RB Deon Wallace
Complete list of 2005 verbal commitments Wallace prepares for next challenge. Worthing back determined he can make it big at 5-8
5-8 and 175 pounds.
After watching Deon Wallace school all of his Hiram Clarke neighborhood buddies playing street football, a peer told the 11-year-old, "You're pretty good, but I bet you won't come out to my little league team and do that."
Which is the wrong thing to say — tell Wallace he cannot do something.
So Wallace accepted the challenge and quickly made an impression on the youth league coaches. They played him at safety because he was tough and at quarterback because he was a leader.
"He's determined," said Matt Malatesta, national recruiting adviser for rivals.com. "That goes back to his background. He's got a chip on his shoulder. That comes from being a street guy and that comes from being 5-8."
Off the field, the laid-back Wallace calls himself "a mellow cat."
But on the field, Wallace is flashy, brash and to put it simply "the man."
Wallace helped Worthing advance to the second round of the Class 4A Division II playoffs after finishing in a three-way tie for the District 22-4A crown.
Wallace rushed for 1,690 yards and 17 touchdowns this season. He also had 16 catches — four of which were TDs.
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By NIKI HERBERT
Houston Chronicle
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