Jared Allen
American football player and curler
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| 2024 | Allen competed in the United States Men's Curling Championship with Team Ruohonen, led by skip Rich Ruohonen, playing the lead position. |
| April 2024 | Allen, along with Canadian curlers John Morris and Jennifer Jones, became part of The Curling Group, which purchased ownership and operations of the Grand Slam of Curling series from Sportsnet. |
| October 30 2022 | Formally inducted into the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor, riding into U.S. Bank Stadium on a horse. |
| July 29 2022 | Announced as the 27th inductee of the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor. |
| 2021 | Allen played second for 2007 US Champion Todd Birr in the United States Men's Curling Championship, where the team went 0-9. |
| 2021 | Allen became eligible for Pro Football Hall of Fame but was not inducted on his first ballot, being passed over for Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson, and Calvin Johnson. |
| 2019 | Allen's curling team participated in the US Men's Challenge Round, losing all three games with a combined score of 27-3. |
| 2018 | Named as an investor and player relations executive for the Alliance of American Football. |
| March 2018 | Jared Allen recruited fellow retired NFL players Marc Bulger, Keith Bulluck, and Michael Roos to form a competitive curling team and competed in the World Curling Tour's Curl Mesabi Classic, losing all four games, including a 11-3 loss to the 2018 Olympics gold medal-winning team. |
| April 14 2016 | Allen signed a one-day contract with Minnesota Vikings to officially retire as a Viking. |
| February 18 2016 | Jared Allen announced his retirement by posting a video to Twitter of him riding his horse 'into the sunset'. |
| February 7 2016 | Allen played in Super Bowl 50 with the Carolina Panthers, losing to the Denver Broncos 24-10 and recording one tackle during the game. |
| 2015 | Transitioned to outside linebacker position as the Chicago Bears switched to a 3-4 defensive alignment. |
| 2015 | Played in Super Bowl 50 with the Carolina Panthers. |
| September 28 2015 | Jared Allen was traded to the Carolina Panthers from another team for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2016 NFL draft. |
| 2014 | Missed week three game against the Green Bay Packers due to pneumonia, losing 18 pounds, which ended his consecutive games played streak dating back to week two of 2007. |
| March 26 2014 | Signed a four-year, $32 million contract with the Chicago Bears, with $15.5 million guaranteed, which could potentially be reduced to a three-year, $24 million deal. |
| October 2 2012 | Fined $7,875 for grabbing Tampa Bay Buccaneers lineman Donald Penn's facemask. |
| January 1 2012 | Set the Minnesota Vikings single-season franchise record for most sacks with 22 sacks. |
| 2011 | Broke Vikings franchise record by recording 22 sacks in a single season |
| October 27 2011 | His wife Amy gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Brinley Noelle Allen. |
| 2010 | Featured in the film Jackass 3D, performing a stunt alongside Erik Ainge that involved blindsiding Johnny Knoxville. |
| 2010 | Began an NFL record-tying streak of 11 consecutive games with at least 0.5 sacks, which would continue into 2011 |
| 2010 | Finished the season with 11 sacks, ranking 10th in the league. |
| 2010 | Traded from the Kansas City Chiefs to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for three draft picks, including a first-round pick. |
| September 2010 | Contributed $3,000 to SEACCA's reward fund to help find information about a starved and abandoned horse in Los Angeles. |
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