While he only played just over 560 snaps on defense last season, Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Cortez Allen certainly made the most of them as he registered two interceptions, three forced fumbles and 10 passes defensed in 2012, his second season on the league.
The Steelers thought highly enough of Allen that they allowed fellow cornerback Keenan Lewis to run off uncontested to the New Orleans Saints as a free agent. Lewis, while he didn\’t register any interceptions last season, did have 23 passes defensed to go along with one forced fumble and 71 total tackles.
2013 will mark Allen\’s third year in the league and his first as a full-time starter. The third year is normally considered a jump-year for cornerbacks and wide receivers and below is a list of cornerbacks and their stats that they put up in their third year in the league dating back to 2000.
Knowing what you already know about the Steelers defense and Allen heading into 2013, what kind of numbers are you expecting from him in his third year?
| Games | Sacks & Tackles | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Year | Age | Draft | Tm | Lg | G | GS | Sk | Tkl | Ast | Int ▾ | Yds | TD | PD |
| 1 | Samari Rolle | 2000 | 24 | 2-46 | TEN | NFL | 15 | 15 | 1.5 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 140 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Kyle Arrington | 2011 | 25 | NWE | NFL | 16 | 14 | 0.0 | 62 | 23 | 7 | 92 | 0 | 13 | |
| 3 | Duane Starks | 2000 | 26 | 1-10 | BAL | NFL | 15 | 15 | 0.0 | 45 | 4 | 6 | 125 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Dre\’ Bly | 2001 | 24 | 2-41 | STL | NFL | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 150 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Aqib Talib | 2010 | 24 | 1-20 | TAM | NFL | 11 | 11 | 0.0 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 91 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Brent Grimes | 2009 | 26 | ATL | NFL | 16 | 8 | 0.0 | 56 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 13 | |
| 7 | Leon Hall | 2009 | 25 | 1-18 | CIN | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Darrelle Revis | 2009 | 24 | 1-14 | NYJ | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 121 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Patrick Surtain | 2000 | 24 | 2-44 | MIA | NFL | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Chad Scott | 2000 | 26 | 1-24 | PIT | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 64 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Deltha O\’Neal | 2002 | 25 | 1-15 | DEN | NFL | 16 | 14 | 0.0 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 70 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | Dwight Smith | 2003 | 25 | 3-84 | TAM | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Antrel Rolle | 2007 | 25 | 1-8 | ARI | NFL | 16 | 8 | 0.0 | 52 | 10 | 5 | 231 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | Renaldo Hill | 2003 | 25 | 7-202 | ARI | NFL | 14 | 14 | 2.0 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 119 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Devin McCourty | 2012 | 25 | 1-27 | NWE | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 60 | 19 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Lito Sheppard | 2004 | 23 | 1-26 | PHI | NFL | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 52 | 4 | 5 | 172 | 2 | 15 |
| 17 | Rashean Mathis | 2005 | 25 | 2-39 | JAX | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 79 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 | Charles Tillman | 2005 | 24 | 2-35 | CHI | NFL | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 85 | 11 | 5 | 172 | 1 | 16 |
| 19 | Cortland Finnegan | 2008 | 24 | 7-215 | TEN | NFL | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 100 | 1 | 17 |
| 20 | Lardarius Webb | 2011 | 26 | 3-88 | BAL | NFL | 16 | 15 | 1.0 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 81 | 1 | 21 |
| 21 | Terrell Thomas | 2010 | 25 | 2-63 | NYG | NFL | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 81 | 20 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 21 |
| 22 | Charles Woodson | 2000 | 24 | 1-4 | OAK | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | D.J. Moore | 2011 | 24 | 4-119 | CHI | NFL | 13 | 1 | 0.0 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 8 |
| 24 | Vontae Davis | 2011 | 23 | 1-25 | MIA | NFL | 12 | 12 | 1.0 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Fred Smoot | 2003 | 24 | 2-45 | WAS | NFL | 15 | 15 | 0.0 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 9 |
| 26 | Jerametrius Butler | 2003 | 25 | 5-145 | STL | NFL | 16 | 15 | 0.0 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 10 |
| 27 | Daylon McCutcheon | 2001 | 25 | 3-62 | CLE | NFL | 16 | 15 | 2.0 | 67 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 11 |
| 28 | Eric Wright | 2009 | 24 | 2-53 | CLE | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 57 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 14 |
| 29 | Tramon Williams | 2009 | 26 | GNB | NFL | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 94 | 0 | 14 | |
| 30 | Nick Harper | 2003 | 29 | IND | NFL | 16 | 13 | 0.0 | 83 | 14 | 4 | 121 | 1 | 14 | |
| 31 | Andre Dyson | 2003 | 24 | 2-60 | TEN | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 14 |
| 32 | Terrence McGee | 2005 | 25 | 4-111 | BUF | NFL | 15 | 14 | 0.0 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 97 | 1 | 15 |
| 33 | Kareem Jackson | 2012 | 24 | 1-20 | HOU | NFL | 16 | 14 | 0.0 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 71 | 1 | 16 |
| 34 | DeAngelo Hall | 2006 | 23 | 1-8 | ATL | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 131 | 1 | 16 |
| 35 | Antoine Cason | 2010 | 24 | 1-27 | SDG | NFL | 16 | 15 | 0.0 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 17 |
| 36 | Alphonso Smith | 2011 | 26 | 2-37 | DET | NFL | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 6 |
| 37 | Stanford Routt | 2007 | 24 | 2-38 | OAK | NFL | 16 | 14 | 0.0 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 7 |
| 38 | Dwight Lowery | 2010 | 24 | 4-113 | NYJ | NFL | 14 | 3 | 2.0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 87 | 2 | 7 |
| 39 | Nate Clements | 2003 | 24 | 1-21 | BUF | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 7 |
| 40 | Nathan Vasher | 2006 | 25 | 4-110 | CHI | NFL | 14 | 13 | 0.0 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| 41 | Sherrod Martin | 2011 | 27 | 2-59 | CAR | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 42 | Demarcus Faggins | 2004 | 25 | 6-173 | HOU | NFL | 16 | 2 | 0.0 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 9 |
| 43 | Phillip Buchanon | 2004 | 24 | 1-17 | OAK | NFL | 14 | 14 | 0.0 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 9 |
| 44 | Sam Shields | 2012 | 25 | GNB | NFL | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 10 | |
| 45 | Kelvin Hayden | 2007 | 24 | 2-60 | IND | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 10 |
| 46 | Joe Haden | 2012 | 23 | 1-7 | CLE | NFL | 11 | 11 | 0.0 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 10 |
| 47 | David Barrett | 2002 | 25 | 4-102 | ARI | NFL | 14 | 14 | 0.0 | 57 | 17 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 11 |
| 48 | Chris Johnson | 2008 | 29 | 7-245 | OAK | NFL | 15 | 7 | 0.0 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 12 |
| 49 | Chris Gamble | 2006 | 23 | 1-28 | CAR | NFL | 15 | 13 | 1.0 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 12 |
| 50 | Gary Baxter | 2003 | 25 | 2-62 | BAL | NFL | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 12 |
| 51 | Roderick Hood | 2005 | 24 | PHI | NFL | 16 | 6 | 0.0 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 15 | |
| 52 | Asante Samuel | 2005 | 24 | 4-120 | NWE | NFL | 15 | 15 | 0.0 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16 |
| 53 | Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | 2010 | 24 | 1-16 | ARI | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 17 |
| 54 | Terence Newman | 2005 | 27 | 1-5 | DAL | NFL | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
| 55 | Leigh Bodden | 2005 | 24 | CLE | NFL | 13 | 11 | 0.0 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 17 | |
| 56 | Patrick Robinson | 2012 | 25 | 1-32 | NOR | NFL | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 99 | 1 | 18 |
| 57 | Champ Bailey | 2001 | 23 | 1-7 | WAS | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 18 |
| 58 | Fred Weary | 2000 | 26 | 4-97 | NOR | NFL | 12 | 12 | 2.0 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Reggie Howard | 2002 | 25 | CAR | NFL | 14 | 14 | 1.0 | 75 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | Terry Fair | 2000 | 24 | 1-20 | DET | NFL | 15 | 15 | 0.0 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Mario Edwards | 2002 | 27 | 6-180 | DAL | NFL | 15 | 15 | 0.0 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Morgan Trent | 2011 | 26 | 6-179 | 3TM | NFL | 12 | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 4 |
| 63 | Kevin Barnes | 2011 | 25 | 3-80 | WAS | NFL | 15 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 4 |
| 64 | Phillip Adams | 2012 | 24 | 7-224 | OAK | NFL | 15 | 3 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 65 | Jerraud Powers | 2011 | 24 | 3-92 | IND | NFL | 12 | 12 | 0.0 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 6 |
| 66 | Ricky Manning | 2005 | 25 | 3-82 | CAR | NFL | 16 | 3 | 0.0 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 67 | Ellis Lankster | 2012 | 25 | 7-220 | NYJ | NFL | 15 | 1 | 1.0 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 68 | Tim Jennings | 2008 | 25 | 2-62 | IND | NFL | 16 | 12 | 0.0 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| 69 | Sean Smith | 2011 | 24 | 2-61 | MIA | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 70 | Tarell Brown | 2009 | 24 | 5-147 | SFO | NFL | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 8 |
| 71 | Alterraun Verner | 2012 | 24 | 4-104 | TEN | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 59 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| 72 | Jason David | 2006 | 24 | 4-125 | IND | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 73 | Antonio Cromartie | 2008 | 24 | 1-19 | SDG | NFL | 16 | 15 | 0.0 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 9 |
| 74 | Ronald Bartell | 2007 | 25 | 2-50 | STL | NFL | 16 | 12 | 1.0 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| 75 | Duane Hawthorne | 2001 | 25 | DAL | NFL | 16 | 11 | 0.0 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 10 | |
| 76 | Antoine Winfield | 2001 | 24 | 1-23 | BUF | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 77 | Brian Williams | 2004 | 25 | 4-105 | MIN | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
| 78 | Leodis McKelvin | 2010 | 25 | 1-11 | BUF | NFL | 16 | 13 | 0.0 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 79 | DeJuan Groce | 2005 | 25 | 4-107 | STL | NFL | 15 | 15 | 0.0 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 80 | Jason Craft | 2001 | 25 | 5-160 | JAX | NFL | 16 | 8 | 0.0 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 81 | Dunta Robinson | 2006 | 24 | 1-10 | HOU | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 82 | Josh Wilson | 2009 | 24 | 2-55 | SEA | NFL | 12 | 12 | 1.0 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 126 | 2 | 13 |
| 83 | Jason McCourty | 2011 | 24 | 6-203 | TEN | NFL | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 85 | 20 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 13 |
| 84 | Brice McCain | 2011 | 25 | 6-188 | HOU | NFL | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 13 |
| 85 | Brandon Flowers | 2010 | 24 | 2-35 | KAN | NFL | 15 | 15 | 0.0 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 14 |
| 86 | Will Allen | 2003 | 25 | 1-22 | NYG | NFL | 12 | 12 | 0.0 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 |
| 87 | Mike McKenzie | 2001 | 25 | 3-87 | GNB | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 16 |
| 88 | Sheldon Brown | 2004 | 25 | 2-59 | PHI | NFL | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 66 | 23 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 16 |
| 89 | Kelly Herndon | 2004 | 28 | DEN | NFL | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 23 | |
| 90 | Ralph Brown | 2002 | 24 | 5-140 | NYG | NFL | 16 | 2 | 0.0 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 91 | Travis Daniels | 2007 | 25 | 4-104 | MIA | NFL | 16 | 5 | 0.0 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4 |
| 92 | Jason Allen | 2008 | 25 | 1-16 | MIA | NFL | 15 | 2 | 0.0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 93 | Asher Allen | 2011 | 23 | 3-86 | MIN | NFL | 12 | 9 | 0.0 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 94 | Michael Adams | 2009 | 24 | ARI | NFL | 16 | 1 | 0.0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4 | |
| 95 | Travis Fisher | 2004 | 25 | 2-64 | STL | NFL | 10 | 10 | 0.0 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 5 |
| 96 | Jerry Azumah | 2001 | 24 | 5-147 | CHI | NFL | 16 | 5 | 2.0 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 97 | Tyrone Carter | 2002 | 26 | 4-118 | MIN | NFL | 16 | 7 | 0.0 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| 98 | E.J. Biggers | 2012 | 25 | 7-217 | TAM | NFL | 13 | 12 | 1.0 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 99 | Kevin Dockery | 2008 | 24 | NYG | NFL | 13 | 1 | 0.0 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 9 | |
| 100 | Brandon Carr | 2010 | 24 | 5-140 | KAN | NFL | 16 | 16 | 0.0 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
