Cyrus Allen is a wide receiver and 2026 NFL Draft prospect who finished his collegiate career with the Cincinnati Bearcats after previous stops at Louisiana Tech and Texas A&M. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Allen attended Landry-Walker High School and was rated a three-star recruit in the 2021 class before committing to Louisiana Tech. After sitting out in 2021, he broke out as a true freshman in 2022, posting 22 catches for 500 yards and four touchdowns while leading all FBS freshmen nationally with 10 plays of 30 or more yards and averaging 22.7 yards per reception. He followed that with 46 catches for 778 yards and four touchdowns in 2023, totaling 1,278 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in his two Louisiana Tech seasons. He transferred to Texas A&M for 2024, started five games as the Aggies' third-leading receiver with 18 catches for 269 yards before suffering a season-ending arm injury, then transferred to Cincinnati for his final season in 2025. He became the Bearcats' leading receiver and finished with 51 catches for 674 yards and a Big 12-leading 13 touchdowns, showcasing the big-play ability and separation skills that drew attention from scouts throughout the draft process. He earned invitations to both the American Bowl and the Panini Senior Bowl, where he continued to impress evaluators with his release package and route running.
Standing 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds, Allen is known for a compact, efficient release package that allows him to win cleanly and quickly in press coverage, smooth hip sinkage out of his breaks that generates consistent separation at all three levels of the route tree, and the natural ability to accelerate out of short and intermediate routes that has made him productive against man coverage throughout his career. NFL evaluators project him as a slot or flanker receiver at the next level who can contribute as a third or fourth option in a passing offense from Day 1, where his route running instincts, separation ability, and touchdown production across four productive collegiate seasons position him as a late-round pick with the upside to develop into a reliable rotational receiver in the right offensive system.
