Ricardo Allen in the NFL, 2014
In the NFL, 2014. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornerback, Purdue, 2010–⁠13

Ricardo Allen

Number
No. 21
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Daytona Beach, FL
Born
Dec 18, 1991, in Daytona Beach, Florida

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Ricardo Allen played cornerback at Purdue (2010–⁠13). The Atlanta Falcons took Allen in round 5, No. 147 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2013
Second-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 147
Round 5, 2014 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Purdue3
2011Purdue3
2012Purdue1
2013Purdue6
Career13

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
2010125617733.51340
20111360197930341
2012124234541140
2013N1242115341631
On file2005025014.5313152

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Purdue21CB
2011Purdue21CB
2012Purdue21CB
2013Purdue21CB5′9″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2013 Purdue 5 games with an interception on file, 6 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 7vs.Indiana StateW 20–⁠141
Sep 21atWisconsinL 10–⁠411
Nov 2vs.Ohio StateL 0–⁠561
Nov 23vs.IllinoisL 16–⁠201
Nov 30atIndianaL 36–⁠562
2012 Purdue 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 29vs.MarshallW 51–⁠411
2011 Purdue 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 17vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 59–⁠01
Oct 8vs.MinnesotaW 45–⁠171
Oct 22vs.IllinoisW 21–⁠141
2010 Purdue 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 18vs.Ball StateW 24–⁠131
Nov 13vs.MichiganL 16–⁠271
Nov 20atMichigan StateL 31–⁠351

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 East–West Shrine Game (East team, won 23–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height5′9⅛″
Weight187 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.61 s
10-yard split1.66 s
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill6.90 s
20-yard shuttle4.15 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 84 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015Atlanta Falcons156513
2016Atlanta Falcons168402
2017Atlanta Falcons145301
2018Atlanta Falcons31401
2019Atlanta Falcons168102
2020Atlanta Falcons122502
2021Cincinnati Bengals81200
NFL career84334111

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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