Ricardo and Grace Allen - A Football Marriage
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Episode 509
Ricardo Allen is a defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons. He was selected in the 5th round of the 2014 NFL Draft (pick 147) by Atlanta in 2014 out of Purdue. He quickly became a starter and helped the Falcons to the NFC Championship and a berth in the Super Bowl in 2016.
In August of 2018, Allen signed a three-year contract extension with Atlanta and after suffering an achilles injury in 2018, he returned in 2019 to have a productive season and was named as the Falcons' 2019 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee.
In April of 2015, Ricardo and his wife Grace were married and together, they have three children and host their own podcast - "All in with the Allens."
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Ricardo and Grace about their journey of faith, their NFL draft experience, how a difficult loss in Super LI actually helped shape Ricardo in a positive way, and the importance in investing in their marriage.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.9 | Hey, guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano. Hey guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:22.2 | I am Jason Romano. |
| 0:23.4 | My email address is Jason at Sportspectrum.com. |
| 0:26.9 | Jason at Sportspectrum.com. |
| 0:28.8 | Love to hear from you. |
| 0:30.1 | Hear any thoughts you have on today's show with Ricardo and Grace Allen or any feedback |
| 0:34.9 | or maybe some ideas for future guests. |
| 0:37.3 | You can email me directly, Jason |
| 0:39.1 | at Sportspectrum.com. We are presented today by Ronald Blue Trust, their advisors applying biblical |
| 0:46.9 | wisdom and technical expertise to help their clients make wise financial decisions to experience |
| 0:52.3 | clarity and confidence and leave a lasting legacy. |
| 0:55.7 | Check them out at Ronblue.com. Ronblue.com. Today on the show, we welcome a husband and wife |
| 1:04.3 | duo. Ricardo Allen, who is a defensive back with the Atlanta Falcons and his wife, Grace, |
| 1:10.0 | join us here today on Sports |
| 1:12.5 | Spectrum. Ricardo played his college ball at Purdue. It was an NFC champion in 2016 when the |
| 1:19.1 | Atlanta Falcons went all the way to Super Bowl 51. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2014 |
| 1:26.0 | NFL draft, pick number 147. He signed a three-year |
| 1:30.4 | contract extension in August of 2018, and then that same season tore his Achilles in week |
| 1:37.4 | three and missed the rest of the season. He returned in 2019 and was named the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1:41.9 | representative for the 2019 Walter Payton Man of the Year. |
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