2024 Football Roster
Roster
K.J. Wallace
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 186
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Previous School:
- The Lovett School / Georgia Tech
Career Highlights
• 2-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member (last Fall 2024)
Career Summary
Wallace has played in 53 games over six seasons at UCLA (2024), Georgia Tech (2022-23) and Notre Dame (2019-21) … has totaled 143 tackles (96-47-143), 14.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks … has recorded two interceptions and 18 pass breakups … career-high for tackles is nine set against Florida State for Georgia Tech in 2022.
2024
Played in all 12 games and made 10 starts … led UCLA with 10 pass breakups … ranked third on the team with 57 total tackles (30-27-57) and 9.0 tackles for loss … notched a season-high seven tackles on two occasions at Hawai’i (Aug. 31) and versus Oregon (Sept. 28) … recorded one sack, a season-high four pass breakups and one quarterback hurry in the season opener at Hawai’i (Aug. 31) … recorded five tackles, including a season-high 3.5 tackles for loss versus USC (Nov. 23) … totaled five tackles and a pass breakup at Nebraska (Nov. 2) … recorded three-plus tackles in nine games … notched two pass breakups versus Fresno State (Nov. 30) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024. … enrolled at UCLA in January 2024 … participated in spring practices, earning a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll that quarter.
Georgia Tech (2022-23)
Played in 23 games and made 19 starts at nickel back across two seasons at Georgia Tech … totaled 88 tackles (56-32-88), 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks … added two interceptions.
2023 (Georgia Tech)
Played in all 12 regular-season games and made 10 starts at nickel back … ranked second on the team with seven pass breakups and eight total passes defended … tied for second on the team with two forced fumbles … totaled 42 tackles (27-15-42), 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks … recorded one interception versus Georgia (Nov. 25) … recorded a season-high six tackles on two occasions at Ole Miss (Sept. 16) and versus Boston College (Oct. 21) … made five tackles twice at Wake Forest (Sept. 23) and Virginia (Nov. 4).
2022 (Georgia Tech)
Played in 11 games and made nine starts at nickel back … recorded 46 tackles (29-17-46), 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack … recorded his first-career interception, three tackles in an overtime victory against Duke (Oct. 8) … recorded his first-career sack versus Miami (Fla.) (Nov. 12) … totaled a season-high nine tackles (6-3-9) at Florida State (Oct. 29) … made six tackles (4-2-6) and 1.0 tackles for loss versus Western Carolina (Sept. 10) … notched five tackles in two games versus Ole Miss (Sept. 17) and at UCF (Sept. 24) … recorded multiple tackles in all 11 games.
Notre Dame (2019-21)
Played in 17 games across three seasons at Notre Dame … totaled five tackles (2-3-5) and 1.0 tackles for loss.
2021 (Notre Dame)
Played in 10 games as a redshirt freshman … assisted on one tackle versus Navy (Nov. 6).
2020 (Notre Dame)
Played in three games in the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season… recorded three tackles (2-1-0) and 1.0 tackles for loss versus South Florida (Sept. 19).
2019 (Notre Dame)
Played in four games as a true freshman … utilized a redshirt … assisted on one tackle versus New Mexico (Sept. 14).
High School
Prepped at The Lovett School (Atlanta, Ga.) … rated as a four-star prospect by 247Sports … member of the prestigious ESPN 300 list and the No. 19-rated cornerback nationally … recorded 109 tackles and five interceptions on defense, as well as 145 receptions for 1,631 yards, 763 rushing yards and 30 total touchdowns (15 receiving, 15 rushing) on offense during prep career at Lovett School … totaled 34 tackles, 1.5 sacks, two interceptions, six passes defended, 511 rushing yards, 441 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns (eight rushing, two receiving) as a senior in 2018 … coached by Mike Muschamp.
Personal
Majored in economics at Georgia Tech.
