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Now Allred says he wants to look out for the district by becoming its public servant. Making matters tricky was that on the outside, he looked like a black kid, but the only family he ever knew was white. Allred's father, a black man who lived in Dallas, was not in his life. "It's a North Texas story," he said. Help from the village Allred was a smart kid who loved to read. "He played like every game was his last. Allred earned a football scholarship to Baylor, where he played linebacker. In his fifth season, he suffered an injury during a game against the Dallas Cowboys, with his mother, aunt and uncle in the AT&T Stadium stands. "I thought the community that I grew up in and that allowed me to do all these things wasn't getting the representation it deserved." Derek Smith, who worked at the YMCA that Allred frequented as a kid, said he would be a good congressman.