Seneca Wallace
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 Seneca Wallace during Seahawks Training Camp. |
|
| Seattle Seahawks — No. 15 | |
| Quarterback | |
| Date of birth: August 6, 1980 | |
| Place of birth: Sacramento, California | |
| Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Weight: 196 lb (89 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
|---|---|
| 2005 for the Seattle Seahawks | |
| Career history | |
| College: Iowa State | |
| NFL Draft: 2003 / Round: 4 / Pick: 110 | |
Teams:
|
|
| Career highlights and awards | |
|
|
| Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season) |
|
| TD-INT | 11-9 |
| Passing yards | 1,315 |
| QB Rating | 78.9 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Seneca Wallace (born August 6, 1980 in Sacramento, California, USA) is an American football quarterback and wide receiver for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks.
Contents |
[edit] High school years
Wallace attended Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California, and was a letterman in football and basketball. In basketball, he won All-Sierra Conference honors and All-Sacramento honorable mention honors.
[edit] College life
Wallace attended Sacramento City College in order to stay close to home at his mother's request. He transferred to Iowa State University for his junior and senior year.
Wallace gained national notoriety (albeit briefly) in 2002 while with the Iowa State Cyclones in a play known affectionately to some as "The Run," in which he ran for a 12-yard touchdown versus Texas Tech. However, his actual amount of running in this play was estimated at over 120 yards (some sources claim it was actually 130 or more), as he dodged tackles and ran parallel to the end zone while receiving numerous blocks from his offense. While quarterbacking the Cyclones in 2001 and 2002, he threw 26 touchdowns and 27 interceptions.
[edit] National Football League career
He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of Iowa State University. It is widely thought his stock dropped in the draft due to his insistence that he quarterback for the team rather than be converted to an Antwaan Randle El-type wide receiver. (Similar remarks were made by Kordell Stewart after his first two years in the NFL.) Intrigued by his athleticism, the Seahawks gave him that chance. Wallace made his mark in the 2005 NFL Playoffs when he caught an acrobatic 28 yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck in the NFC Championship game against the Carolina Panthers' Ken Lucas. Wallace started in four games as quarterback after an injury to Hasselbeck's right knee. Under his leadership, the team won two games and lost two. His passer rating was 76.2 for the 2006 season, passing just under a thousand yards, throwing 8 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.
In 2007, Mike Holmgren began using Wallace as a wide receiver in limited formations. By week seven Wallace had caught two passes, ran two end arounds, and thrown an incomplete pass on an end around option pass.
[edit] Gallery
Seahawks Team Scrimmage -- August 5, 2006 Cheney, Washington.
 Wallace leads the second team offense |
 Wallace sizes up 1st round pick Jennings |
 Seneca finds Weeks underneath. |
 Wallace scrambles for a gain of 5. |
 Seneca sets on 2 and 5 at the 10. |
| Preceded by Matt Hasselbeck |
Seattle Seahawks Starting Quarterbacks 2006 |
Succeeded by Matt Hasselbeck |
