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Draft Scout Ricardo Allen News
12/05/12 - 2012 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION (MEDIA): Ricardo Allen, Purdue, has been selected Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Media selection) for the 2012 college football season. Allen, a junior from Daytona Beach, Fla., finished sixth for Purdue with 44 tackles, including 41 solo stops, with four tackles for loss and his second career sack. He broke up three passes and returned his lone interception this season for a touchdown, a school-record fourth of his career. - Purdue football
12/05/12 - 2012 ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB Ricardo Allen, Purdue, has been selected Second Team All-Big Ten (Coaches selection) for the 2012 college football season. Allen, a junior from Daytona Beach, Fla., finished sixth for Purdue with 44 tackles, including 41 solo stops, with four tackles for loss and his second career sack. He broke up three passes and returned his lone interception this season for a touchdown, a school-record fourth of his career. - Purdue football
08/12/12 - Top-five Purdue prospects for the 2013 NFL Draft: 2. CB Ricardo Allen...A small, but talented defender, Allen is the self-proclaimed “best cornerback in the Big Ten.” Whether or not that is true, he has at least earned a spot in the discussion, starting every game his first two seasons in college. Allen prepped in Maryland and received scholarship offers from several SEC and ACC schools, including Florida State, South Carolina and Clemson, but decided to enroll at Purdue. He earned a starting position as a true freshman and finished third on the team with 83 tackles, adding a team-high three interceptions including a pair of touchdown returns. Allen followed up his impressive debut with an even better sophomore season last year, finishing with 81 tackles and a team-best three interceptions, earning Second Team All-Big Ten honors. He is a very physical and confident player who was always told he wasn't big enough, but he feeds off those comments, playing much bigger than his small stature would suggest. Allen is very aggressive at the line of scrimmage and loves to press and win battles off the snap. He can get tied up and easily blocked by bigger receivers, but works hard to shed and blow up the run. Allen looks more comfortable in zone coverage where he can watch the eyes of the quarterback, diagnose the action and attack, but is no slouch with his back to the ball in man coverage, showing the speed and developing awareness to hold his own. He has good ballskills and after only two seasons in college, Allen has already tied the school-record for interception returns for scores with three. Despite his lack of size and strength, Allen is a feisty, physical player who just might be, like he said, the best cornerback in the conference. - Dane Brugler, NFLDraftScout.com
07/18/12 - 2012 JIM THORPE AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Ricardo Allen, Purdue CB, Jr., has been selected to the Preseason Jim Thorpe Award Watch List for the 2012 college football season, presented to the best defensive back in college football by the Jim Thorpe Association. Allen, a junior cornerback from Daytona Beach, Fla., led Purdue with three interceptions in 2011, including one for a touchdown against Minnesota on Oct. 8. His pick-six against the Gophers was the third of his career, tying him for the all-time school record of three in merely his 17th collegiate game. He finished fourth for Purdue with 81 total tackles in 2011, including 3.0 for losses, and had seven passes defended. - Purdue football
07/18/12 - 2012 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Ricardo Allen, CB, Purdue, has been selected to the Preseason Bronko Nagurski Trophy Award Watch List for the 2012 college football season. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is presented to the National Defensive Player of the Year by the Charlotte Touchdown Club and the Football Writers Association of America. Allen, a junior cornerback from Daytona Beach, Fla., led Purdue with three interceptions in 2011, including one for a touchdown against Minnesota on Oct. 8. His pick-six against the Gophers was the third of his career, tying him for the all-time school record of three in merely his 17th collegiate game. He finished fourth for Purdue with 81 total tackles in 2011, including 3.0 for losses, and had seven passes defended. - Purdue football
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