KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cincinnati Bengals backup quarterback and Fayetteville native, Brandon Allen, is off to Super Bowl 56! The Bengals knocked off the Chiefs on Sunday in the AFC Championship game.
Allen will be making his second Super Bowl appearance, he was on the Rams back in 2018.
The former Arkansas quarterback called the coin flip for the Bengals in overtime of Sunday's game. Even though he got it wrong, it worked out for Cincinnati in the end.
Allen played football at Fayetteville High School where he threw for 3,408 yards and 38 touchdowns his senior season.
He would start for three seasons with the Razorbacks where he broke the record for most touchdowns in a game and most career passing touchdowns.
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