Take a walk with Marvin Allen in any environment where there are football people and it’s guaranteed that he’ll be stopped by someone trying to chat him up.
Allen is Mr. Popular in NFL scouting circles, and it’s not because of his ability to tell a good joke.
The Miami Dolphins’ assistant general manager is respected in NFL and college football circles as one of football’s best talent evaluators, and has held that reputation for a decade.
His track record of elite players the teams he’s worked for have selected backs that reputation up, and the team the Dolphins host on Sunday can be submitted as evidence.