record in two seasons, an NJCAA title, and led the conference in receptions, yards, and touchdowns in his second year.
Allison transferred to the University of Illinois, where he played for the Fighting Illini in 2014 and 2015.{{cite web|url=http://fightingillini.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2171|title=Illinois Fighting Illini: Geronimo Allison|work=FightingIllini.com|access-date=October 14, 2016}} During his junior year, Allison was usually the second option to freshman star Mike Dudek, though Allison caught five touchdowns to Dudek's six for the 6–7 Illini. In Week 3, Allison had a career-high six receptions for 160 yards and two touchdowns in a lopsided loss to Washington.{{cite web |title=Illinois at Washington Box Score, September 13, 2014 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2014-09-13-washington.html |website=Sports Reference }} Allison took over the top spot his senior year, replacing the injured Dudek for 882 yards but only three touchdowns during the 5–7 campaign. Allison had over 90 yards receiving in five of the first seven games, but five or fewer receptions in the final five games of the season.{{cite web |title=Geronimo Allison Career Game Log |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/geronimo-allison-1/gamelog/ |website=Sports Reference }} He was an All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention, and won the team's Service Above Self award.
=College statistics=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||
| colspan="8" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Illinois Fighting Illini|color=white}};" |Illinois Fighting Illini | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|Year | colspan="2"|Games | colspan="5"|Receiving | ||||
| G | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
| 2014
| 13 || 12 || 41 || 598 || 14.6 || 60 || 5 | ||||||
| 2015
| 12 || 11 || 65 || 882 || 13.6 || 53 || 3 | ||||||
| Total || 24 || 22 || 106 || 1,480 || 14.0 || 60 || 8 | ||||||
| colspan="8"|Source: [http://fightingillini.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2171 FightingIllini.com] |
Professional career
{{external media
| video1 = [http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine/0ap3000000643704/2016-combine-workout-geronimo-allison Allison's NFL Combine workout]
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{{nfl predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 3+1/4
| weight = 196
| dash = 4.67
| ten split = 1.65
| twenty split = 2.74
| shuttle = 4.28
| cone drill = 7.40
| vertical = 33
| broad ft = 10
| broad in = 7
| arm span = 32+7/8
| hand span = 9+1/2
| note = All values are from NFL Combine{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/geronimo-allison?id=2555211|title=NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles – Geronimo Allison|publisher=National Football League|access-date=July 30, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418030707/http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/geronimo-allison?id=2555211|archive-date=April 18, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://draftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=132233&draftyear=2016&genpos=|title=Geronimo Allison – Illinois, WR : 2016 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile|work=DraftScout.com|access-date=July 30, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418030929/http://draftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=132233&draftyear=2016&genpos=|archive-date=April 18, 2018}}
}}
=Green Bay Packers=
==2016 season==
After going undrafted in the 2016 NFL draft, Allison signed with the Green Bay Packers on May 6, 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-press-release/article-1/packers-sign-19-rookie-free-agents/b9554146-c6a7-4362-b196-3878cbfe8295 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821212438/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-press-release/article-1/packers-sign-19-rookie-free-agents/b9554146-c6a7-4362-b196-3878cbfe8295 |archive-date=August 21, 2017 |title=Packers sign 19 rookie free agents |date=May 6, 2016 |website=Packers.com |url-status=dead |access-date=July 30, 2016}}
On September 3, 2016, Allison was released by the Packers during final team cuts,{{Cite web |url=http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-roster-moves/article-1/packers-keep-six-undrafted-rookies-including-qb-joe-callahan/9e6d9856-8feb-4a8d-b038-90cfcff1b0b3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402184923/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-roster-moves/article-1/packers-keep-six-undrafted-rookies-including-qb-joe-callahan/9e6d9856-8feb-4a8d-b038-90cfcff1b0b3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2018 |title=Packers keep six undrafted rookies, including QB Joe Callahan |date=September 3, 2016 |website=Packers.com |access-date=September 3, 2016}} but re-signed to the Packers' practice squad two days later.{{Cite web |url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-sign-ls-goode-claim-rb-pressley-17624159 |title=Packers sign LS Goode; claim RB Pressley |date=September 5, 2016 |website=Packers.com |access-date=October 4, 2016}} On October 24, 2016, he was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster.{{Cite web |url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-promote-wr-allison-s-whitehead-to-active-roster-17952592 |title=Packers promote WR Allison, S Whitehead to active roster |date=October 24, 2016 |website=Packers.com |url-status=dead |access-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081841/https://www.packers.com/news/packers-promote-wr-allison-s-whitehead-to-active-roster-17952592 |archive-date=February 18, 2019 }} Allison made his NFL debut against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 8. His first career NFL reception came as a four-yard touchdown from Aaron Rodgers in the second quarter. Allison finished the narrow 33–32 road loss with two receptions for 21 yards and the aforementioned touchdown.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/34647/encouraging-sign-aaron-rodgers-and-packers-offense-back-on-track|title=Encouraging sign: Aaron Rodgers, Packers' offense back on track|last=Demovsky|first=Rob|publisher=ESPN|date=October 31, 2016|access-date=October 31, 2016}}
Allison finished his rookie year with 12 receptions for 202 yards and two touchdowns in ten games and two starts. In the postseason, Allison had five receptions for 65 yards before the Packers lost on the road to the Falcons in the NFC Championship Game by a score of 44–21.{{Cite web |title=Geronimo Allison 2016 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlliGe01/gamelog/2016/ |access-date=January 24, 2017 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
==2017 season==
On July 19, 2017, Allison was suspended for the first game of the 2017 season for violating the league's substance-abuse policy.{{Cite web |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/07/19/geronimo-allison-suspended-for-first-game-of-regular-season/ |title=Geronimo Allison suspended for first game of regular season |last=Florio |first=Mike |date=July 19, 2017 |website=ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com}} During a Week 3 27–24 overtime victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, he had career-highs with six receptions and 122 yards.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/packers-geronimo-allison-drops-122-yards-on-bengals/ |title=Packers' Geronimo Allison: Drops 122 yards on Bengals |work=CBSSports.com |access-date=October 9, 2018 }}
Allison finished his second professional season with 23 receptions for 253 yards in 15 games and two starts.{{Cite web |title=Geronimo Allison 2017 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlliGe01/gamelog/2017/ |access-date=January 1, 2018 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} Allison's 23 receptions finished fourth among Packers receivers on the season.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/2017.htm |title=2017 Green Bay Packers Statistics & Players |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=January 1, 2018}}
==2018 season==
Allison was re-signed by the Packers on March 14, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-daily-news-story/article-1/negotiating-window-opens-today-for-pending-nfl-free-agents/d8742ef7-d15c-43be-9959-72d670a9f2b1|title=Negotiating window opens today for pending NFL free agents|last=Hodkiewicz|first=Wes|work=Packers.com|date=March 12, 2018|access-date=April 12, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519153727/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-daily-news-story/article-1/negotiating-window-opens-today-for-pending-nfl-free-agents/d8742ef7-d15c-43be-9959-72d670a9f2b1|archive-date=May 19, 2018}} He started the season well, with 19 receptions for 289 yards and two touchdowns before suffering a concussion during a Week 3 31–17 road loss to the Washington Redskins.{{cite web |title=Packers' Geronimo Allison: Enters concussion protocol |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/packers-geronimo-allison-enters-concussion-protocol/ |website=CBSSports.com |date=September 30, 2018 }} On November 6, 2018, Allison was placed on injured reserve after undergoing groin surgery.{{cite web |last1=Bouda |first1=Nate |title=Packers Place WR Geronimo Allison on IR, Waive S Jermaine Whitehead |url=http://nfltraderumors.co/packers-place-wr-geronino-allison-on-ir-waive-s-jermaine-whitehead/ |website=NFLTradeRumors.co |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 6, 2018}}{{cite web|title=Packers place WR Geronimo Allison on IR, release S Whitehead|url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-place-wr-geronimo-allison-on-ir-release-s-whitehead|website=Packers.com|date=November 6, 2018|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107104201/https://www.packers.com/news/packers-place-wr-geronimo-allison-on-ir-release-s-whitehead|url-status=dead}}
Allison finished the 2018 season with 20 receptions for 303 yards and two touchdowns in five games and four starts.{{Cite web |title=Geronimo Allison 2018 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlliGe01/gamelog/2018/ |access-date=January 1, 2019 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
==2019 season==
On March 13, 2019, Allison was re-signed by the Packers.{{cite web|url=https://packerswire.usatoday.com/2019/03/16/packers-officially-keeping-wr-geronimo-allison-on-1-year-deal/|title=Packers officially keeping WR Geronimo Allison on 1-year deal|date=March 15, 2019|work=packerswire.com}} He finished the 2019 season with 34 receptions for 287 yards and two touchdowns in 16 games and six starts. In the postseason, Allison had three receptions for 19 yards before the Packers lost on the road to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game by a score of 37–20.{{Cite web |title=Geronimo Allison 2019 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlliGe01/gamelog/2019/ |access-date=January 24, 2020 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
=Detroit Lions=
On April 6, 2020, Allison signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions.{{cite web|title=Lions agree to terms with unrestricted free agent WR Geronimo Allison|url=https://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-agree-to-terms-with-unrestricted-free-agent-wr-geronimo-allison|website=DetroitLions.com|date=March 29, 2020}} On August 2, 2020, Allison announced that he would opt out of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |author=Rothstein, Michael |title=Lions WR Geronimo Allison opting out of season |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29584348/source-lions-wr-geronimo-allison-opting-season |website=ESPN.com |date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2020}}
On August 31, 2021, Allison was released by the Lions.{{cite web|title=Lions announce roster moves|url=https://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-announce-roster-moves-x2196|website=DetroitLions.com|date=August 31, 2021}} He was re-signed to the practice squad on September 15.{{cite web|title=Detroit Lions sign WR Geronimo Allison to the practice squad|url=https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2021/9/15/22675275/detroit-lions-sign-wr-geronimo-allison-practice-squad|work=Pride of Detroit|publisher=SB Nation|date=September 15, 2021}} Allison was promoted to the active roster on October 20. He was released on November 16 and re-signed to the practice squad.{{cite web | last=Reisman | first=Jeremy | title=Detroit Lions waive WR Geronimo Allison | website=Pride Of Detroit | date=2021-11-16 | url=https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2021/11/16/22785951/detroit-lions-waive-wr-geronimo-allison | access-date=2024-10-11}}
=Atlanta Falcons=
On May 16, 2022, Allison signed with the Falcons.{{cite web | last=Choate | first=Dave | title=Falcons announce three signings, including veteran WR Geronimo Allison | website=The Falcoholic | date=2022-05-16 | url=https://www.thefalcoholic.com/2022/5/16/23074849/falcons-announce-three-signings-rookie-minicamp-geronimo-allison-tre-webb-tucker-fisk | access-date=2024-10-11}} He was released on August 23, 2022.{{cite web|title=Falcons cut four, waive/injured another to reach 80-man NFL roster limit|url=https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-jalen-dalton-geronimo-allison-auden-tate-80-man-nfl-roster-limit|author=Bair, Scott|website=AtlantaFalcons.com|date=August 23, 2022}}
= Vegas Vipers =
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Allison was signed by the Vegas Vipers of the XFL on January 21, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Duran |first=Gavin |title=Las Vegas Vipers Sign Former NFL Vet WR Geronimo Allison |url=https://xflnewshub.com/xfl-news/las-vegas-vipers-sign-former-nfl-vet-wr-geronimo-allison/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=xflnewshub.com |language=en-us}} The Vipers folded when the XFL and United States Football League merged to create the United Football League (UFL).{{Cite web |last=Seifert |first=Kevin |date=January 1, 2024 |title=Newly formed United Football League sets 8 markets, tabs coaches |url=https://www.espn.com/xfl/story/_/id/39222541/newly-formed-united-football-league-sets-8-markets-tabs-coaches |access-date=January 15, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}}
= Saskatchewan Roughriders =
On January 19, 2024, Allison signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).{{Cite web |title=Transactions - Football Player Trades and Signings |url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=CFL.ca |language=en}} He was released on June 1.{{cite web | url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/ | title=Transactions - Football Player Trades and Signings }}
Career statistics
= Regular season =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Year | rowspan="2"|Team | colspan="2"|Games | colspan="5"|Receiving | colspan="2"|Fumbles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FUM | Lost |
| 2016 | GB
| 10 || 2 || 12 || 202 || 16.8 || 39 || 2 || 0 || 0 | |||||||
| 2017 | GB
| 15 || 2 || 23 || 253 || 11.0 || 72 || 0 || 2 || 0 | |||||||
| 2018 | GB
| 5 || 4 || 20 || 303 || 15.2 || 64 || 2 || 1 || 0 | |||||||
| 2019 | GB
| 16 || 6 || 34 || 287 || 8.4 || 31 || 2 || 2 || 1 | |||||||
| 2020 | DET
| 0 || 0 || colspan="9"| Did not play due to COVID-19 Opt Out | |||||||
| 2021 | DET
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||
| colspan="2"|Total || 49 || 15 || 89 || 1,045 || 11.7 || 72 || 6 || 4 || 1 | ||||||||
| colspan="11"|Source: [http://www.nfl.com/player/geronimoallison/2556460/careerstats NFL.com] |
= Postseason =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Year | rowspan="2"|Team | colspan="2"|Games | colspan="5"|Receiving | colspan="2"|Fumbles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FUM | Lost |
| 2016 | GB
| 3 || 1 || 5 || 65 || 13.0 || 26 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||
| 2019 | GB
| 2 || 0 || 3 || 19 || 6.3 || 19 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||
| colspan="2"|Total || 5 || 1 || 8 || 84 || 10.5 || 26 || 0 || 0 || 0 | ||||||||
| colspan="11"|Source: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlliGe01.htm pro-football-reference.com] |
References
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External links
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- [http://fightingillini.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2171 Illinois Fighting Illini bio]
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