Allred was a high school football star who would later go on to play for the Tennessee Titans. From there he pivoted to law school where he pursued a career as a civil rights attorney.

Cruz has sought to use one of Allred’s key credentials against him: "Can you imagine having an NFL linebacker tackle your ...

Get more election coverage on KSAT’s Vote 2024 page. Colin Allred has leaned into his football background throughout his candidacy to represent Texas as a United States Senator. Even though a ...

With fewer than two weeks until Election Day, Allred, the 41-year-old Baylor University graduate and former NFL linebacker turned civil rights attorney and congressman, told me that he regularly ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) won reelection to his Texas Senate seat in a closely watched race against Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), a ...

Colin Allred, according to projections from CBS News and the Associated ... Allred is a former football player for the ...

Republican incumbent Ted Cruz takes on challenger Democratic U.S. Rep Colin Allred ... Collins in 2020 and Antonio Swand in ...

Colin Allred, you’d be pardoned if you were anticipating ... But Allred, the Dallas-born, former-Baylor football captain, former-NFL player and current congressman representing the 23rd District ...

Colin Allred square off on Tuesday in the only debate ... in 2018. He’s a former Baylor football standout and played five seasons in the National Football League. Cruz and Allred are both ...

Colin Allred (D-Texas) has leaned heavily on his ... reminding Texas voters that he played for Baylor University (and also about the time Cruz flew to Cancun during a deadly winter storm).