Tylan Wallace Ends Up as a Third Day Bonanza for Ravens

STILLWATER – This was a crime as Tylan Wallace may have had a few injuries and one major injury with the torn ACL his junior season, but Wallace is a steal for the Baltimore Ravens, who drafted him on Saturday in the fourth round with the 131^st pick. Wallace watched on Friday night as at least a half dozen receivers rated behind Wallace were selected. Our prediction is he will outplay most of the those receivers that went ahead of him. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh made the pick on television with a huge smile on his face.

“I expected to go higher but things happen for a reason,” Wallace told the Baltimore media. I’m just ready to go to work. I don’t know why, but I could see teams thinking about that knee injury. It’s surreal that I will be catching passes from Lamar Jackson. He is an inspiration to younger guys like me and I can’t wait to get there and start building a relationship with him.”

“This is awesome,” said Oklahoma State offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Kasey Dunn said after the Ravens made Wallace their fourth pick. He will play a long time and the Ravens are having a helluva draft.”

There was no doubt where Tylan Wallace would be for the draft as he was with his family, including mom Mandi Moore and twin brother and current Oklahoma State graduate assistant coach Tracin. Family is everything to the Wallaces. Tylan and Tracin came to Oklahoma State together and the fact that Mike Gundy and wide receivers coach and now offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn wanted both of them played heavily in the Pokes’ favor.

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Wallace touchdown catch against Texas Tech.

Did it ever as Wallace finished his Oklahoma State career with 205 receptions for 3,434-yards and 26 touchdowns. As a senior he nearly beat Texas by himself with Spencer Sanders as he caught 11 passes for 187-yards and two touchdowns. He caught hos last six passes for 45-yards against Miami, Fla. in the Cheez-It Bowl win and sat out the second half by design. That was decided before the game and it allowed Tay Martin to jump in and have a strong second half and lead him back to Oklahoma State this next season.

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Wallace was a “Longhorns” killer in his career.

Wallace was diligent in his preparation for the NFL Draft as he trained at Exos Facility in Frisco, Texas and before leaving clocked a 4.46 in the forty. At his Pro Day in Stillwater, he measured just over 5-11 and 194-pounds. He has 30 3/8ths on his arm measurement and 9 and 3/8ths on his hand. He ran a 4.49 in the forty with a 2.66 split for the 20-yards. He had a 33-inch vertical, a 4.25-seconds on the 5-10-5 agility drill, and he did 11 on the bench press rep test.

He then put on a catching show for the representatives of all 32 NFL teams.

Wallace best season was 2018 when he finished as a consensus first-team All-American and a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award as college football’s top wide receiver. He had 86 receptions for 1,491-yards with 12 touchdowns. He saved his best for heavyweights Texas and Oklahoma as he had 10 catches for 222-yards and two touchdowns against the Longhorns. He was a Texas killer throughout his career. In a 42-41 loss to OU he had 10 snags for 220-yards and two touchdowns.

Wallace first started playing as a freshman and had seven catches for 118-yards that season. One of those was a key reception that helped trigger a comeback at Iowa State.

His strengths in his scouting report include his focus and strength in making contested catches at all three levels. He runs good routes, is physical for his size, both as a receiver and a blocker. His stiff arm is a major weapon after the catch and you can ask Iowa State about that.

Weaknesses are nit picky like his run-away ability after catching the ball and that his body is not impressive in person. There are also the questions about his durability as he did have the one ACL injury and has had some quad issues over his career.

There is no doubt in my mind that Baltimore just got a tremendous future weapon in their offense.

“I think I brings some important aspects to the team,” Wallace told the Baltimore media. “My ball skills for sure, whether that is locating the ball, high pointing on the catch, or running through the ball. I bring a lot of physicality.”