Marcus Allen

Former safety at Penn State. 2017: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 71 tackles.

S · Penn State · #2

6′2″ · 207 lb · Upper Marlboro, MD

Pittsburgh — drafted 2018, Rd 5, Pick 11, #148 overall

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 344 nationally · Signed with Penn State

Statement game22 tackles · 1 TFLvs Minnesota (FBS) · W 29-26

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Penn State. 2017: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 71 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2014.
Drafted round 5 by the Pittsburgh in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Penn State, 181 tackles — drafted at #148 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

2014

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Dr. Henry Wise

2018

Drafted by Pittsburghround 5, pick 148

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#344 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #148

Pittsburgh · 2018

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 9th NFL season

#148Rd 5 · Pick 11

PittsburghEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under James Franklin — 22-5 over that span.

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: tackles (89th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#232 / 2682 · 91st pct

Tackles#285 / 2682 · 89th pct

Tackles for loss#773 / 2682 · 69th pct

4.0

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Sacks#799 / 2682 · 62nd pct

1.0

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road5g	5.8	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.9	0.6	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Penn State	71	45	4.0	1.0	2	1	--
2016	Penn State	110	57	6.0	0.0	3	--	--
Career		181	102	10.0	1.0	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 35–28

vs Washington

7 TOT · 6 SOLO

Edged out Washington at home in a shootout.

With T. McSorley — 342 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 90.4 · 60 rush yds (12 car) · S. Barkley — 137 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week