Wisconsin’s running back commit Kingston Allen has turned his senior season into a weekly showcase, and the numbers have gotten silly in a hurry.
Allen, a consensus four-star recruit who has been ranked as high as No. 150 overall and No. 7 among running backs by 247Sports, blew up in Notre Dame Academy’s 56-53 overtime win over Neenah with 464 rushing yards and seven touchdowns. That performance was just the latest spike in a season that has put him atop the national leaderboard.
Through seven games, and with Notre Dame Academy sitting at 7-0, Allen leads the country with 1,982 rushing yards and 38 touchdowns, according to recruiting analyst Billy Tucker.
Even with that production, there hasn’t been much noise about other programs trying to pry him away. Allen did take an unofficial visit to Minnesota for the Golden Gophers’ 41-7 win over Akron, but the chatter around his recruitment has stayed relatively quiet while he keeps piling up eye-popping stat lines.
The rankings may not be done moving yet. On3/Rivals currently has Allen at No. 268 nationally and No. 20 among running backs, and a bump seems likely after the season he’s putting together. There are questions about the level of competition Notre Dame Academy has faced, especially after close games against Neenah and Kaukauna to open the year, but the Tritons have since ripped through five straight opponents while outscoring them 306-18.
Whatever the competition looks like, Allen’s production has been impossible to ignore. Wisconsin is not usually known as a hotbed for elite high school football talent, but Allen has been one of the most productive players anywhere in the country.
Notre Dame Academy still has two regular-season games left, a home matchup with Green Bay West and a road trip to Sheboygan North. Based on what the Tritons have done over the last five weeks, those final two should look a lot like the rest.
If Allen does make it to Madison next summer, Wisconsin will be getting a back who has already shown he can take over games. He’ll arrive as long as the Badgers hold onto him through national signing day, and while the transfer portal makes future depth charts hard to pin down, Allen has given himself a real case to compete for touches as a true freshman in 2027.
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