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Bucs Re-Sign Allen |
 The Bucs have re-signed safety Will Allen (Cliff Welch) |
On Saturday the Tampa Bay Buccaneers re-signed backup safety Will Allen. The special teams captain stays with the team that drafted him in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. After being a starter for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, Allen has been a reserve the past two years backing up Tanard Jackson.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed a key reserve player on Saturday when they re-signed safety Will Allen to a new contract according to RotoWorld.com. Allen, 26, was the special teams captain for the Bucs in 2008, and backed up starting free safety Tanard Jackson. The Ohio State product was drafted by Tampa Bay in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
Allen (6-1, 200) started eight regular season games at free safety during the 2005 season and set a career high with three interceptions, but was hampered by injuries during the year. In 2006, he started all 16 games and made 83 tackles.
The Buccaneers started Tanard Jackson ahead of Allen the past two seasons, but Allen has been a core special teams player that is on punt and kick coverage and punt and kick return units. He finished second on the team in special teams tackles with 21. Reserve linebacker Quincy Black led the team with 24. Allen also forced a fumble on special teams.
Last season Allen made 11 tackles on defense with one tackle for a loss and one fumble recovery.
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Comments
ONEBIGDADDY
5:39pm, February 28, 2009
LordJim
5:46pm, February 28, 2009
HarriMags1
6:00pm, February 28, 2009
jlhaynes
6:00pm, February 28, 2009
JDouble
6:08pm, February 28, 2009
wampuscatiam
LOL, who cares about Will Allen. How about resigning one of our good players like Phillips. "shakes head"
6:46pm, February 28, 2009
JDouble
*sarcasm
7:25pm, February 28, 2009
termig8r
7:33pm, February 28, 2009
JDouble
8:08pm, February 28, 2009
sanders9759
10:34pm, February 28, 2009
scubog
6:14am, March 1, 2009
niko521
Plus, he is excellent at special teams, and our Special Teams units have been great the last few years, so GOOD SIGN!
Clayton was a bigger sign though!
6:24am, March 1, 2009
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