Jayla Allen, the daughter of Larry Allen ... he recalled his first date with his wife Janelle, and gushed about their three kids together. "I want to thank my heart and soul, my wife, Janelle.

"I feel like this is a nightmare and I can’t wake up," Jayla Allen wrote in an Instagram ... which includes her mother and Larry’s wife, Janelle, and her younger siblings Larry III and Loriana.

Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.” Allen is survived by his wife, Janelle, and his daughters Jayla and Loriana and son, Larry III, the Cowboys said.