LJ Wallace

Tulane vs TU - BRETT ROJO/For the University of Tulsa

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SMU vs TU - BRETT ROJO/For the University of Tulsa

Photo by: BRETT ROJO/For the University of

Position:
Safety
Height:
6-3
Weight:
200
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Atwater, Calif.
High School:
Buhach Colony HS / Iowa Western CC
Prev School:
Iowa Western CC

TULSA – A two-year letterwinner … in his fourth year … transferred to Tulsa from Iowa Western Community College … also attended the University of Colorado … has played in 27 career games and has 12 starts … has 66 career tackles, two pass breakups, one interception and one forced fumble.

2022 – Played in and started nine games … missed the JAX State, Temple and USF games with an injury … tallied 39 stops and two pass breakups … had a season-high 10 tackles at Navy … had six stops and one pass breakup at Houston in the season finale … tallied five tackles, all solos, at Memphis … had four stops and one PBU vs. SMU … also totaled four tackles vs. NIU and Cincinnati.

2021 – Played in all 13 games and had three starts … had 27 career tackles, one interception and one forced fumble … received his first career start at #9 Ohio State, and tallied five tackles … also started the SMU and Old Dominion games … had a career-best seven tackles at SMU … had three stops, all solos, against Temple … totaled four stops in the season opener vs. UC Davis … had two tackles and one forced fumble at Oklahoma State … had his first career interception against Old Dominion in the Myrtle Beach Bowl.

2020 – Played in the final five games, mostly on special teams … saw his first playing time in the SMU game.

JUNIOR COLLEGE – Played at No. 4 -ranked Iowa Western CC in 2019 … had a 3-star rating by 247Sports … totaled 17 tackles and two pass breakups in six games in 2019.

AT COLORADO – Red-shirted as a true freshman at Colorado in 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 at Buhach Colony High School … named to the Merced Sun-Star All-Area football team in 2018 … amassed 60 tackles (31 solo stops), two tackles for a loss, one sack, one interception and one forced fumble in 11 games as a senior … 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 his junior campaign … as a sophomore, he had 23 tackles, one interception, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery in five games … also participated in track and field, running the 100- and 200-meter dashes, on the sprint relay teams and competing in the high jump.

PERSONAL— Favorite movie is Stomp the Yard … favorite food is Mexican … the Pittsburgh Steelers is his favorite NFL team … began playing football at age 6 … has four siblings … parents are Lavon and Tricia … full name is Lavon Lee Wallace … majoring in organizational studies.