Jeffrey Randall Allen
{{Short description|American game show contestant (born 1980s)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jeffrey Randall Allen
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, United States
| alma mater = Ohio University (BBA)
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- salesman
- nonprofit director
}}
| known_for = Holding the record for largest American prize show winnings
| spouse = Jennifer
| children = 2
}}
Jeffrey Randall Allen (born 1980), also known as Player 831, is an American game show contestant. While a contestant on Beast Games, Allen won $10 million, the largest prize in entertainment history.{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Nathan |title=Columbus native wins MrBeast's 'Beast Games' on Amazon Prime, lands history-making jackpot |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/television/2025/02/14/columbus-ohio-man-wins-mrbeasts-beast-games-10-million-jeffrey-randall-allen-jeff-831/78594726007/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=The Columbus Dispatch |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216092426/https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/television/2025/02/14/columbus-ohio-man-wins-mrbeasts-beast-games-10-million-jeffrey-randall-allen-jeff-831/78594726007/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Bedard |first=Mike |date=2025-02-14 |title=Jeffrey Randall Allen Aka Player 831: 5 Things To Know About Beast Games' Winner |url=https://www.looper.com/1790505/jeffrey-randall-allen-player-831-beast-games-winner-facts/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Looper |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Coller |first=Erin |date=February 14, 2025 |title=Jeff Allen Wins $10 Million Grand Prize on "Beast Games," Raising Awareness for Creatine Transporter Deficiency |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250214526104/en/Jeff-Allen-Wins-10-Million-Grand-Prize-on-%E2%80%9CBeast-Games%E2%80%9D-Raising-Awareness-for-Creatine-Transporter-Deficiency |website=Business Wire}}
Early life and education
Allen was born in 1980{{Cite web
|last=Ianni
|first=Jennifer
|date=2025-02-15
|title=The Beast Games Winner Had A Dramatic Journey To $10 Million Prize (I'm So Glad The Right Person Finally Won)
|url=https://screenrant.com/beast-games-winner-dramatic-journey-son-ctd-10-million-prize-op-ed/
|access-date=2025-02-16
|website=ScreenRant
|language=en
|date=2025-03-06
|title=Beast Games Winner Breaks Silence on $10,000,000 Prize, MrBeast, and Getting Fired
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpf02hVkn_c/
}} in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up in the Clintonville neighborhood and attended Bishop Watterson High School. He then graduated from Ohio University, earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration.{{cite web
|last1=Hart
|first1=Nathan
|title=Columbus native one of last contestants on Amazon Prime's 'Beast Games,' a MrBeast creation
|url=https://eu.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/television/2025/02/12/youtube-mrbeast-beast-games-amazon-prime-ohio-man-jeffrey-allen/78452271007/
|website=The Columbus Dispatch
|access-date=17 February 2025
|date=12 February 2025
}}
Career
Allen works in healthcare sales. From 2003 to 2005, he lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area for work. From 2016 to 2017, he was head of sales for Nimble, before becoming a vice president for Honor from 2017 to 2022. From 2023 to 2024, he was head of sales for Pine Park Health, and in January 2024, began working for LUCA as a principal.{{Cite web |last=Mehrotra |first=Kriti |date=2025-02-06 |title=Jeffrey "Jeff" Randall Allen: Where is Beast Games Player 831 Now? |url=https://thecinemaholic.com/jeffrey-jeff-randall-allen/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=The Cinemaholic |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216092426/https://thecinemaholic.com/jeffrey-jeff-randall-allen/ |url-status=live }}
Since 2021, Allen has served as vice chair for the board of directors of the Association for Creatine Deficiencies. He is also the founder of a healthcare company called 0718 Cares.
''Beast Games''
{{see also|List of Beast Games contestants}}In 2024, Allen was a contestant on Beast Games, a reality game show hosted by Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson. The show saw 1,000 contestants—the largest cast for a reality show—competing in various challenges for a $5 million cash prize, which was later doubled to $10 million.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-21 |title=MrBeast says allegations against controversial show are ‘not true’ in new footage |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mrbeast-beast-games-allegations-response-b2668382.html |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
Allen, who was known throughout the show as "Player 831", won all the challenges and became the overall winner in the final episode. His prize of $10 million is the largest in entertainment history. After taxes, the take-home dollar amount was $5.03 million.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-15 |title='Shocking' amount $10,000,000 winner of MrBeast's Beast Games will actually take home |url=https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv/winner-mrbeasts-beast-games-earnings-513540-20250215 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=LADbible |language=en |archive-date=2025-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216011311/https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv/winner-mrbeasts-beast-games-earnings-513540-20250215 |url-status=live }} Allen joined to raise money for research into creatine transporter deficiency, which his son suffers from.
Personal life
Allen and his wife, Jennifer, have two children together, Jack and Lucas.{{Cite web |title=Beast Games: Player 831 Jeffrey Randall Allen's Age, Job, Instagram, Son's CTD & More |url=https://screenrant.com/beast-games-player-831-jeffrey-randall-allen-age-job-instagrarm-son-ctd-facts/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Screen Rant}} Lucas has creatine transporter deficiency.{{Cite web |last=Choudhury |first=Priyashmita |date=2025-02-08 |title=Beast Games player Jeffrey Allen hopes victory will help find cure for son's rare brain disease |url=https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/beast-games-player-jeffrey-allen-hopes-victory-will-help-find-cure-son-s-rare-brain-disease |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.soapcentral.com |language=en-us}} Allen lives in California. Allen has stated that he follows Judaism.
{{cite web
| url = https://youtube.com/jpf02hVkn_c?t=4568
| title = Beast Games Winner Breaks Silence on $10,000,000 Prize, MrBeast, and Getting Fired
| website = YouTube
| publisher = The Iced Coffee Hour
| date = 6 March 2025
| access-date = 6 March 2025
}}
References
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