CFL: 2nd season

Stamps: 1st season

Games played through 2025

Regular season: 16

Playoffs: 1

Grey Cup: 0

Acquired

Signed on Mar. 31, 2026.

Pro path

• 2022 – Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Denver Broncos (NFL) on May 13
• 2023 – Released by the Broncos on May 31
• 2023 – Signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on June 13
• 2024 – Released by the Tiger-Cats on Jan. 12 to pursue an opportunity in the NFL
• 2024 – Signed with the Las Vegas Raiders (NFL) on Jan. 16. He played one pre-season game and had an 81-yard punt-return touchdown and a 35-yard receiving touchdown. He also played three regular-season games and had two kickoff returns for 49 yards, two punt returns for 24 yards and two carries for 11 yards
• 2025 – Released by the Raiders on May 12
• 2026 – Signed with the Columbus Aviators (UFL) on Jan. 14 He was released on Mar. 19

2026

(Calgary) McAllister has played seven games and has 24 kickoff returns for 487 yards, 28 punt returns for 412 yards and one touchdown and two missed-field goal returns for 238 yards and two scores. He also has four carries for 34 yards and one touchdown along with four catches for 81 yards and another major. McAllister scored on special-teams in consecutive games during Weeks 4 and 5. In Week 8, he became the first player in CFL history to record a rushing, receiving and return touchdown in the same game, doing so all in the first half.

2023

(Hamilton) McAllister played 16 games for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2023 and recorded 41 kickoff returns for 1,037 yards, 56 punt returns for 602 yards, seven missed-field goal returns for 408 yards and one touchdown, 27 receptions for 364 yards and two touchdowns and 13 carries for 52 yards. His all-purpose yards and kickoff return average led the league and he was Hamilton’s nominee for the CFL’s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player award.

Notables

League leader: Led the CFL in all-purpose yards and kickoff return average in 2023

Honoured: Hamilton’s nominee for Most Outstanding Special Teams Player in 2023

First receiving touchdown: July 8, 2023, vs Ottawa

First missed-field goal return touchdown: Oct. 28, 2023, at Montreal

First punt-return touchdown: June 27, 2026, at BC

First rushing touchdown: July 24, 2026, at Winnipeg

CFL record: Became the first player in league history with a rushing, receiving and return touchdown in the same game on July 24, 2026, at Winnipeg

College

McAllister suited up 38 times over five seasons (2017-21) at Charleston. On offence, he registered 355 carries for 2,561 yards and 26 touchdowns as well as 113 receptions for 1,047 yards and four touchdowns. On special teams, McAllister had 17 kickoff returns for 332 yards and 18 punt returns for 181 yards. As a senior with the Golden Eagles in 2021, his average of 7.6 yards per carry ranked third in the nation as he was named the Mountain East Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year. He also received first-team all-MEC honours in each of his final two years.

Personal

McAllister attended Latta (S.C.) High School where he was all-conference in football while also competing in basketball and track for the Vikings. McAllister then spent one year at Palmetto Preparatory Academy in Columbia, S.C.