“The first time I tried out for the NFL, I got cut. I went home to Dallas to clean floors at my local YMCA. But I came back, learned the playbook inside and out and threw everything I had into special teams and all the little things that help a team win until I eventually scrapped and clawed my way onto the Tennessee Titans.”

American politician, civil rights lawyer, and former professional football player

Colin Zachary Allred is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, and former professional football player. He served as the U.S. representative for Texas’s 32nd congressional district from 2019 to 2025 and is a member of the Democratic Party. His district covered the northeastern corner of Dallas and many of its northeastern suburbs. He is the party’s nominee for Texas’s 33rd congressional district in 2026, after a career that moved from law and sport into elected office.