After signing a massive contract this offseason, Jacksonville's top pass rusher has bigger goals in mind to reach.
Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow DiRocco on Twitter at @ESPNdirocco.was on the EverBank Stadium field early in the spring of 2022 thinking about the legacy he wanted to build.
Hines-Allen talks often about building his legacy on and off the field. It's why he changed his last name from Allen to Hines-Allen this offseason and why it's important for him to live up to his family's athletic lineage. It's why he played in a Kentucky bowl game despite being a top draft prospect. And it's why he wants to be the defensive player of the year, win a Super Bowl with the Jaguars and be selected the game's MVP.
"... She goes into the league . What's my step? I have to go. She gets drafted. I remember that night. I was like, I have to get drafted higher. Got drafted higher than her. Cool. Now I'm up on her, and then she wins a championship. I'm like, 'Well s---, I've got to win a championship.' And the MVP once we get there. A Super Bowl and an MVP."
Hines-Allen played in every game over four years at Kentucky. By the end, he was one of the nation's best players, winning the SEC's Defensive Player of the Year award, the Bronko Nagurski Award, the Chuck Bednarik Award, the Ronnie Lott IMPACT Trophy, and the Jack Lambert Award after leading the SEC with 17 sacks. Entering the draft, he was regarded as a lock to be a top-10 pick.
And now, Stoops said Hines-Allen -- who is Kentucky's all-time sacks leader -- is one of three players he'd consider the best who have played for him, along with safeties Ed Reed and Sean Taylor, both of whom he coached while he was an assistant at the University of Miami.
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