Jared Allen Curling Team Members 2023-24

The former NFL defensive end Jared Allen switched from NFL to curling in 2018. Allen bid adieu to his professional football career in 2016.

Jared began his NFL journey after being selected in the fourth round by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2004 NFL Draft. He played four seasons with the Chiefs and was traded in 2008 to the Minnesota Vikings. 

During his rookie season, he started in 10 games, appearing in 15, and scored nine sacks on 31 tackles. The following season, he played all 16 games, recording 55 tackles, six forced fumbles, 11 sacks, two fumble recoveries, and five passes defended. 

Jared Allen career stats illustrate 136 sacks, 648 tackles, 57 pass deflections, four touchdowns, 32 forced fumbles, and 19 fumble recoveries. He achieved those stats in the NFL (National Football League) through 12 seasons from 2004 to 2016.

Allen played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2004 to 2008, Minnesota Vikings from 2008 to 2014, Chicago Bears from 2014 to 2015, and Carolina Panthers from 2015 to 2016 throughout his NFL career.

He signed a one-day contract with the Vikings on 14 April 2016 to retire as a Minnesota Viking. He was inducted into the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor in 2022.

Two years past his retirement, Allen took up curling with three former NFL players, hoping to compete in the Olympics one day. He formed the All-Pro Curling Team and skipped for the 2018-19 season. 

During his rookie curling season, the team appeared in the 2018 Curl Mesabi Classic, the 2019 USA Men's Challenge Round, and the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic. They went winless during that season. 

The following season, Jason Smith joined the rink as a skip and has led the team with Allen as the third, Roos as the second, Bulger as the lead, and Bulluck as an alternate. 

The journey to curling from the NFL started just like the famous Jared Allen mullet, with him competing in the 2019 Goldline US Open of Curling - Contender Round to the 2020 USA Men's Challenge Round during the 2019-20 season. 

Furthermore, Allen played second in the 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship for Todd Birr, the 2007 US Champion.

Also, he became part of a 10-6 triumph against the Duluth Curling Club's John Shuster rink during the 2023 USA Curling Men's National Championship's Draw 1. 

Jason Smith became the 2009 United States Men's Olympic Curling Team Trial champion, earning the privilege to represent the USA at the 2009 World Championships. 

The 2009 win doubled as the National Championship, and Smith earned his team a place at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Winter Olympics, representing the US. The championship was held in New Brunswick, Canada, while the Olympics occurred in British Columbia. 

Smith was the vice skip of the John Shuster rink then, with teammates John Benton, Chris Plys, and Jeff Isaacson. Plys played as an alternate. The rink placed fifth at the World Championship while finishing the Olympics with a record of 2-7 in the round-robin. 

Following the Olympics, the team broke up, and Smith competed in the 2010-11 World Curling Tour as a member of the Joey Bonfoey rink.

He then built his team with Jeff Isaacson as the third, Aaron Waid as the second, and Kris Perlovich as the lead in the 2011-12 season. 

Since the 2016-17 season, Jason played second for the Criag Brown rink and helped the team finish the 2017 United States Olympics Curling Trails in fourth, with a 3-5 record. 

Smith joined Jared Allen as the rink's new skip after the 2018-19 season and has since led the team. Also, he won the 2016 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, teaming up with Jessica Schultz, a former United States Women's curling team member.

Michael Roos is a retired NFL offensive tackle who plays second for the All-Pro Curling Team. Allen formed the team with retired NFL players. 

Roos started his curling career as a third for Team Allen in the 2018-19 season. He has since played with the team in the 2019 USA Men's Challenge Round and the US Men's Curling Tournament.

Alongside his contribution to the NFL, starting 148 games from 2005 to 2015, Roos has made tremendous contributions to the team in the curling games like the 2020 USA Men's Challenge Round, the 2019 Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel, and the 2019 Dakota Challenger Spiel. 

Michael was an NFL player picked 9th (second round) by the Tennessee Titans during the 2005 NFL Draft. He played his entire NFL career as an offensive tackle for the Titans and played his First-team All-Pro and Second-team All-Pro in 2008 and 2009, respectively. 

In addition, Roos was elected to the 2008 Pro Bowl. He has started all 148 games he played with the Tennessee Titans. 

Marc Bulger curling career began in 2018 with three of his fellow former NFL players. Bulger has been playing lead for the Allen rink since. 

The Pittsburgh native curler played quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL before he retired from American football. He was picked 168th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft's sixth round by the New Orleans Saints.

Bulger has played in the NFL for 11 seasons, with nine seasons in the St. Louis Rams from 2000-2009. The Saints waived him off after completing the training camp in 2000.

He spent his rookie season with the Rams as the third quarterback and remained inactive for 16 regular season matches and all three postseason games. He started during the 2002-03 season while filling in for Jamie Martin, who got injured while filling in for Kurt Warner. 

Marc announced his retirement from the NFL in 2011 and has been curling with Allen since 2018. He is yet to win a significant curling event with the team. 

Keith Bulluck is an American curler serving as an alternate for the Allen curling team. He joined the All-Pro Curling Team in 2018 as a second. 

He, along with every member of the team, is a retired professional football player. He played linebacker for the NFL's Tennessee Titans and New York Giants before his retirement in 2012. 

Bulluck began his NFL career with the Tennesse Titans after being picked by the team in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft. The New York native curler played ten seasons with the Titans, incorporating the 2003 Pro Bowl selection.

Keith has curled with the team as the second during the 2018-19 season in the 2019 USA Men's Challenge Round for the United Men's Curling Championship and in the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic World Curling Tour event. 

In addition to Curling, he is the co-host of 'The Outside Game' podcast in partnership with the "Blogs with Balls" sports media and conference series outlet. Also, he joined the broadcast team of the Tennessee Titans as an announcer after retirement in 2013. 

That said, Keith Bulluck net worth as of 2023 is estimated to be about $12.75 million, the majority of which he earned during his NFL career.