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Cam Allen Season 2019

#18
PositionCB
Weight190 lbs
Height6-1
YearFreshman
HometownBluefield, Va.
PURDUE CAREER
  • Appeared in every game from 2020-23
  • Started 31 total games
  • Ranked second in Purdue history for career interceptions with 13, tied with Ricardo Allen
  • Three time All-Big Ten Honorable Mention 
  • 2022 All-Big Ten Third Team and Fourth Team by Phil Steele
  • Totaled 203 tackles with 157 solo, including eight tackles-for-loss
2023 / AS A FIFTH YEAR SENIOR
  • Appeared in all 12 games with six starts
  • Hauled in three interceptions and broke up six passes
  • Totaled 30 tackles, including 25 solo
  • Picked off passes at Virginia Tech (Sept. 9), vs. Syracuse (Sept. 16) and vs. Indiana (Nov. 25)
  • Made a season-high five tackles vs. Ohio State (Oct. 14)

2022 / AS A SENIOR
• Appeared in all 14 games with 13 starts
• Named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention by the league’s media
• Tabbed All-Big Ten Third Team by Phil Steele
• Finished third on the team with 49 tackles and second with 40 solo stops
• Snagged three interceptions, which he returned for 107 yards and one touchdown
• Broke up six passes for second-highest tally on the team
• Forced a pair of fumbles
• Took interception 65 yards for a touchdown against Indiana State (Sept. 10)
• Garnered second career Big Ten Player of the Week honor after intercepting a pair of passes and breaking one up at Minnesota (Oct. 1)
• Broke up one pass and blocked a key extra point at Maryland (Oct. 8)
• Closed season with six tackles against LSU (Jan. 2)
• Named a captain for games against Penn State (Sept. 1) and Michigan (Dec. 3)

2021 / AS A JUNIOR
• Named All-Big Ten honorable mention by coaches and media
• Fourth Team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele
• Appeared in and started all 13 games
• Led team and tied for fourth in the Big Ten with four interceptions, tied for 22nd in program history
• Broke up a trio of passes and had one quarterback hurry
• Tallied 65 tackles with 44 unassisted and 1.5 tackles-for-loss 
• Picked off a pair of passes in the win over No. 2 Iowa to earn Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16)
• Recorded a fumble recovery against Wisconsin (Oct. 23)
• Notched nine tackles in three different games - Notre Dame (Sept. 18), Ohio State (Nov. 13), Tennessee (Dec. 30)
• Had a tackle for loss at Ohio State (Nov. 13)

2020 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
• Appeared in all six games, making five starts
• Recorded 27 tackles, including 22 solo stops, on the year
• Finished with a team-high two interceptions
• Had 2.0 tackles for loss, a fumble recovered in 2020
• Tallied five tackles, four solo, and recovered a fumble vs. Iowa on Oct. 24
• Had six tackles, four solo, and intercepted a pass at Illinois on Oct. 31
• Recorded a tackle for loss and an interception vs. Northwestern on Nov. 14
• Had a season-high seven tackles, six solo, and a TFL at Minnesota on Nov. 20
• Tallied five tackles, four solo, vs. Rutgers on Nov. 28
• Finished with three solo tackles against Nebraska on Dec. 5

2019 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Appeared in 11 games as a reserve
• Finished with 32 total tackles on the season, including 26 solo and 2.0 TFLs
• Broke up three passes and had an interception
• Made collegiate debut with a solo tackle vs. Vanderbilt on Sept. 7
• Had a solo tackle vs. TCU on Sept. 14
• Recorded a solo stop at No. 12 Penn State on Oct. 5
• Tallied three tackles and broke up a pair of passes vs. Maryland on Oct. 12
• Finished with three total tackles at No. 23 Iowa on Oct. 19
• Had six solo tackles, including a TFL, vs. Illinois on Oct. 26
• Recorded six total tackles, including four solo, with a TFL against Nebraska on Nov. 2
• Returned an interception 16 yards while recording a season-high eight tackles, seven solo, at Northwestern on Nov. 9
• Had two solo stops at No. 14 Wisconsin on Nov. 23
• Had one solo tackle vs. Indian on Nov. 30


HIGH SCHOOL
• Three-star defensive back by 247Sports
• Three-star defensive back by Rivals
• Three-star defensive back by ESPN
• Team went 14-1 in his senior season, winning the 2018 Virginia Class 2 state championship
• 2018 Bluefield Daily Telegraph Player of the Year
• In addition to defensive back, played quarterback in high school and accounted for the 61 total touchdowns as a senior, the third most by a player in Virginia high school history
• Named 2018 first-team All-Region 2D as a quarterback and defensive back
 
PERSONAL
• Parent(s): Terri Rhudy and Michael Allen
• Sibling(s): Brand and Andrew
• Birthdate: Nov. 22, 1999
• Major: Kinesiology
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Fifth Year
2023

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Senior
2022

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Junior
2021

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Sophomore
2020

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