Jeff Allen (basketball)

Jeffery Edward Allen Jr. (born June 12, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who has clipped over 123 Double Doubles in international professional play [1] In 2025 he played for Pioneros Del Vila of the SPB league in Venezuela for the 2025 season where in 38 games, he averaged 13.3 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1 STL, 15.6 EFF, while shooting 50% from the field on 24 Minutes per game. Allen won the 'Hoops Agents Player of the Week' award for round 2. For the season, he was awarded 'latinbasket.com All-Venezuelan SPB Honorable Mention 2025'. In 2024, Jeff played briefly in Nicaragua's Liga Superior de Baloncesto (LSB) for the Jaguares UAM club. In 30 MPG, he averaged 16.3 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.5 BPG, an impressive 24.4 EFF, while shooting 56.7 FG% in 11 games. He brought them to the Championship, but fell just short to Real Esteli.

Prior in 23-24 he played for Metros de Santiago and from 21-23 played for Caneros Del Este in the Dominican Republic LNB. During the 3 professional seasons in the Dominican Republic, he racked up 464 points and 195 rebounds in 38 games played.

Prior to signing with them in February 2021, Jeff played in the Cypriot League with Apollon Limassol where he was 1st in the league in 13.3 RPG, 28.3 EFF and 1.6 BPG and 2nd in league in PPG at 21.3 while shooting 57% from the field. Allen won 'League Player of the Week' on an impressive league high 4 occasions in 2020 (Week 1,4,5 and 13). He also was awarded with All-Imports Team, All-Defensive Team, All-Second Team, and Newcomer of the year by the Eurobasket.com All-Cyprus League Awards 2021.

He played college basketball for Virginia Tech in the ACC where he was a 4-year starter. Over the 4 years Allen averaged 12.7 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 1.7 SPG, and 1.1 BPG while playing an average of 29 minutes per game.