2019 SEASON: Appeared in all 16 games with three starts and caught 35 passes for 477 yards (13.6 avg.) and three TDs, with all of his receptions coming in Weeks 6-17...Ranked No. 2 on the team in receiving yards...Had one carry for 21 yards...Was tied for No. 3 on the team with seven tackles on special teams…Started both playoff games and caught three passes for 36 yards (12.0 avg.) while adding a 5-yard carry…Vs. Detroit (Oct. 14): Led team with four receptions for 65 yards (16.3 avg.) and a TD, with all of his catches coming in the fourth quarter. With just over nine minutes remaining in the game, made a 35-yard TD catch with CB Justin Coleman in tight coverage, hauling in the pass from QB Aaron Rodgers in the end zone for his first NFL touchdown. Added three receptions (12, 3, 15) on the Packers' game-winning drive, with the 12- and 15-yarders picking up first downs...Vs. Oakland (Oct. 20): Made his first career start, opening the game as the Packers started with three WRs, and caught three passes for 42 yards (14.0 avg.), highlighted by a leaping 26-yard reception over CB Daryl Worley in the third quarter down to the Oakland 3-yard line that set up a TD pass from Rodgers to TE Jimmy Graham on the next play…At Kansas City (Oct. 27): Caught a career-high five passes for 42 yards (8.4 avg.)…At L.A. Chargers (Nov. 3): Posted a team-high 44 yards receiving on three catches (14.7 avg.) and added a career-best two tackles on special teams…At N.Y. Giants (Dec. 1): Registered the first 100-yard receiving outing of his career, pacing the team with a career-high 103 yards and a TD on three receptions (34.3 avg.). On Green Bay's second play from scrimmage, came in motion and beat CB Janoris Jenkins to make a sliding catch at the New York 22 for a career-long 43-yard catch. Capped off Green Bay's second drive with a 37-yard TD catch, beating S Antoine Bethea to make the grab in the end zone...At Minnesota (Dec. 23): Ranked No. 2 on the team with five receptions for 45 yards (9.0 avg.) as he tied his single-game career high for catches…At Detroit (Dec. 29): Posted 69 receiving yards on four receptions (17.3 avg.), highlighted by a leaping 28-yard TD catch with 5:19 remaining in the game to tie the game at 20…At San Francisco (NFC Championship, Jan. 19): Hauled in three passes for 36 yards (12.0 avg.), including a 19-yard grab over the middle late in the first half.
2018: Appeared in one game for the Packers and caught one pass for 7 yards…Spent the first 15 weeks of the season on Jacksonville's practice squad before being signed to Green Bay's active roster on Dec. 18…Was inactive in Week 16 for the Packers at the N.Y. Jets (healthy scratch)…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 30): Made his NFL debut, appearing on one snap in the fourth quarter. Made his first NFL catch on the play, hauling in a 7-yard pass from QB DeShone Kizer...2018 Draft: Signed by the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent on May 11.
COLLEGE: Appeared in 48 games with 45 starts and finished his career as the Cyclones' all-time leader in receptions (241), receiving yards (3,360) and 100-yard receiving games (12)…Posted 26 receiving TDs, good for No. 2 in school annals…Added 21 punt returns for 213 yards (10.1 avg.)…Caught a pass in all 48 games played, setting a school record and establishing the nation's best active streak upon graduation…Became the only player in school history to post 40-plus-receptions and 500-plus receiving yards in four consecutive seasons…Joined RB Ennis Haywood as the only two Cyclone offensive players in school history to be named first-team All-Big 12 in multiple seasons (2016, 2017)…Recognized with the Pete Taylor Team Most Valuable Player award three times (2015, 2016, 2017)…Earned his degree in communication studies…Senior season (2017): Played in all 13 games with 12 starts, leading the team with 71 receptions (second-highest total in a single season in school history) for 941 yards (13.3 avg.) and a school-record 10 TDs…Posted a team-high four 100-yard receiving games…Named first-team All-Big 12 by the league's coaches…Concluded his career by earning MVP and Offensive Player of the Game honors vs. Memphis in the Liberty Bowl (Dec. 30) after registering 10 receptions for 142 yards (14.2 avg.) and a TD, with his 10 receptions tying the Liberty Bowl record and setting the Iowa State record for catches in a bowl game…Junior season (2016): Played in all 12 games with 11 starts and led the team in receptions (69), receiving yards (1,018) and TD catches (seven)…Collected first-team All-Big 12 honors from the league's coaches and ESPN…Became the fourth player in school history to record a 1,000-yard receiving season…Set the school mark for 100-yard receiving games in a season with six…Led the Big 12 in receptions for first downs with 54…Opened the season with back-to-back 100-yard receiving games vs. Northern Iowa (Sept. 3) and at Iowa (Sept. 10)…Ended the season with three straight 100-yard receiving games, including a season-high 137 yards vs. Texas Tech (Nov. 19)…Sophomore season (2015): Started all 11 games he played in and paced the team in receptions (56), receiving yards (808) and TD catches (six)…Also was the team's top punt returner, tallying 11 returns for 214 yards, good for a school-record 19.5-yard average…Named second-team All-Big 12 by The Associated Press…Registered five receptions for a career-high 147 yards (29.4 avg.), including a career-long 74-yard TD catch, vs. TCU (Oct. 17)…Freshman season (2014): Played in all 12 games with 11 starts and posted 45 receptions for 593 yards (13.2 avg.) and three TDs…Both reception and receiving totals ranked second all-time for an Iowa State freshman…Earned Big 12 All-Freshman team honorable mention…Recorded his first career reception for 48 yards, a season long, in the season opener vs. North Dakota State (Aug. 30).
PERSONAL: Given name Allen Jamel Lazard…Last name is pronounced luh-ZARD...Born in Des Moines, Iowa...His father, Kevin, played defensive back at Iowa State from 1990-93…Was teammates at Iowa State with his brother, Anthony, who played linebacker for the Cyclones from 2013-16…High school: Was a four-year starter at Urbandale (Iowa) High School, starring at both DB and WR…As a senior in 2013, was rated as the No. 1 college prospect in Iowa by Rivals.com…Earned All-America honors from MaxPreps, State Farm and USA Today…Was a three-time Des Moines Register Elite All-State pick, twice as a DB (2011, 2012) and once as a WR (2013)…Named the Western Iowa Offensive Player of Year in 2013 by the Des Moines Register after catching 49 passes for 1,065 yards (21.7 avg.) and 21 TDs…Named the Western Iowa Defensive Player of Year in 2012 by the Des Moines Register after posting 86 tackles…Holds school career records in receptions (105), receiving yards (2,349), TDs (34) and INTs (14)…As a sophomore in 2011, returned three INTs for TDs in a single quarter to tie a national record…Community involvement: Participated in the Green Bay Packers Give Back Bowling Event...Residence: Denver, Colo.