Joe Allaria

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Edwardsville, Ill.
	High School: Edwardsville

	Height / Weight: 6-2 / 195
	Position: WR
	Birthdate: 05/16/1989
	Experience: 4th

11/24/2007

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Last updated on Aug. 2, 2010

This Season at Southern Illinois: Selected to the 2010 MVFC Preseason Team...Preseason Second-Team All-MVFC Selection by Phil Steele.

2009: Garnered Second-Team All-MVFC honors...Named to MVFC All-Academic first team...Received the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...Member of the MVFC Academic Honor Roll...Won the teams Most Valuable Wide Receiver Award...Started in 12 of 13 games...Led the team with 52 catches for 697 yards and had four touchdowns...His 52 receptions are the fifth-most in a year in program history and his 697 yards receiving are the sixth-most...Caught at least one pass in all 13 games...Became the first Saluki receiver since 2005 to have two 100-yard receiving games in a season (144 vs. Southwest Baptist; 108 vs. Youngstown State)...Had touchdown receptions of 86 and 77 yards, which are the second and 12th longest in school history.

2008: Switched from quarterback to wide receiver and finished third on the team in catches (28)...Caught at least two passes in each of the last seven games...Earned the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum 3.2 grade point average... Named MVFC All-Academic Honorable Mention.

2007: Member of the MVFC Academic Honor Roll...Recorded a season-high 63 yards on nine carries at Southern Utah...Scored his first career touchdown on an 8-yard run against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

High School: Two-way starter at quarterback and free safety...Completed 87-of-140 passes for 1,237 yards and 11 touchdowns, and rushed for 902 yards and 17 TDs as a senior...His 2,139 yards of total offense rank second all-time in school history...Defensively, he registered 58 tackles (41 solo, 17 assisted), two fumble recoveries and one interception...Career wise, he went 23-5 as a starting QB en route to setting school records in both total yardage (4,711) and touchdowns (53 -- 20 rushing, 30 passing)...First-team Champaign News Gazette and Illinois High School Coaches Association all-state quarterback...Alton Telegraph Player of the Year...Was among USA Today's Top-50 high school football red zone performers in the nation.

Personal: Born May 16, 1989 in Alton, Ill...Son of Vince and Rhonda Allaria...Father is a computer programmer analyst, mother is an operations manager...Majoring in marketing.

Allaria Stats

RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2007 11 30 188 1 39 6.3 17.1 2008 12 19 44 0 17 2.3 3.7 2009 13 4 5 0 5 1.2 0.4 TOTAL 36 53 237 1 39 4.5 6.6

PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effic 2007 11 11-21-1 106 0 18 52.4 5.0 9.6 85.3 2008 12 10-16-0 85 0 28 62.5 5.3 7.1 107.1 2009 13 1-1-0 20 0 20 100.0 20.0 1.5 268.0 TOTAL 36 22-38-1 211 0 28 57.9 5.6 5.9 99.3

TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g 2007 11 188 106 294 26.7 2008 12 44 85 129 10.8 2009 13 5 20 25 1.9 TOTAL 36 237 211 448 12.4

RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2007 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2008 12 28 260 1 30 2.3 9.3 21.7 2009 13 52 697 4 86 4.0 13.4 53.6 TOTAL 36 80 957 5 86 2.2 12.0 26.6

SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g 2007 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.5 2008 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.5 2009 13 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 24 1.8 TOTAL 36 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 36 1.0

PUNT RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 2007 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2008 12 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.2 2009 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 TOTAL 36 1 15 0 15 15.0 0.4

KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 2007 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2008 12 2 33 0 18 16.5 2.8 2009 13 2 39 0 22 19.5 3.0 TOTAL 36 4 72 0 22 18.0 2.0

ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 2007 11 188 0 0 0 0 188 17.1 2008 12 44 260 15 33 0 352 29.3 2009 13 5 697 0 39 0 741 57.0 TOTAL 36 237 957 15 72 0 1281 35.6

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2007 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2008 12 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 2009 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 36 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0