#ProHogs in the NFL – Week 12 Report
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Here is a look at how the 15 former Arkansas football players active on NFL rosters fared this past weekend in Week 12 of the NFL season.
BEST OF WEEK 12
Brandon Allen, QB, Cincinnati Bengals
Allen made his first start of the season, filling in for an injured Joe Burrow, completing 17-of-29 passes for 136 yards and a touchdown, but Cincinnati fell to the New York Giants, 19-17. Before this weekend, Allen spent all 10 weeks on the practice squad, and according to reports from ESPN’s Ben Baby, conducted meetings virtually all season filling the role of “emergency pandemic quarterback” in the event COVID-19 would wipe out the entire position group. Originally a sixth-round selection in 2016 by Jacksonville, he made his fourth NFL start on Sunday, after making three for Denver last year. Against the Giants with 2:33 to play in the fourth quarter, he completed a one-yard touchdown pass to WR Tee Higgins, bringing Cincinnati within two points.