Jackie Wallace 

Position: Defensive back 

Year selected: 1972

Awards:

-UPI/TSN First-Team All-American 

Notable accomplishment at UA: Wallace was a two-time All-WAC first-team selection (1971, 1972). He holds the UA records for most punt returns in a season with 41 (1971) and in a career with 80 (1970-72). He also holds the record for most interceptions in a season with 11. 

In addition, he holds the UA records for most touchdowns on punt returns in a career with four and for the most punt return yards in a season with 510 yards (1971). 

Wallace was inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. 


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