#12

Josh Wallace

Senior defensive back on Michigan's 2023 roster.

DB · Michigan · Sr. · #12

6′0″ · 190 lb · Hyattsville, MD

CFB Index 21 · #298 of 339 cornersLow confidenceMichigan 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1444 nationally · Signed with DeMatha Catholic

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Michigan's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to DeMatha Catholic in 2019.
Transferred from Massachusetts to Michigan in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Michigan, 165 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20199 games

Recruited3-star out of DeMatha Catholic

202312 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1444 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Massachusetts1-11HC: Walt Bell · Balanced

2020Massachusetts0-4HC: Walt Bell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Massachusetts1-11HC: Alex Miller · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Massachusetts1-11HC: Don Brown · Run-heavy

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

21Below cohort / limited sample #298 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#362 / 2842 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#1110 / 2842 · 60th pct

Tackles#1411 / 2842 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1404 / 2842 · 46th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.6	0.3	0.0	0.4
Road5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.1	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

21 · #298 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #298 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Michigan	28	19	2.0	4	--	--
2022	Massachusetts	41	32	3.0	8	2	--
2021	Massachusetts	53	32	4.0	11	--	--
2020	Massachusetts	12	12	0.0	5	--	--
2019	Massachusetts	31	23	0.0	--	1	--
Career		165	118	9.0	28	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 30–24

vs Ohio State

4 TOT · 3 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With J. McCarthy — 148 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 17 rush yds (4 car) · T. Doman — 52 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 71 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 30-3vs East Carolina	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 31-6vs Bowling Green	4	1	0.0	—	1	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 4	W 31-7vs Rutgers	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 52-10@ Minnesota	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 52-7vs Indiana	4	2	1.5	—	0
Wk 8	W 49-0@ Michigan State	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 41-13vs Purdue	2	1	0.5	—	1
Wk 11	W 24-15@ Penn State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-24@ Maryland	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 30-24vs Ohio State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 26-0@ Iowa	4	3	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 27-20vs Alabama	2	2	0.0	—	0
Total		28	19	2.0	—	4

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