2017: Selected to his first Pro Bowl…Named Comeback Player of the Year by The Associated Press, the Professional Football Writers of America and Sporting News…Started 15 of 16 games, setting career highs with 102 receptions and 1,393 receiving yards (13.7 avg.)…Posted six TD catches on the year…Added an INT at the end of the first half at the Jets, becoming the first player in NFL history to record 90-plus catches and an INT in the same season…Also became the third player in league annals to have 1,000-plus receiving yards and an INT in the same season, joining Hall of Fame WRs Don Hutson (1942) and Randy Moss (2009)…The 102 catches were the most in team annals in a single season, and the 1,393 receiving yards ranked second in a single season in Chargers history…Ranked in the top five in the NFL in receiving yards (third) and receptions (fourth)…Posted seven 100-yard games, including four straight from Weeks 11-14 and five out of the last seven games…Over the last seven weeks of the season, led the league with 62 catches and 845 receiving yards while tying for third with five TD catches…Became the first player in NFL history to post three-consecutive games with 10-plus receptions, 100-plus receiving yards and at least one TD catch when he did so in Weeks 11-13…His seven 100-yard performances brought his career total in the regular season to 18, good for eighth in Chargers history…Moved into sole possession of 10th in team history in career receptions with 323, passing WR Malcom Floyd (321) to reach the top 10…Registered the 22nd TD catch of his career, good for 13th in in team history…Led the league with 36 third down receptions (most in a single season in Chargers history since the stat began being tracked in 1991), including a league-high 30 that converted for a first down (most in a single season in Chargers history and tied for fourth in a single season in NFL history since the stat started being tracked in 1994)…Led the league with 34.5 receiving yards-per-game on third down…Added two carries for nine yards (4.5 avg.)…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (First)…The Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year…Professional Football Writers of America Comeback Player of the Year…Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year…Pro Football Focus Second-Team All-Pro…Pro Football Journal Second-Team All-Pro…at Denver (Sept. 11): Returned from a knee injury that kept him out of 15 games in 2016 to start at WR and play 53 offensive snaps…Hauled in five passes for 35 yards (7.0 avg.) and a TD, the 17th of his career…Caught the five-yard TD in the middle of the end zone with just over eight minutes to play...vs. Miami (Sept. 17): Posted 100 yards on a team-high nine receptions (11.1 avg.), his first 100-yard game of the season and the 12th of his career…Started at WR, appearing on 49 offensive plays and contributing one on defense at the end of the first half...vs. Kansas City (Sept. 24): Started 40th game of career at WR and appeared in 61 plays on offense, posting 61 yards on five catches (12.2 avg.)…vs. Philadelphia (Oct. 1): Started at WR, playing 49 snaps and registering his second 100-yard game of the season…Totaled 138 yards on five receptions (27.6 avg.), including a 50-yard catch midway through the fourth quarter…At the time, it was the third-most receiving yards in a single game in his career and the first time he registered more than 115 yards on fewer than eight receptions…It was the 13th 100-yard performance of his career and the first to come on less than six receptions…It marked the fifth game of his career with 130-plus yards…Made the 50-yard grab on third-down on a deep dig-route, hauling in a 15-yard pass and adding 35 yards after the catch to put the Chargers on the Philadelphia 11-yard line…at New York Giants (Oct. 8): Started at WR, hauling in a team-high 67 receiving yards on four receptions (16.8 avg.)…Appeared on 71 offensive snaps…Surpassed 3,000 career receiving yards, becoming the 16th Charger to reach that threshold…Marked the 22nd game of his career with 60-plus receiving yards…at Oakland (Oct. 15): Registered 45 yards on five receptions (9.0 avg.) after starting at WR…Appeared on 55 offensive plays…Hauled in his 14th and 15th third down catches to move the chains on the season, with both coming on the team’s first scoring drive…On the first conversion, separated himself from zone coverage on a dig-route for a 28-yard catch-and-run…Tallied a 12-yard catch on third-and-nine for the second conversion…Provided downfield blocks on two 10-plus yard runs by RB Melvin Gordon…vs. Denver (Oct. 22): Saw action in the 45th game of his career, starting at WR…Played 47 snaps on offense…Totaled three receptions for 41 yards (13.7 avg.)…On third-and-seven in the second quarter, ran a corner-route to beat the coverage of CB Bradley Roby for a 19-yard gain to the Denver one-yard line, setting up a TD pass from QB Philip Rivers to RB Austin Ekeler on the following play…at New England (Oct. 29): Started the 45th game of his career at WR, playing 52 offensive snaps…Posted four catches for 61 yards (15.3 avg.), bringing his career total to 261 receptions to pass TE Freddie Jones (260) for sole possession of 13th in team history…Hauled in a 16-yard catch on the first play from scrimmage on a deep out-route…In the third quarter, caught an 18-yard pass along the left sideline on third-and-three to convert for a first down, his 17th reception to move the sticks on third down of the year…at Jacksonville (Nov. 12): Saw action on 59 plays on offense after opening the game at WR…Finished with four catches for 48 yards (12.0 avg.)...Hauled in a 17-yard third down conversion in the second quarter on a dig-route…It marked his 21st catch on third down of the season and 18th that moved the chains…In the fourth quarter, registered the first carry of his career on an end-around for a five-yard gain…vs. Buffalo (Nov. 19): Started at WR, playing 53 snaps on offense and two on special teams, finishing with 12 catches for 159 yards (13.3 avg.) and two TDs, marking his 14th career 100-yard game and third of the season…The two scores tied a career high…Early in second quarter, caught a back-shoulder fade from Philip Rivers along right sideline in end zone for a 21-yard TD, sealing off CB Leonard Johnson to make the catch…At the time, his 159 yards were his second-most receiving yards in a single game while his 12 catches were the third-most of his career…In the second quarter, passed WR Vincent Jackson (273) for No. 12 on the team’s career receptions list, finishing the game with 277 for his career…Later in the second quarter, hauled in a quick pass in the left flat before diving forward for a two-yard score…Late in second quarter, ran a post-route from the left side of the formation for a 29-yard gain into the red zone en route to a rushing TD by Melvin Gordon…Hauled in three receptions on third down, converting all for a first down…The three third down receptions gave him 90 for his career, passing Malcom Floyd for fifth-most in Chargers history since it started being tracked in 1991…Made one of his third down catches in the third quarter on a skinny-post before juking past S Jordan Poyer for a 15-yard gain…Added the second rushing attempt of his career, netting a three-yard gain…at Dallas (Nov. 23): Registered his second 100-yard receiving game in as many weeks and fourth of the season, notching the first back-to-back 100-yard performances of his career since Weeks 12 and 13 of the 2014 season…It also marked the first back-to-back performances with 10-plus receptions of his career…Finished with a career-high 172 receiving yards and a TD on 11 catches (15.6 avg.)…It marked the 15th 100-yard game of his career…Increased his career receiving yards to 3,544, passing WR John Jefferson (3,431) and WR Don Norton (3,486) for 14th in career receiving yards in team history…Registered the 20th TD catch of his career, tying TE Jacque MacKinnon for 15th in team history…On the score, ran an out-route in the fourth quarter, shaking off tackles by S Jeff Heath and CB Orlando Scandrick before turning upfield and juking by S Xavier Woods and CB Anthony Brown for a 42-yard TD…Made big plays throughout the day, breaking a tackle attempt by LB Anthony Hitchens on a dig-route for 14 yards…In the first quarter, came down with a jump-ball on a go-route over CB Jourdan Lewis…Hauled in five catches on third down, converting three for a first down, including an 18-yard gain on a post-route in the fourth quarter when matched up with Brown…Started at WR and appeared on 59 offensive plays…vs. Cleveland (Dec. 3): Appeared in the 50th game of his career, starting at WR and seeing action on 64 snaps on offense…With 10 catches for 105 yards (10.5 avg.) and a TD, became the first player in NFL history to record three-consecutive games with 10-plus receptions, 100-plus receiving yards and at least one TD catch…It marked the first three-game stretch of his career with 10-plus catches or 100-plus receiving yards…It was his fifth 100-yard performance on the season and the 16th in his career…With his first catch, moved into sole possession of 11th in career receptions in franchise annals, breaking a tie with WR Tony Martin (288)…In the third quarter, surpassed 1,000 yards on the season for the second time in his career on a 26-yard gain on fourth down…On the play, lined up split to the right side and ran a sluggo-route before catching a jump ball over CB Jason McCourty despite illegal contact…Three plays later on third-and-goal, ran a seam-route from the slot to haul in a TD catch…The score was his fifth of the season and 21st of his career, which moved him into a tie with TE Will Frazier and TE Dave Kocourek for 13th in team history…The score also marked Philip Rivers’ 335th career TD pass, putting him in sole possession of seventh in league annals to break a tie with New York Giants QB Eli Manning…Later in the third quarter, made his 77th catch of the season, tying his single-season career high set in 2014…vs. Washington (Dec. 10): Registered his fourth-straight 100-yard receiving game and sixth of the season, finishing with 111 yards on six catches (18.5 avg.)…It marked career game No. 17 with 100-plus receiving yards…The four-consecutive 100-yard performances tied for the second-longest streak in team history…Played 49 offensive snaps and one on special teams…Early in the first quarter, ran an out-route from the left slot for a six-yard reception, setting a new career high for catches in a season…Later in the opening quarter, hauled in a 21-yard gain down the left sideline on a go-route to advance the ball to the Washington eight-yard line, setting a career high for receiving yards in a season in the process…Posted a career-long 51-yard catch in the third quarter on a flea flicker, beating the defense deep on a go-route down the right sideline before being tripped up at the Washington one-yard line…at Kansas City (Dec. 16): Started at WR, marking the 50th start of his career…Played 47 snaps on offense before exiting with a back injury…Totaled 54 receiving yards on five catches (10.8 avg.)…Saw his four-game streak of 100-plus receiving yards come to an end…Moved to 11th in single-season receiving yards in Chargers history, ending the game with 1,197…Finished the game with 88 catches on the year, moving into a tie with Hall of Fame TE Kellen Winslow (1981, ’83) for the fifth-most in a single season in team annals…Ran a deep out-route from the left slot in the third quarter for a 16-yard gain on third-and-10 for a first down…at New York Jets (Dec. 24): Started at WR, seeing action on 66 snaps on offense and one on defense…Posted five catches for 63 yards (12.6 avg.)…Added an INT on the final play of the first half, becoming the first player in NFL history to record 90-plus catches and an INT in the same season…Also became the third player in league annals to have 1,000-plus receiving yards and an INT in the same season, joining Don Hutson (1942) and Randy Moss (2009)…Brought his season total to 1,260 receiving yards, surpassing WR Wes Chandler (1,999 in 1985), Hall of Fame WR Lance Alworth (1,205 in 1963), Tony Martin (1,224 in 1989), Alworth (1,235 in 1964) and WR Anthony Miller (1,252 in 1989) for the sixth-most single-season receiving yards in Chargers history…The five receptions brought him to 93 for the season, good for No. 2 in a single season in team annals, passing Kellen Winslow (88 in 1981 and ’83), Winslow (89 in 1980), TE Antonio Gates (89 in 2005) and Martin (90 in 1995)…vs. Oakland (Dec. 31): Registered nine catches for 133 yards (14.8 avg.) and a TD after starting at WR and playing 63 snaps on offense…It marked his seventh 100-yard performance of the season and 18th in his career…Added a TD in the second quarter on a miscellaneous fumble return…On the play, caught a fumble by Melvin Gordon out of the air and advanced the ball 27 yards for the score…Ran a fade-route to the back right corner of the end zone to bring in a six-yard TD catch over CB TJ Carrie at the end of the first half…The score marked his 22nd TD catch of his career, moving him into sole possession of 13th in Chargers history…On the first play of the third quarter, ran a shallow crossing-route with a double-move to get separation from LB NaVorro Bowman before hauling in the pass and juking by S Shalom Luani for a 23-yard gain…His nine catches brought his season total to 102, passing Hall of Fame RB LaDainian Tomlinson (100 in 2003) for the most in a season in Chargers history…It also brought his career catches to 323 to move past Malcom Floyd (321) for 10th in team annals…The 133 yards increased his season total to 1,393 to rank No. 2 in team history for a single season, passing Kellen Winslow (1,290 in 1980), Lance Alworth (1,312 in 1968), John Jefferson (1,340 in 1980) and Alworth (1,383 in 1966)…Moved ahead of RB Ronnie Harmon (3,928) and Tomlinson (3,955) with 4,010 career receiving yards for 11th in Chargers history.
2016: Returned from a kidney injury that kept him out the final eight games of 2015 to post 63 receiving yards on six catches (10.5 avg.) in the first half of the season opener before suffering a season-ending knee injury…Placed on injured reserve on Sept. 12…Awards: Ed Block Courage Award…vs. Kansas City (Sept. 11): Started at WR and hauled in six passes for 63 yards (10.5 avg.) in the first half before suffering a season-ending knee injury.
2015: Hauled in 67 passes for 725 yards (10.8 avg.) and four TDs in eight starts, playing only in the first eight contests before suffering a season-ending kidney injury…His 67 receptions tied for the third-most in NFL history midway through a season…Became the first player in NFL history with 12-plus catches in three of a team’s first six games in a season (Week 1 vs. Detroit, Week 3 at Minnesota and Week 6 at Green Bay)…Tied Hall of Fame TE Kellen Winslow’s (Oct. 7, 1984) team-record 15 catches against Detroit in the season opener…Placed on injured reserve on Nov. 3…Awards: Chargers Offensive Player of the Year…vs. Detroit (Sept. 13): Posted 15 catches for a then-career-high 166 yards (11.1 avg.), the most by any player on NFL Kickoff Weekend since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger…His 15 receptions tied Kellen Winslow (Oct. 7, 1984) for the most single-game catches in team annals and the 11th-most in league history…Helped the team overcome an 18-point deficit to win…Hauled in a 15-yard catch on third-and-10 early in the fourth quarter to keep the go-ahead TD drive alive…Later on the same drive, corralled a 20-yard pass on third-and-19 to get to the Detroit 22-yard line…at Minnesota (Sept. 27): Tied a career high with two TDs while posting 133 yards on 12 catches (11.1 avg.)…vs. Cleveland (Oct. 4): With four catches for 72 yards (18.0 avg.) and a TD, brought his season receptions total to 33, tying TE Antonio Gates (2007) for the most through the first four games of a season in team history…at Green Bay (Oct. 18): Caught 14 passes on 15 targets for 157 yards (11.2 avg.), including six receptions in the first quarter and 11 in the first half…Suffered a hip injury in the second half and did not return…at Baltimore (Nov. 1): Caught five passes for 35 yards (7.0 avg.) and a TD…Suffered a season-ending kidney injury on the 13-yard TD catch…Hauled in catches on the TD drive to convert third-and-three and third-and-five situations.
2014: Started in all 14 games that he played in, setting a then-career-high with 77 catches that went for 783 yards (10.2 avg.) and four TDs…vs. Jacksonville (Sept. 28): Hauled in 10 passes for a season-high 135 yards (13.5 avg.)…at Oakland (Oct. 12): Set up the game-winning drive with a career-long 29-yard punt return as the Chargers punched it in for a TD six plays later…at Denver (Oct. 23): Led the team with nine catches for 73 yards (8.1 avg.) and his first TD of the season…vs. St. Louis (Nov. 23): Hauled in the game-winning TD and a team-high 104 yards on six catches (17.3 avg.)…at Baltimore (Nov. 30): Registered a team-high 11 receptions for 121 yards (11.0 avg.) and a season-high two TDs in a one-point victory…Targeted a season-high 15 times…His second TD was a 23-yard score late in the fourth quarter to bring the Chargers within three points…On the game-winning series, hauled in three catches for 33 yards…vs. Denver (Dec. 14): Suffered an ankle injury in the second quarter…Returned to action in the third quarter, but left shortly after and did not return…Also suffered a shoulder injury…Finished with 18 yards on three catches (6.0 avg.)…at San Francisco (Dec. 20): Inactive (ankle, shoulder).
2013: Named Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Professional Football Writers of America…Earned PFWA All-Rookie honors…Recognized as Rookie of the Year by Sporting News…Named Pepsi Next Rookie of the Year in a fan vote…Voted by fans as the Pepsi Next Rookie of the Week for his efforts in a Week 6 win against the Colts: Nine catches for 107 yards (11.9 avg.) and a TD…Recognized by fans a second time as the Pepsi Next Rookie of the Week for posting a season-high 124 yards on nine catches (13.8 avg.) in a three-point victory over Kansas City in Week 12…Voted by fans to his third Pepsi Next Rookie of the Week during a Week 15 win over Denver: Registered a pair of TD catches, one that went for 19 yards and one that went for 10 yards…Capped off the regular season in a Week 17 overtime victory against the Chiefs by receiving his fourth Pepsi Next Rookie of the Week award in a vote by fans, posting 89 yards on five catches (17.8 avg.)…Appeared in 15 games with 14 starts…Posted 71 catches for 1,046 yards (14.7 avg.) and eight TDs…Registered five 100-yard performances, setting a team rookie record…His 71 catches were the most by a rookie in Chargers history, passing Hall of Fame RB LaDainian Tomlinson’s 59 in 2001…Became just the fifth rookie since 2000 to post a 1,000-yard season…Late in the season, posted five TD catches in three games, tying the most by a Chargers WR in a three-game stretch since 1996…Twice posted back-to-back 100-yard performances, a feat that hadn’t been accomplished by a Chargers rookie since WR Don Norton did so in 1960…Started both playoff contests, registering eight catches for 163 yards (20.4 avg.) and two TDs…Entered the postseason record books with a 142-yard, two-TD performance in the AFC Divisional…It marked the first two-TD catch playoff game by a Charger since Hall of Fame TE Kellen Winslow (Jan. 9, 1983) did so in an AFC Wild Card victory over at Pittsburgh…The 142 yards tied Philadelphia TE Keith Jackson (1988) for the second-most by a rookie in a playoff game in league history…Awards: Professional Football Writers of America Offensive Rookie of the Year…PFWA All-Rookie…Sporting News Rookie of the Year…Pepsi Next Rookie of the Year…Sports Illustrated Offensive Rookie of the Year…CBSSports.com Offensive Rookie of the Year…Pepsi Next Rookie of the Week (Weeks 6, 12, 15 and 17)…at Philadelphia (Sept. 15): Appeared in the first NFL game of his career, posting his first two receptions for 34 yards (17.0 avg.)…Both catches moved the chains on scoring drives, with the first going for 18 yards on third-and-11 and the second good for 16 on third-and-seven…at Tennessee (Sept. 22): Started the first game of his career at WR…vs. Dallas (Sept. 29): Posted five catches for 80 yards (16.0 avg.) after opening at WR…Sustained the first scoring drive of the game with a 31-yard reception on third-and-eight…at Oakland (Oct. 6): Started at WR, hauling in the first TD of his career and registered his first 100-yard game (155 yards and a TD on six catches)…vs. Indianapolis (Oct. 14): Voted by fans as the Pepsi Next Rookie of the Week…Set a season high with nine catches for 107 yards (11.9 avg.) and the second TD catch of his career…The 107 yards marked his second-straight 100-yard performance, becoming just the second Chargers rookie with back-to-back 100-yard receiving games, joining Don Norton (1960)…at Washington (Nov. 3): Started at WR, posting a season-high 128 yards and a TD on eight catches (16.0 avg.)…The game marked his third 100-yard performance of the season…Contributed on game-tying field goal drive that sent the game to overtime by hauling in a 22-yard pass on fourth-and-two…at Kansas City (Nov. 24): Named Pepsi Next Rookie of the Week for the second time following a fan vote…Started at WR and led all players with nine receptions for 124 yards (13.8 avg.) with eight catches and 104 yards coming in the first half…Set a team rookie record with his fourth 100-yard game of the season…vs. Cincinnati (Dec. 1): Posted his fifth 100-yard game of the season and his second in as many weeks, marking two back-to-back 100-yard performances during the season…Finished with game highs in catches (eight) and receiving yards (106) for a 13.3 yards-per-reception average…vs. New York Giants (Dec. 8): With 59 yards and two TDs on three catches (19.7 avg.), registered the first multi-TD game of his career…Both TD catches (43 and four yards, respectively) came on third down plays helping the team jump to a 24-point lead…Brought his season total to 61 receptions, passing LaDainian Tomlinson (59 in 2001) for the most by a rookie in Chargers history…at Denver (Dec. 12): Voted by fans as the Pepsi Next Rookie of the Week for the third time…Started at WR and posted TD catches of 19 and 10 yards on third down in the second quarter…vs. Oakland (Dec. 22): Hauled in three passes for 26 yards (8.7 avg.) and a TD after opening the game at WR…The four-yard TD catch in the third quarter broke a 10-10 tie and proved to be the game-winning score in the 26-13 victory…It marked his fifth TD catch in three games, tying the most by a Chargers WR in a three-game stretch since 1996…vs. Kansas City (Dec. 29): Capped off the regular season by winning the fan vote for his fourth Pepsi Next Rookie of the Week…Led the team with 89 yards on five catches (17.8 avg.)…Brought his season total to 1,046 receiving yards, good for No. 1 on the team and setting a Chargers rookie record…Eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark on a 38-yard catch to set up the game-tying field goal late in the fourth quarter…at Cincinnati (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 5): Started at WR in the first postseason game of his career…Registered two catches for 21 yards (10.5 avg.) with both receptions extending scoring drives on third down…at Denver (AFC Divisional, Jan. 12): Tied a team postseason record with two TDs and posted the second-most receiving yards in Chargers playoff history (142) on six catches (23.7 avg.)…The TD catches each went for 16 yards in the fourth quarter…Set up his second score with a 49-yard catch-and-run on fourth-and-five…It marked the first two-TD catch playoff game by a Charger since Kellen Winslow (Jan. 9, 1983) did so in an AFC Wild Card victory at Pittsburgh…The 142 yards tied Keith Jackson (1988) for the second-most by a rookie in a playoff game in league history.
COLLEGE: Played three seasons (2010-12) at California, hauling in a school-record 205 passes for 2,570 yards (12.5 avg.) and 17 TDs…Added 30 carries for 230 yards (7.7 avg.) and two TDs…Returned 21 punts for 252 yards (12.0 avg.), including one that went for a TD…Honorable mention All-Pacific-12 as a junior…Earned third-team All-America, first-team All-Pac-12 and Bear Backers MVP honors as a sophomore in 2011…Recognized as second-team All-Pacific-10 as a freshman…Named Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Arizona State as a freshman…Received the College Football Performer of the Week four times in his career, including three as a WR and one as a punt returner.
PERSONAL: Given name Keenan Alexander Allen…Nickname is ‘Slayer’…Born in Greensboro, N.C. …Has two daughters, Kamari and Kaliyah…Half-brother, Zach Maynard, threw passes to him in college at California…Maynard transferred to Cal from the University of Buffalo, and the pair combined for the longest pass play in school annals, a 90-yard score in 2011 against the Washington Huskies…Close friends with WR Marvin Jones, who hosted him on a recruiting trip to California before becoming college teammates…Taught himself to play the piano using YouTube videos and has considered a career in the music industry…Taught himself how to golf when recovering from a torn ACL in the 2016 season opener…Co-hosted a two-day football camp at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, spending time with Active Duty Troops…Hosted a youth football camp at his alma mater, North Guilford High…Sponsors a 15-and-under AAU basketball team with the nickname ‘Slayers,’ like his own moniker...In 2016, teamed up with the Boys & Girls Club to introduce the program ‘Catches for Kids,’ where supporters can pledge donations for each catch made in-season…Majority stakeholder of Zen Enterprises…Earned a degree in African-American studies from California…High School: Graduated from North Guilford High in Greensboro, N.C., after spending his first two prep seasons across town at Grimsley High…Earned All-America honors from USA Today as a senior and led the school to a 3A Mid-State Conference Title…Recognized as an All-State selection as a junior…Played alongside Maynard his freshman and sophomore years…Lettered four years in football and two in track & field.
2013 Selected by San Diego Chargers in the third round (76th overall) of NFL Draft, April 26…Signed rookie contract, May 9.
2015 Placed on Reserve/Injured (kidney), Nov. 3.
2016 Signed contract extension, June 11…Placed on Reserve/Injured (knee), Sept. 12.
