Denicos Allen
Denicos Allen (born August 9, 1990) is an American football linebacker. He played college football at Michigan State from 2010 to 2013 and professional football with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2015.
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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Born: | Hamilton, Ohio | August 9, 1990||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
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College: | Michigan State | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||||||
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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.