Freshman safety on Sacramento State's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 185 lb · Miami, FL
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 404 nationally · Signed with Miami
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 safety on Sacramento State's 2026 roster.
Amari Wallace
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. He got to Sacramento State by way of Miami. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles against Fresno State, Week 2, 2026.
17 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Sacramento State
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (85th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alonzo Carter
Pass share
54.4%
106 pass / 89 run
Plays / game
65.0
3 games
Team sack rate
1.7%
118 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sacramento State | 17 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 52–0
3 TOT · 3 SOLO
Dominant 52-point win at home against Mississippi Valley State.
With J. Sharman — 247 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 20.1 · 1 rush yds (3 car) · M. Coleman — 6 rec · 141 yds · 3 TD
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-28@ Eastern Michigan | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 52-0vs Mississippi Valley State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 3-49@ Fresno State | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Kevin Adams’s 2024 season.
Matches Kevin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Markus Boswell's freshman season at Akron (2025).
Matches Markus on
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