Lazard at 2017 Big 12 Media Days
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Iowa State Cyclones – No. 5 | |
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Position | Wide receiver |
Class | Senior |
Major | Communications Studies |
Career history | |
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Bowl games | |
High school | Urbandale |
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Born: |
Urbandale, Iowa |
December 11, 1995
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight | 222 lb (101 kg) |
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Allen Lazard (born December 11, 1995) is a college American football wide receiver for the Iowa State Cyclones. He was a top-rated recruit coming out of high school, where he was named a 2013 USA Today High School All-American. Lazard has been selected to the First-team All-Big 12 in both 2016 and 2017 and is the career leader in both receptions and receiving yards at Iowa State.
At Urbandale High School Lazard was a four-year starter on both offense and defense. Lazard still holds the school career records in receptions (105), receiving yards (2,349), touchdowns (34) and interceptions (14). His high school honors include but are not limited to: USA Today All American,Des Moines Register's Offensive Player of the Year in 2013, Defensive Player of the Year in 2012, and a three-time All-State selection.
A consensus four star wide receiver, Lazard was a highly touted recruit out of high school. He was ranked the #1 recruit of the state of Iowa and the 7th best receiver in the country by Rivals. Lazard ultimately followed his father Kevin (1990–93) and brother Anthony (2013–16) in playing for the Iowa State Cyclones over Notre Dame, Nebraska, Stanford, California and Iowa.