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Allen a ferocious linebacker for Flowery Branch
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Flowery Branch High’s Jacob Allen looks toward the sidelines between plays during the Falcons win over Gainesville High last Friday night. - photo by Scott Rogers | The Times
FLOWERY BRANCH — It took less than one practice for Flowery Branch coach Chris Griffin to figure out he had a football player on his hands in Jacob Allen. It was the late in the 2008-09 school year and Allen was a wiry eighth-grader at the time, coming up from middle school for spring practice. “It was five minutes into the first practice, and we all were like ‘who is this kid?,’” said Griffin, then the Falcons defensive coordinator.
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