3 things to know about Beau Allen
Allen reportedly agreed to a two-year deal with the Patriots on Wednesday.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are reportedly going to sign a player from the Patriots, and it looks like the Patriots are signing someone from the Bucs.
Defensive tackle Beau Allen has agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal, according to NFL Network’s Adam Caplan.
With the news of Danny Shelton agreeing to a deal with the Lions, Allen will presumably take Shelton’s spot on the Patriots’ defensive line.
Here are three things to know about Allen:
He has experience playing fullback.
Allen might be able to play a similar role as former Patriots linebacker Elandon Roberts, who reportedly agreed to sign with the Dolphins on Wednesday. Roberts regularly took snaps at fullback for the Patriots last season after James Devlin and Jakob Johnson went down with season-ending injuries.
Allen played a snap at fullback for the Eagles in 2016, when he lined up at fullback for a rushing touchdown in a win over the Browns.
“That was a blast,” Allen told reporters after that game. “That was a lot of fun and I think it was a good way to close out the game with a touchdown on the goal line.
“Honestly, I think I can [go] on record and saying every fat man that plays D-line or O-line or whatever wants to line up back there and play fullback. I’m joking around a lot, but it’s something I take seriously. It is a lot of fun and hopefully I can help the team that way.”
Maybe we’ll see Allen do the same in New England.
He is a member of Waterboys.
Allen joined former Patriot Chris Long’s foundation, Waterboys, whose goal is to provide clean drinking water to those who are unable to access it, when the two were teammates in Philadelphia.
As part of the program, Allen climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with Long and other Waterboys members in 2018. He did it again in 2019 with Waterboys, including former Patriot Rob Ninkovich.
Allen also joined The Chris Long Foundation’s First Quarter for Literacy Initiative, where he helped give 4,500 books to children in need in the Tampa Bay area.
Allen has currently raised $19,112 for Waterboys, which is roughly $25,000 short of his $45,000 goal.
He was on the Eagles team that defeated the Patriots in Super Bowl LII.
Allen played for the Eagles when they defeated the Patriots in Super Bowl LII. He recorded two tackles in that game. That championship run was Allen’s only taste of postseason football in his six-year career.
Allen, whom the Eagles selected in the seventh round of 2014 NFL Draft, recorded 20 tackles and a sack in 15 games for the Eagles in 2017, his last year with the team.
Allen left Philadelphia for Tampa Bay, signing a three-year, $15 million contract with the Buccaneers. He recorded 30 tackles in 27 games over two seasons with the Buccaneers.
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