Former Drake Linebacker Sean Allison Signs With Rutgers
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Rutgers football has added some more help to its linebacker core, as Sean Allison from Drake has decided to sign with the Scarlet Knights. Allison was able to sign with Rutgers out of the transfer portal because the Knights hired former Drake head coach Joe Woodley to be their rush ends coach, which opened a transfer portal window for current Drake players after a new head coach was hired. He joins former South Dakota cornerback Mikey Munn as a player who joined the team via the shakeup of the defensive coaching staff this offseason.
Allison, who is listed at 6-foot, 235-pounds, hails from Hinsdale, Illinois. He enrolled at Drake as a part of the 2022 recruitment class and will have one year to play for Rutgers before his eligibility runs out.
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Allison redshirted his first year in 2022, before appearing in 12 games in 2023. He would appear in 35 games total during his career at Drake, 24 of which he started.
Allison had an extremely impressive year for the Bulldogs last season, as he recorded 126 total tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 pass breakups, and 2 interceptions. He was named a third-team all-American by both Stats Perform and FCS Football Central, earned defensive player of the year award honors from the Pioneer Football League, and was named to the league’s first team defense. He was also named as one of the 30 finalists for the 2025 Buck Buchanan Award, which is an award given to the best defensive player in the FCS at the end of each season.
Allison recorded eight games with double-digit tackles for Drake last season. 2025 was his second season in a row recording at least 100 tackles.
On top of joining his former head coach at Rutgers, he will also join his former defensive coordinator, Adam Cox, who was named the Knights’ safeties coach in early February.
The Knights have a lot of talent coming up the pipeline at the linebacker position. On top of that, they also added Rice linebacker Ty Morris in the transfer portal this offseason. Bringing in guys like Allison and Morris gives younger linebackers such as Kamar Archie and DJ McClary more time to develop, while hopefully providing an immediate boost to the linebacker core, which had a tough 2025 season like the rest of the defense.