Christopher Wallace Jr.

Senior safety on South Alabama's 2026 roster.

S · South Alabama · Sr.

5′11″ · 198 lb · Mobile, AL

CFB Index 51 · #265 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to South Alabama for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs OhioHancock Whitney StadiumSouth Alabama by 4.5

How he projects

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

The full scouting read

The story

4 safety on South Alabama's 2025 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Christopher Wallace Jr.

S · South Alabama · Sr

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Christopher Wallace Jr. has played for two head coaches in four seasons at South Alabama. One game to point at: 13 tackles against North Texas — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022South Alabama10-3HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2024South Alabama7-6HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #265 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (92nd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (85th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#227 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Solo tackles#417 / 2975 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Road6g	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #265 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #26 of 42 Sun Belt Ss

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	South Alabama	73	33	3.5	--	--	--
2024	South Alabama	11	2	0.0	--	--	--
2023	South Alabama	5	3	1.0	--	--	--
2022	South Alabama	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		90	39	4.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–21

vs Morgan State

0 TFL · 4 TOT · 1 REC

With D. Voisin — 7 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD · A. Pulkkinen — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 38-21vs Morgan State	4	0	0.5	—
Wk 2	L 31-33vs Tulane	5	2	2.0	—
Wk 3	L 15-31@ Auburn	8	8	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina	7	4	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 22-36@ North Texas	13	6	0.0	—	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Troy	8	4	0.5	—
Wk 8	L 14-15vs Arkansas State	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 38-31@ Georgia State	6	2	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 22-31vs Louisiana	6	0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 26-14@ UL Monroe	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 42-35vs Southern Miss	6	1	0.5	—
Wk 14	L 26-49@ Texas State	6	4	0.0	—
Total		73	33	3.5	—

The secondary · South Alabama

Christopher Wallace Jr.S · Sr.73 tackles · 2025
#8Mike HarrisS · Sr.31 tackles · 2025
#2Jayvon HendersonS · Sr.27 tackles · 2025
#8Dallas YoungS · Sr.17 tackles · 2025
#16Brian DillardS · Sr.14 tackles · 2025

29 more on the roster · South Alabama team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Christopher Wallace Jr.

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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