Mycial Allen: S · Northern Illinois · #20.
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Mycial Allen
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the Northern Illinois secondary. On tape: 12 tackles against Duke, Bowl, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | 57 | 40 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | 61 | 39 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 |
| 2015 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 118 | 79 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-23vs Boston College | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs Eastern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-17@ Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-34@ No. 19 San Diego State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-3vs Kent State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 14-13@ Buffalo | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-17@ Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-27vs Eastern Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-27@ Toledo | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-31vs Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ Central Michigan | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 14-36vs Duke | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 57 | 40 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
57tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%3 TFL57 tackles · 3 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Rod Carey — 21-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rod Carey
Pass share
42.7%
405 pass / 543 run
Plays / game
72.9
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
57 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northern Illinois, 118 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rod Carey.
