{"id":200675,"date":"2025-09-04T22:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/200675\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:28:10","slug":"bills-qb-josh-allen-to-have-college-jersey-retired-at-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/200675\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills QB Josh Allen to have college jersey retired at Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/getzenberg_alaina.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Alaina GetzenbergSep 4, 2025, 05:06 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3918298\/josh-allen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Allen<\/a> has accomplished plenty of firsts in his career.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll corral another one in November as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/2751\/wyoming-cowboys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Wyoming<\/a> is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wyo_football\/status\/1963655924431892673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">retire Allen&#8217;s No. 17<\/a>. The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"232afaf2-01ac-fcc2-8bd6-66550df1703a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/buf\/buffalo-bills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> quarterback will be the first Cowboy to have their jersey retired.<\/p>\n<p>A ceremony to retire Allen&#8217;s jersey will take place Nov. 22 during halftime of Wyoming&#8217;s game against Nevada. Allen will be in attendance for the game and ceremony with the Bills having the weekend off as they play on &#8220;Thursday Night Football&#8221; that week at the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"595690b3-2161-4913-a7a7-814af2fd2621\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-texans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Texans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s up, Cowboys fans. Josh Allen here,&#8221; Allen said in a video announcing the retirement. &#8220;I&#8217;m excited to announce that I will be returning to University of Wyoming Nov. 22 against University of Nevada. Excited to be back in Laramie. Go Pokes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">17 coming home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rA7YZv6kan\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rA7YZv6kan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wyoming Cowboy Football (@wyo_football) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wyo_football\/status\/1963648471577366900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/43726453\/commanders-daniels-named-top-offensive-rookie-nfl-honors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reigning NFL MVP<\/a> will make his return to the school for the first time since he was chosen by the Bills seventh in 2018, Wyoming&#8217;s highest draft pick.<\/p>\n<p>After starting his collegiate career as a no-star recruit and playing at Reedley College, a juco program in central California, Allen transferred to Wyoming, playing there from 2015 to 2017. After suffering a broken collarbone his first year in Laramie, he led the school to back-to-back eight-win seasons, finishing his career with 5,066 passing yards, 767 rushing yards and 57 total touchdowns. The two-time team captain was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/recap\/_\/gameId\/400953389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">named MVP of the 2017 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is very exciting and a wonderful day for the State of Wyoming,&#8221; University of Wyoming athletic director Tom Burman said in a statement. &#8220;It is going to be a big day in the history of Wyoming Football. Josh is the most high-profile ambassador the University of Wyoming has ever had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bills kick off the season Sunday night against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"38248455-3da4-84e4-8090-98b5cc38ffdc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/bal\/baltimore-ravens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> (8:20 ET, NBC).<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alaina GetzenbergSep 4, 2025, 05:06 PM ET Close Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. 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