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Nixa football fans know Chase Allen is tough, but he took toughness to a new level when he stood up and walked away after being hit by a car.

Allen, a 2016 Nixa graduate now on the football team at Iowa State, said he was hit by a car Thursday night just outside the Cyclones’ practice facility in Ames, Iowa.

“I was crossing the street and a car didn't see me but I had time to react and jump,” Allen said.

Allen landed on the car’s windshield, which shattered upon impact. Allen said he had a large amount of broken glass in his back, but managed to avoid hitting his head or suffering any bone injuries.

Allen popped up and was taken to an emergency room by some of his Iowa State coaches.

Allen took 103 stitches on his back after being cut by shattered windshield glass.

“The coaches were there with me in the E.R., and I'll be cleared when the stitches heal up. (It) could have been so much worse,” Allen said.

After being hit by a car, Allen is already concerned with how soon he will be able to compete for playing time at tight end.

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As a high school senior, Allen played tight end and middle linebacker for Richard Rehagen’s Eagles. He caught 33 passes for 654 yards and scored seven touchdowns. He also logged 92 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and three sacks, good enough for all-state status and to lead Nixa in tackling.

Chase Allen’s father Terry Allen served as head coach for the football teams at Northern Iowa, Kansas and Missouri State in his career. Allen left Kansas in 2002 to become an associate head coach at Iowa State, where he coached the Cyclones’ special teams for four seasons. Terry Allen left Ames to coach Missouri State in 2006, and he coached the Bears until the end of the 2014 season.

Chase Allen had 19 football scholarship offers from NCAA Division I teams. He visited Minnesota, Nebraska and Michigan, but ultimately selected the Cyclones. He is majoring in engineering.

Iowa State went 3-9 this past season, which resulted in the ousting of coach Paul Rhoads and the hiring of Matt Campbell from Toledo.

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