In a multitude of minuscule ways, Josh Allen has been training his entire life to be an outside linebacker.
Rarely has there been a direct path, or a path of least resistance in front of him.
The Kentucky senior always has had to twist and turn, to contort his body to get around a 320-pound guy — whether real or metaphoric — standing in the way of his desired destination.
Allen, whose name is being mentioned among potential first-round NFL Draft picks next year, has had plenty of bypasses and bumps along the way.
Those detours led Allen to an elementary school assembly this spring where he talked to kids during special needs awareness week about working hard and being fine with being different.