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L.J. Wallace
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Atwater, Calif.
- High School:
- Buhach Colony
Last updated on July 17, 2018
HIGH SCHOOL—Rated as a 3-star recruit by the major recruiting services … Scout.com ranked him No. 40 in the country at the safety position … Was a first-team Central California Conference selection as a junior and a senior … Named to the Merced Sun-Star All-Area football team in 2018 … Under coach Kevin Navarra, the Thunder went 7-4 his senior year, losing to Del Campo in the first round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Playoffs, went 5-5 his junior year and 3-7 as a sophomore … As a senior, he amassed 60 tackles (31 solo stops), two tackles for a loss, one sack, one interception and one forced fumble in 11 games … He had 10 carries for 91 yards and one touchdown along with 15 receptions for 231 yards and three TDs on offense … Added 231 yards on 11 kickoff returns, which included on 86-yard return for a TD … As a junior, he posted 47 tackles (25 solo), picked off two passes, broke up four others and forced one fumble in eight games … Caught 10 passes for 124 yards and two TDs and returned three punts for 66 yards with one TD … As a sophomore, he had 23 tackles, one interception, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery in five games … Played with the TMP Elite 7 on 7 team from Southern California the summer after his junior season … Top games as a senior: scored two rushing touchdowns, caught TD and had 10 tackles in a 36-22 win over Golden Valley; posted 15 tackles in a 51-30 loss to Tracy … Also participated in track and field, running the 100- and 200-meter dashes, on the sprint relay teams and competing in the high jump.
ACADEMICS—He carried a 3.2 GPA in high school and has taken one AP class, English.
PERSONAL—He was born in Merced, Calif. on Sept. 15, 1999 … Hobbies include playing basketball and hanging out with friends … He has five siblings; three sisters and two brothers … From the same town in California’s San Joaquin Valley (Atwater) that produced eight-year NFL receiver Bernard Berrian and second-year defensive end Aziz Shittu, who is in his third year with the Philadelphia Eagles, but was on its injured reserve list during their Super Bowl Championship season.
HIGH SCHOOL—Rated as a 3-star recruit by the major recruiting services … Scout.com ranked him No. 40 in the country at the safety position … Was a first-team Central California Conference selection as a junior and a senior … Named to the Merced Sun-Star All-Area football team in 2018 … Under coach Kevin Navarra, the Thunder went 7-4 his senior year, losing to Del Campo in the first round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Playoffs, went 5-5 his junior year and 3-7 as a sophomore … As a senior, he amassed 60 tackles (31 solo stops), two tackles for a loss, one sack, one interception and one forced fumble in 11 games … He had 10 carries for 91 yards and one touchdown along with 15 receptions for 231 yards and three TDs on offense … Added 231 yards on 11 kickoff returns, which included on 86-yard return for a TD … As a junior, he posted 47 tackles (25 solo), picked off two passes, broke up four others and forced one fumble in eight games … Caught 10 passes for 124 yards and two TDs and returned three punts for 66 yards with one TD … As a sophomore, he had 23 tackles, one interception, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery in five games … Played with the TMP Elite 7 on 7 team from Southern California the summer after his junior season … Top games as a senior: scored two rushing touchdowns, caught TD and had 10 tackles in a 36-22 win over Golden Valley; posted 15 tackles in a 51-30 loss to Tracy … Also participated in track and field, running the 100- and 200-meter dashes, on the sprint relay teams and competing in the high jump.
ACADEMICS—He carried a 3.2 GPA in high school and has taken one AP class, English.
PERSONAL—He was born in Merced, Calif. on Sept. 15, 1999 … Hobbies include playing basketball and hanging out with friends … He has five siblings; three sisters and two brothers … From the same town in California’s San Joaquin Valley (Atwater) that produced eight-year NFL receiver Bernard Berrian and second-year defensive end Aziz Shittu, who is in his third year with the Philadelphia Eagles, but was on its injured reserve list during their Super Bowl Championship season.
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