Temple University Athletics
LB RIAN "GOO" WALLACE CITED AS FIRST TEAM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN BY COLLEGEFOOTBALLNEWS.COM
7.14.04 | Football
Wallace is one of two Big East Conference players cited by CFN as a First Team All-American. He is joined on the squad by Boston College junior defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka.
Recently named to the 2004 Bronko Nagurski Watch List, a compilation of the best defensive players in college football regardless of position, Wallace ranks third in total tackles among all returning players in Division I-A.
Wallace (6-4, 245), a Second Team All-Big East Conference honoree in 2003, concluded last season by being named a Second Team All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com. He is the Big East's top returning tackler after posting the sixth-best single-season stops output in school history with 148 tackles (97 solo) and 19.5 tackles-for-losses in 2003. Wallace ranked second in the league and sixth nationally in total tackles (12.33 per game), first in the conference and eighth nationally in solo tackles (8.08) and tied for first in the league and tied for 11th nationally in TFLs (1.63).
Wallace has received All-America accolades in each of his two seasons on the gridiron. In 2002, he was named a Fourth Team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News. Wallace was redshirted as a true freshman in 2001.
