Josh Wallace: DB · Michigan · #12.
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Josh Wallace
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Iowa — Week 14, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Michigan | 28 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2022 | Massachusetts | 41 | 32 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts | 53 | 32 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 11 | -- |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 12 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2019 | Massachusetts | 31 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 165 | 118 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-3vs East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-6vs Bowling Green | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 31-7vs Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-10@ Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-7vs Indiana | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-0@ Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-13vs Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-15@ No. 9 Penn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24@ Maryland | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-24vs No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 26-0vs No. 18 Iowa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-20vs No. 5 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Week 7 · 2023
W 52-7
vs Indiana
1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 45-point win at home against Indiana.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
14%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL28 tackles · 2 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Harbaugh
Pass share
39.6%
360 pass / 550 run
Plays / game
60.7
15 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #298 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Massachusetts and Michigan, 165 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 47 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Walt Bell, Alex Miller, Don Brown and Jim Harbaugh.
