Denicos Allen
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| Position | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 9, 1990 Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Michigan State |
| NFL draft | 2014: undrafted |
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* Offseason or practice squad member only | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Denicos Allen (born August 9, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans from 2010 to 2013, winning a Rose Bowl in 2013. After practice squad stints in the National Football League (NFL), he played in the CFL for Saskatchewan.
College career
[edit]A native of Ohio, Allen played college football at Michigan State from 2010 to 2013, registering 278 total tackles.[2][3] He helped lead the 2013 Michigan State Spartans football team to a Big Ten Conference championship and a victory over Stanford in the 2014 Rose Bowl.[4]
Professional career
[edit]Allen played in 4 preseason games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014 before being cut.[5] He was signed to their practice squad on November 25, 2014.[6]
He played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL in 2015, appearing in three games, two as a starter, and registering 17 tackles.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Denicos Allen". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Denicos Allen". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ↑ "'Dominant' Michigan State linebacker Denicos Allen got his toughness from his native Ohio". Mlive.com. December 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Michigan State tough guy Denicos Allen bids emotional farewell after 24-20 Rose Bowl victory". Mlive.com. January 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Denicos Allen game logs".Retrieved January 4, 2019
- ↑ Yaskinskas, Pat. "Buccaneers shake up return game". www.espn.go.com/blog/tampa-bay-buccaneers. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Denicos Allen". The Pro Football Archives. Archived from the original on January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio Archived December 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine