Name: Tony Wallace
Position: Cornerback
Height: 5-10
Weight: 170 pounds
Hometown (high school): Las Vegas (Desert Pines)
Rating: Three stars, No. 110 cornerback, No. 28 in the West, No. 3 in Nevada
Other offers: USC, Oregon, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado
2016 stats: Not available
Who he is: A late-blooming cornerback recruit who didn’t play his sophomore or junior years of high school due to academic issues. Wallace burst onto the recruiting scene after his senior season.
Arizona offered Wallace in December and he verbally committed, only to days later receive an offer from USC, a place he called his “dream school.” He’s since added offers from Oregon and Nebraska.
Recently, Wallace tweeted (and then deleted) that he was “100 percent” committed to Arizona. He is visiting Nebraska this weekend. Wallace was high school teammates with two Arizona commits: linebacker Tony Fields and offensive lineman Edgar Burrola.
How he fits: Cornerback has been a problem area for Arizona in recent years, and Wallace has a chance to come in and compete for playing time right away if he sticks to his Arizona commitment. Dane Cruikshank and Jace Whittaker both return, as does redshirt freshman Lorenzo Burns.
He said it: “He’s fast, he gets after it. He’s super athletic. I think he’s one of the most underrated corners in the country, to be honest. He plays hard. He can line up against anybody and dominate.” — Burrola
