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Badgers in the NFL: Braelon Allen shines as youngest player making history with the Jets

Every year, exceptional college football players slip into day three of the NFL Draft, with some never proving worthy of an early-round pick. Others make the general managers who passed on them regret their decisions. New York Jets fourth-round pick and Wisconsin alumni Braelon Allen is shaping up to be the latter.

Allen, 20, is the youngest player in the National Football League and became the youngest player in NFL history to score multiple touchdowns in a game during the Jets’ 24-17 win over the Tennessee Titans in Week two. Through three weeks, the Fond du Lac, Wis.