one Larry Allen Larry Allen's one of the strongest NFL players of all time Allen was benching 500 plus pounds in 1994 by the time he left College not bad for a college kid while dominating the offensive line in 1998 for the Dallas Cowboys Larry Allen was benching more than 600 lb and quitting 800 lb in a video Allen has seen benching 600 635 675 and 75 lb in the Cowboys weight room to put things into context only six men in history of officially bench pressed 700 or more raw without a bench shirt on top of that when Allen retired from the NFL his PR was 715 Larry Allen would have made a darn good powerlifter for sure a seven time first team All Pro and 11 Time pro bowler Larry earned the strongest man in the NFL title and was elected into the Football Hall of Fame