the first time in his career, playing in fifteen regular season games for the Lions. He played mostly as a middle linebacker, but he briefly replaced Tyrone Jones twice at the outside linebacker position while he was recovering illness and injury. Allen finished the regular season with 67 tackles, two interceptions, and a fumble recovery. He also recovered a fumble in the Western Semi-Final, but the Lions went on to lose 9–17 to the Stampeders. During the offseason, the Lions released two linebackers while a third retired and a fourth left during free agency. Allen was selected during training camp to call defensive plays as the sole remaining linebacker, with Lions head coach Dave Ritchie saying " Zock has to be a leader now". He was instead hobbled by a knee injury, forcing him to miss practice, a preseason game, and the start of the regular season. Allen ended up playing only two regular season games for the Lions in 1994. He was eventually released and later added by the Las Vegas Posse in November, for whom he played in one game. He signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for 1995 but was released before the start of the regular season. Personal life Allen was named "Zock" after the sound a cartoon character makes when hitting something. Outside of football, Allen earned a degree in teaching and spent some time performing investigative work for a law firm. References Living people 1968 births American football linebackers Canadian football linebackers Players of American football from Texas American players of Canadian football Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas football players BC Lions players Las Vegas Posse players Saskatchewan Roughriders players People from Madisonville, Texas