Player Dossier

2010-2013

Purdue

Ricardo Allen

CB • 5'9" • Daytona Beach, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ricardo Allen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

96

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

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Reliability

95

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

86

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Ricardo Allen built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a cornerback from Daytona Beach, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Ricardo Allen's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8756

Mainland · Daytona Beach, FL

Committed To
Purdue
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2014
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 7
Overall
No. 147
NFL Team
Atlanta Falcons

Ricardo Allen, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Purdue. Ricardo Allen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
4
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Ricardo Allen Purdue Highlights

2013 · Purdue · Player Highlight

Ricardo Allen college highlights at Purdue.

Season
2013
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Ricardo Allen quick answers

Latest team and position
Purdue · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Purdue
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
3-star · Mainland · Purdue
High school pipeline
Mainland · 41 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2014 · Round 5 · Pick 7 · Atlanta Falcons
Latest roster
No. 21 · Class 2013

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonPurdue30-0--256.7
2011 Regular SeasonPurdue40-0--145.8
2012 Regular SeasonPurdue20-0--125.6
2013 Regular SeasonPurdue50-0--069.1

Related Context

Ricardo Allen played CB for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ricardo Allen recorded 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Purdue.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Purdue paired 6 primary output with 24 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

24

Usage

Consistency

83.3

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana State: 1. Wisconsin: 1. Ohio State: 1. Illinois: 1. Indiana: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

40 vs Indiana

Result
Sat 11/30@ IndianaSplash gameL 36-562
Sat 11/23vs IllinoisL 16-201
Sat 11/2vs Ohio StateL 0-561
Sat 9/21@ WisconsinL 10-411
Sat 9/7vs Indiana StateW 20-141

Player Story

Ricardo Allen story

Ricardo Allen built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a cornerback from Daytona Beach, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Ricardo Allen's career was his defensive production: 13 interceptions across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Purdue. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ricardo Allen's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 32 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue.

The arc is straightforward: Ricardo Allen moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Purdue

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonPurdue320
2011 Regular SeasonPurdue3150
2012 Regular SeasonPurdue110-2
2013 Regular SeasonPurdue6245

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Indiana

Week 14 · L 36-56 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

@ Michigan State

Week 12 · L 31-35 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Michigan

Week 11 · L 16-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Ball State

Week 3 · W 24-13

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs Illinois

Week 8 · W 21-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Purdue

6 primary output · 24 efficiency · usage

69.1

#2

2010 Regular Season · Purdue

56.7

3 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Purdue

45.8

3 primary · 15 efficiency · usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games