Denver Broncos quarterbacks Brandon Allen and Drew Lock faced off as the starters for Arkansas and Missouri during the 2015 college football season. Allen was a senior and Lock was a freshman.
“It was freezing,” Allen said Wednesday. “I remember that. It was a sleet game at home. I think it was the only time I played him, and I think we beat him. That was good. I still tell him about it.”
Wait, he thinks he beat him?
“No, we definitely beat them,” Allen said with a smile.
The Razorbacks defeated the Tigers 28-3.
Neither QB played particularly well in the game — they both threw an interception and neither scored a touchdown — but Allen got the win and therefore has the bragging rights.
“He does,” Lock admitted. “They did beat us when I was a young 18-year-old. I think he was a fifth-year guy so what 22 maybe, 23? I was very young, but then I think we took care of business the next couple of years.”
Brandon’s younger brother, Austin, took over as Arkansas’ starter in 2016. Lock got the best of Austin in 2016 and 2017, winning 28-24 and 48-45.
“I kind of claimed [bragging rights] back from him and it was against his brother,” Lock said. “I think I got the family outright. He just might have me.”
Austin signed with the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2018 and failed to make their 53-man roster. He then went on to spend time with the Memphis Express and Salt Lake Stallions in the now-folded AAF.
Lock went on to be selected by Denver in the second round of April’s draft. He is below Allen on the depth chart at the moment but that might change by the end of the season.
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