He was selected in the Quaternary spherical of the 2004 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played around each game inside his rookie year on favorite teams however saw increasing instance as a safety in the final weeks of the season & manufactured his number one NFL interception against the Carolina Panthers and his first touchdown in week 6 of a charted year against the Miami Dolphins. Allen was a extremely-rated safety who played all 4 years for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was named the foremost-team All-American in his senior year. He besides won a National Championship within his junior month using the Buckeyes.

He is better remembered within college for tackling Willis McGahee and delivering the forearm blow to his left knee. McGahee experienced to become helped off a field; he suffered ligament damage & was forced to miss a whole of his greenhorn month in the NFL.

His large contribution and then far within his immature NFL career was in a week Triplet game against the Green Bay Packers in the 2004 season when he twice intercepted Packer quarterback Brett Favre in the fourth quarter. Sea robber starting safety, Dexter Jackson, had been wounded center through the 2nd quarter by owning the hamstring tendon strain. Allen inherit a game as a substitue. When a number 1 interception appeared to seal a triumph against a Packers, it was a 2nd that cemented a win.