Denicos Allen
Denicos Allen (born August 9, 1990) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football for the Michigan State from 2010 to 2013, winning a Rosebowl in 2013 and played professional football with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2015.
Personal information | |
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Born: | Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. | August 9, 1990
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Michigan State |
Position: | Linebacker |
Undrafted: | 2014 |
Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
College football
A native of Ohio, Allen played college football at Michigan State from 2010 to 2013, registering 278 total tackles.[1][2] 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.[3]
Professional football
Allen played in 4 preseason games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014 before being cut.[4] He was signed to their practice squad on November 25, 2014.[5]
He played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League in 2015, appearing in three games, two as a starter, and registering 17 tackles.[6]
References
- "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. Retrieved January 4, 2019.