CHARLOTTE, N.C. Alabama defensive lineman Jonathan Allen pa sed up the NFL Draft after last season, and that decision paid off one more time.Allen was named the 2016 Bronko Nagurski Award winner by the Charlotte Touchdown Club in conjunction with the Football Writers Brian Goodwin Jersey A sociation of America on Monday after helping the Crimson Tide to a 13-0 record, SEC championship and berth in the College Football Playoff. The award is given to the nations best defensive player.Allen, who had 8.5 sacks and 13 tackles for lo s this season, was one Fred Lynn Jersey of five finalists along with teammate Reuben Foster, Florida States Tarvarus McFadden, Michigans Jabrill Peppers and Clemsons Christian Wilkins.MORE: Among his many highlights was this signature play,an airborne sack of Texas AMs Trevor Knight on Oct. 22.Allen was tempted to go to the NFL last season, but changed his mind after gauging how that might go."It was a lot of things I talked about, Allen said. After they found out about my shoulder injury that was going to keep me out of the (NFL) combine I received a second- or third-round grade from the grading committee."I felt like there were some things I needed to improve on and I felt like Jonathan Lucroy Jersey I had not completed everything I needed to complete. I thought it was the best busine s decision to come back.So Allen continued The Proce sthe term coined by Alabama coach Nick Saban and increased his draft stock with Huston Street Jersey a monster season as part of a defense that allowed just 11.8 points per game. The Crimson Tide will take the next step in defending their national championship on Dec. 31 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl against Washington (12-1).Allen figures to be a key Justin Bour Jersey player in that game and well on his way to a first-round selection in the 2017 NFL Draft. He added what The Proce s has meant to him."Its not focusing on what you want to achieve but what you have to do to get what you want to achieve, Allen said. That's the motto we kind of live by, and that's the motto I live by."