DB/RB A.J. Wallace

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Player: A.J. Wallace

Hometown: Pomfret, MD

Position: DB/RB

Height: 6’1”

Weight: 195

40 time: 4.4 (4.37 high school team testing)

Visit Date: Oct. 29 v. Oklahoma

Scholarships offered: Over 15 including: Ohio State, Penn State, Florida State, Nebraska, Miami (Fl), USC

Favorites: Signed with Penn St.

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals: #3/ :star :star :star :star

Bid Red Report:#8/ :star :star :star :star

Assessing the talent: Super fast DB who is quite strong with a bench of about 275. His grades are good so qualifying shouldn’t be a problem. He is a solid cover corner, but rushed for over 1,300 yards as a junior. Is being recruited hard by the majors.

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: 0% I like the Cornhuskers chances at getting Wallace in here for a visit. He attends the same school as David Harvey, and attended summer camp with him in Lincoln last summer and was offered at the same time as Harvey during the summer. We should follow this kid closely.

 
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Should be a Husker. Camped here last year and we got Harvey. I believe they are good friends. We're paper thin at DB so he should be able to step in and contribute right away. I'd give us an early 35% chance.

 
Wallace finished his junior season by rushing for over 1100 yards while managing 8 touchdowns. He has great speed at 4.4. If he chosses NU, he'll be on the defensive side of the ball.

 
We all know how much we need DB's, he would be a great pickup. Plus he has the Huskers ranked high on his list :rickjames

 
A.J Wallace is in town for the game. He has been quoted in a couple articles while in town the last few days. He's lovin every minute. Look for the Huskers to get a commit or two this week. I'm leaning Wallace. Well see

 
does anyone know if this guy is leaning towards an early commit or not? He would be a great pick up early in the recruiting season, but those big name east coast guys are tough to get away from the ACC/SEC. I hope he ends up a husker.

 
Rumor going around that Wallace has dropped Maryland and UVA from his favorites. I believe those percentage odds should go up a bit since he has dropped two of his local schools.

Also, he just tripped to Ohio State this weekend.

 
Rumor going around that Wallace has dropped Maryland and UVA from his favorites. I believe those percentage odds should go up a bit since he has dropped two of his local schools.
Also, he just tripped to Ohio State this weekend.
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Sounds good, BigWille, you got it.

 
We are sitting pretty good with this kid i think. He has a great chance to come here and play early and he knows that. He has been here before and is coming back, another good sign. The kid has 50 offers, he could go anywhere. I don't blame him for taking his officials and being sure of his desision in the end.

 
nice article from the washington post

Fame Awaits, but Wallace Tries to Stay Grounded

By Alan Goldenbach

Washington Post Staff Writer

Thursday, September 8, 2005; Page SM12

It's hard to pinpoint exactly when A.J. Wallace lost his mind. But that's what happens when, in a just a few months, you trade your anonymity for a place among the top 20 recruits nationwide.

It might have been in the cafeteria of Shippensburg University in July, while McDonough's football team was at camp. As Wallace was eating lunch with his teammates, someone came up to him and asked for his autograph.

McDonough's A.J. Wallace is being recruited by some of the country's best-known Division I programs.

McDonough's A.J. Wallace is being recruited by some of the country's best-known Division I programs. "You try to keep everything in perspective," said Wallace, "but it's hard to do when you're hearing everything that's being said." (By Don Wright For The Washington Post)

"That's when I said, 'Man, it must be getting crazy,' " Wallace said. "Then I realized I made it to where I wanted to be, in the spotlight."

It also could have been on any one of the nights when recruiters would call Wallace and talk to him about the dozens of schools that had offered him a scholarship as a defensive back.

Nebraska, Ohio State, Miami, Michigan, LSU, Florida State and USC.

USC? The two-time defending national champion? When did that offer come?

"I never got a letter from them" with an offer, Wallace said. "But people keep telling me they've offered me. [Coaches] from other schools are telling me that. Then I read in Sports Illustrated and on [recruiting Web sites] that I was offered, so I guess I was.

"I don't know what to think anymore."

In June 2004, after a solid sophomore season (1,023 yards rushing) Wallace attended a camp at Nebraska, and his life would never be the same. After seeing his dynamic raw skills, the Cornhuskers said they would offer Wallace a scholarship Sept. 1, the earliest date allowed.

That caught the attention of programs nationwide. Why would Nebraska act so quickly on a previously unknown kid from an undistinguished program nowhere near its back yard? The Cornhuskers must be on to something.

Since then, Wallace has been a celebrity on the national recruiting circuit. His process of wading through his offers has been chronicled thoroughly on Web sites and will continue this fall as he takes official visits to Ohio State and Nebraska and possibly to Florida State and LSU as well.

It's a lot for someone who started high school without any fanfare.

"I wasn't expecting any of this attention," he said. "You try to keep everything in perspective, but it's hard to do when you're hearing everything that's being said."

That is Rams Coach Dave Bradshaw's biggest task with Wallace this season -- prevent his star from overtaking the rest of the team.

"Football is a team concept, and we've talked to A.J. about that," Bradshaw said.

Fame is fleeting, Wallace said. It might be the most important lesson he has learned throughout this process.

"Once I leave here, it's like starting all over again," Wallace said. "I'm trying not to get too big headed because if I do and take it to college, well, you know."

He would be back where he was two years ago: unknown.

Sorry guys dont know why the link did not work

:cheers

 
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