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No. 26 Pittsburgh Steelers
Safety
Personal information
Date of birth : June 17, 1982 ( 1982-06-17 ) (age 29)
Place of birth : Dayton, Ohio
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 193 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College : Ohio State
NFL Draft : 2004 / Round: 4 / Pick: 111
Debuted in 2004 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( 2004 ??? 2009 )
Pittsburgh Steelers ( 2010 ???present)
Roster status : Active
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American ( 2003 )
Pro Bowl alternate ( 2008 )
Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2011
Tackles
215
Sacks
0.0
INTs
4
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com
[Will Allen]e|/nfl/players/6870 (born June 17, 1982) is an American football safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft . He played college football at Ohio State .
Contents
1 Early years
2 College career
3 Professional career
3.1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3.2 Pittsburgh Steelers
4 External links
5 References
[ edit ] Early years
Allen was born in Dayton, Ohio . He attended Wayne High School in Huber Heights, Ohio , and played high school football for the Wayne Warriors.
[ edit ] College career
Allen received an athletic scholarship to attend Ohio State University , where he was a four-year letterwinner for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 2000 to 2003. As a senior in 2003, he was a consensus first-team All-America selection. In his first three seasons at Ohio State he played behind three-time All American Mike Doss , seeing action on the field primarily in nickel coverage on passing downs.
Allen is perhaps best remembered among college football fans for two plays made during the 2002 BCS national championship season. The first occurred during the 2002 Ohio State-Michigan game, intercepting a pass from Michigan quarterback John Navarre during the closing seconds to preserve the 14-9 victory and an undefeated regular season. The second play was only one game later in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl for the national championship . In the second half, Allen tackled Miami running back Willis McGahee and delivered a helmet blow to his left knee. McGahee had to be helped off the field; he suffered ligament damage and was forced to miss his whole rookie year in the NFL.
[ edit ] Professional career
[ edit ] Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Allen played in every game in his rookie year on special teams but saw increasing time as a safety in the final weeks of the season. He made his first NFL interception against the Carolina Panthers and his first touchdown in week 6 of the following season against the Miami Dolphins . He started eight games in 2005, playing at both free safety and strong safety due to injuries to Jermaine Phillips and Dexter Jackson .
Allen's most noted contribution in his young NFL career occurred against the Green Bay Packers in 2005, when he intercepted Packers quarterback Brett Favre twice in the fourth quarter. Buccaneers starting safety, Dexter Jackson , had been injured midway through the second quarter with a hamstring strain. Allen came into the game as a substitute. Allen was the Buccaneers' special teams captain in 2008. Allen was the first alternate for NFC Special Teams for the 2009 Pro Bowl. He was resigned to a 1 year $2.35 million dollar contract on February 28, 2009
[ edit ] Pittsburgh Steelers
On March 8, 2010, Allen signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers .
[ edit ] External links
Steelers player page
NFL Player Page
[ edit ] References
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Ohio State Buckeyes Football 2002 Consensus National Champions
[Will Allen]e | Tim Anderson | Bobby Carpenter | Drew Carter | Maurice Clarett | Bam Childress | Adrien Clarke | Doug Datish | Mike Doss | Tyler Everett | Dustin Fox | Chris Gamble | Cie Grant | Marcus Green | Andy Groom | Roy Hall | Ben Hartsock | A. J. Hawk | Santonio Holmes | Josh Huston | Michael Jenkins | Craig Krenzel | Nick Mangold | Brandon Mitchell | Donnie Nickey | Mike Nugent | Shane Olivea | Kenny Peterson | Quinn Pitcock | Robert Reynolds | Jay Richardson | Nate Salley | B. J. Sander | Darrion Scott | Rob Sims | Antonio Smith | Troy Smith | Will Smith | Alex Stepanovich | E. J. Underwood | Matt Wilhelm | Justin Zwick
Head Coach Jim Tressel
Coaches Jim Bollman | Mark Dantonio | Mark Snyder | Jim Heacock | Tim Spencer | Mel Tucker | Maurice Lee
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2003 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense
QB Jason White | RB Chris Perry | RB Kevin Jones | WR Larry Fitzgerald | WR Mike Williams | TE Kellen Winslow II
OL Shawn Andrews | OL Robert Gallery | OL Jacob Rogers | OL Alex Barron | C Jake Grove
Defense
DL Dave Ball | DL Tommie Harris | DL Chad Lavalais | DL Kenechi Udeze
LB Teddy Lehman | LB Derrick Johnson | LB Grant Wiley
DB Derrick Strait | DB Sean Taylor | DB Keiwan Ratliff | DB [Will Allen]e
Special teams
P Dustin Colquitt | PK Nate Kaeding & Nick Browne | KR/AP Antonio Perkins
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2004 NFL Draft selections
Michael Clayton ??? Marquis Cooper ??? [Will Allen]e ??? Jeb Terry ??? Nate Lawrie ??? Mark Jones ??? Casey Cramer ??? Lenny Williams
Persondata
Name
Allen, Will
Alternative names
Short description
All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety
Date of birth
June 17, 1982
Place of birth
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Date of death
Place of death
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