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Garret Wallow

Former linebacker at TCU. 2020: 90 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · TCU · Sr. · #30

6′2″ · 230 lb · New Orleans, LA

All-Conf 1st teamHouston — drafted 2021, Rd 5, Pick 26, #170 overall

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 886 nationally · Signed with TCU

Statement game12 tackles · 3 TFLvs West Virginia (FBS) · L 17-20

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at TCU. 2020: 90 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2017.
Drafted round 5 by the Houston in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at TCU, 293 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #170 overall by Houston.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20175 games

Signed with TCU3-star out of John Curtis

202010 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12first

2021

Drafted by Houstonround 5, pick 170

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#886 national

CFB

College

TCU

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #170

Houston · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Gary Patterson

TCU

Played his entire career under Gary Patterson.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

HoustonEntering 6th NFL season

#170Rd 5 · Pick 26

HoustonEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Gary Patterson — 29-20 over that span.

2017TCU11-3HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2018TCU7-6HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2019TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020TCU6-4HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#26 / 2211 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#31 / 2211 · 99th pct

QB hurries#50 / 2211 · 97th pct

Tackles for loss#81 / 2211 · 96th pct

9.0

Sacks#326 / 2211 · 82nd pct

2.0

Passes defended#749 / 2211 · 54th 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

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	9.8	1.2	0.3	0.0
Road4g	7.8	0.5	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-73g	8.3	1.5	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	9.3	0.6	0.1	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	TCU	90	50	9.0	2.0	1	--	--
2019	TCU	125	77	18.0	3.5	1	1	--
2018	TCU	71	45	5.5	3.0	2	--	--
2017	TCU	7	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		293	176	32.5	8.5	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2020

W 29–22

vs Oklahoma State

11 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With M. Duggan — 265 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 102 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · J. Sandy — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week