2011-12 Schedule

2011: A candidate for national honors ... a second-team preseason All-Pac-10 choice of Phil Steele.

2010: Racked up the honors in a record-setting rookie season, highlighted by a four-team Freshman All-American selection from Phil Steele and an honorable mention nod from College Football News ... was also a second-team All-Pac-10 selection as an all-purpose player according to Scout and a four-team All-Pac-10 choice by Steele at wide receiver ... posted one of the top seasons by a true freshman wide receiver in school history, setting a Cal single-season school record for receptions by a with 46 catches for 490 yards, surpassing current Philadelphia Eagles player DeSean Jackson's previous record of 38 ... both his receptions and receiving yards were second on the team behind Marvin Jones ... added a team-high five-touchdown grabs, including one in each of the team's first two games vs. UC Davis and Colorado and then one each in three consecutive contests vs. UCLA, at USC and against Arizona State ... played in 11 games with nine starts ... also led the team with a kick return average of 22.6 yards on a team-high 18 returns to rank ninth in the Pac-10 and 85th nationally, while adding 18 rushes for 136 yards (third on the team) and a touchdown on the ground, and even a 17-yard touchdown pass to fellow wide receiver Jones on his only passing attempt ... ranked second on the club behind Shane Vereen with 1,040 all-purpose yards (136 rush, 490 receiving, 8 punt return, 406 kick return) and third on the squad in scoring with 36 points ... ranked among the Pac-10's top 15 in per-game averages for receptions (No. 13, 3.83), receiving yards (No. 15, 40.83) and all-purpose yards (No. 15, 86.87) ... posted his biggest all-purpose game of the season against Stanford, going for a career-high 188 all-purpose yards with a career-high-tying eight catches for 51 yards, two rushes for 17 yards and five kick returns for a career-high 120 yards, while also hitting Jones with the TD pass ... began his record-setting rookie season by making one of the most memorable debuts in Cal football history in the season opener against UC Davis when he caught four passes for a career-high 120 yards, including a career-long 48-yard touchdown reception, while totaling 176 all-purpose yards by adding 38 yards rushing and a touchdown on three carries as well as one kick return for 18 yards ... his 120 receiving yards (surpassed later in the season by Marvin Jones' 161 at Nevada) were the most by any Cal receiver since LaReylle Cunningham had 138 at Maryland on Sept. 13, 2008 ... recorded a career-high-tying eight catches for 68 yards and a career-high six kick returns that he brought back for 106 yards at Oregon State for a total of 174 all-purpose yards ... had career-highs of seven rushes and 60 yards rushing, including a career-long 45-yarder against Washington when he also had four catches for 46 yards, two kick returns for 37 yards, and his lone two punt returns of the season for eight yards ... totaled five triple-digit all-purpose yard games, adding another with 140 against Arizona State (team-high 6 catches, 40 yards; 2 kick returns, 106 yards) that included a career-long 61-yard kick return that earned him Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career and was the longest by a Cal player in 2010 ... garnered several preseason honors prior to the start of his Cal career, including being named the nation top freshman defensive back by Lindy's ... also listed by Lindy's as the nation's No. 3 overall Pac-10 recruit as well as the No. 5 freshman nationally ... Athlon and Phil Steele both had him as Cal's top freshman, with Athlon also picking him as the No. 2 incoming freshman in the nation listed as an "athlete", while ranking him No. 8 in the Pac-10 among all players and No. 26 nationally ... Steele also had him as the No. 3 freshman defensive back in the country.

HIGH SCHOOL: A five-star recruit according to ESPN, Rivals and Scout ... ranked No. 5 in the country on the Rivals250 list, while checking in as both the nation's top safety and best overall player from North Carolina ... the country's No. 5 "athlete" and No. 33 player overall according to ESPN ... listed as the nation's No. 70 player overall by Sporting News ... played in U.S. Army All-American Bowl, returning one punt for 33 yards as well as one kickoff also for 33 yards ... named to the Parade All-American squad ... listed as the No. 8 player overall by MaxPreps, which also showered him with first-team All-American honors ... had a huge season statistically as a senior with 145 tackles and eight interceptions on defense to go along with an astounding 53 offensive touchdowns to help his school win its first 3A Mid-State Conference championship in and finish with a 12-2 overall record ... picked off nine passes to go along with 15 pass breakups, 64 tackles and three forced fumbles to earn All-State honors defensively as a junior, while adding 42 receptions for 880 yards and 14 touchdown catches as well as 644 rushing yards and 12 TDs on the ground on only 39 carries on the offensive side of the ball ... called "the type of athlete who should make a major impact as a true freshman" by Tom Lemming, while ESPN says "this guy is a really good football player."

PERSONAL: Full name is Keenan Alexander Allen ... born April 27, 1992 ... parents are stepfather Scott Lang and mother Doris Maynard ... half-brother of Cal quarterback Zach Maynard, who has transferred from Buffalo to Cal and is eligible to play for the Bears in 2011 ... major is undeclared.