Philadelphia Eagles Devon Allen understands the difficulties of doing both football and track, but he has made electric plays in back-to-back summer in quest to make team
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00:00 >> Matt didn't feel too far behind in terms of my football.
00:06 I mean, being here in the program and the scheme, the offense for a year helped a
00:10 lot in terms of the offense knowing what I'm doing.
00:12 That was the biggest hoop I had to jump through last year.
00:15 But after getting healthy, it's just kind of getting your legs back under yourself
00:21 and feeling confident with moving around and doing football related stuff.
00:26 But yeah, other than that, it took a little bit.
00:28 It's only been about two weeks since I've been back in the practice, but
00:31 it's getting there.
00:32 It happens quick.
00:33 The way we practice, we have high intensity practices, so
00:36 we're kind of forced to get back into it.
00:38 >> Second summer, you made a pretty electric play,
00:40 the 55 yard touchdown catch last year and the 73 yard kickoff return.
00:45 What happened on that kickoff return tonight?
00:46 Looked like you dropped the ball and it picked it up.
00:47 >> Yeah, a little bit of nerves.
00:50 It's my first kickoff return in probably seven or eight years.
00:53 >> Wow.
00:54 >> So, but yeah, I mean, it ended up being okay.
00:59 I'm not gonna hear the end of it from some of my track friends getting caught,
01:04 but that's okay.
01:06 The adrenaline is crazy because it's kind of the opposite.
01:10 My legs felt super heavy at the end of that run.
01:12 I felt like I couldn't move, but it's okay.
01:15 >> What did you see after the broken tackle, just for you to swing on or what?
01:20 >> Really just, in a play like that, especially on the punt kickoff,
01:25 kind of the defense converges onto the ball.
01:29 Usually, they're taught to swarm, so if you can break a tackle and
01:32 you can go to the field, you got some room.
01:35 So I just was like, let me just see if I can hit the edge,
01:37 cuz I had some room over there.