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http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101210aac.html

CHICAGO ? DePaul junior Eric Wallace will miss the 2010-11 season after sustaining fractured left tibia and fibula in a preseason workout on Oct. 4. Wallace underwent surgery to repair the injury on Oct. 7 and is expected to make a complete recovery.

?This is a tough situation for Eric, but with the care of our sports medicine staff and his hard work in rehab, we believe he can make a full recovery,? said head coach Oliver Purnell.

Wallace averaged 6.3 points and 4.9 rebounds in 24 games last season as a sophomore. He sat out the 2008-09 campaign after transferring from Ohio State. The 6-7 guard/forward scored a career-high 16 points against Detroit last season and grabbed a career-best nine rebounds in games against Alabama State and St. John?s.
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Eric Wallace to Transfer to Seattle University
Seattle University
July 12, 2011

SEATTLE, Wash. ? Seattle University head men?s basketball coach Cameron Dollar has announced that Eric Wallace, a member of the men?s basketball team at DePaul University over the past three seasons, has signed a financial aid agreement to come to Seattle U and join the Redhawk men?s basketball program for the 2011-12 season.

Wallace missed the 2010-11 season after suffering a severe left leg injury during a preseason workout. During the 2009-10 season, the 6?7?, 233-pound forward appeared in 24 games, including 19 starts, averaging 6.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game to finish fourth on the team in scoring average and second in rebounding. Wallace scored a career-high 16 points against Detroit and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds in games against Alabama State and St. John?s.

Before transferring to DePaul and sitting out the 2008-09 campaign, Wallace started his collegiate career in 2007-08 at Ohio State, where he averaged 1.8 points and 1.3 rebounds per game in 15 appearances for the Buckeyes. He posted season highs of 10 points and eight rebounds in 16 minutes of action against Iowa.

?Eric is one of the most explosive athletes in the country. He will be an impact player that will provide leadership and production in a variety of areas. We are thrilled he has chosen to join our program,? Dollar said.

Wallace averaged 14 points and eight rebounds per game at Hargrave Military Academy in 2006-07 after averaging 22 points, 10 rebounds, three steals, and two blocks per game as a junior at Robert B. Glenn High School in Winston-Salem, N.C. He earned his bachelor?s degree in DePaul?s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and will be enrolling in graduate school at Seattle University.
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CBS Sports wrote an article about Wallace today, I believe by Jeff Goodman. I can't link it now but it mostly talks about how Eric is working on being in the Australian Football League. The writer reports that Wallace said he should have stayed at OSU in hindsight.
 
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Former Ohio State basketball player signs NFL contract with Carolina Panther

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Former Ohio State basketball player Eric Wallace just made the jump to American football player after signing a deal with the Carolina Panthers to play tight end in the NFL. Wallace played basketball for Ohio State for one year, before finishing out his collegiate basketball playing career at DePaul. The Buckeye is headed back to his home state after signing a three-year deal as an undrafted rookie.

Following college ball, Wallace was considering over his options to play pro-basketball overseas, when he was introduced to Australian Rules Football. He went on to play three seasons in Australia, and only decided to try his hands in the NFL upon his return to the states in Nov. 2015.

Despite not having played the NFL version of football since he was 14 years old, the versatile Wallace got some help from his friends, and earned a spot at the New Orleans Saints rookie minicamp. Failing to sign with a team in the spring, Wallace made a visit to the wide receiver coach’s training facility in Carolina in early July and told Ricky Proehl that he wanted to play for the Panthers.

His tenacity earned him a workout -- that he did the next day — where the 6’6, 260-pound basketball player ran a 4.6 second 40-yard dash. A few weeks later, the team brought Wallace back to work out for the other coaches and hours later signed the Buckeye to a deal just before the start of training camp.

Entire article: http://www.landgrantholyland.com/20...l-aussie-rules-football-eric-wallace-panthers

Needless to say, he still has to make the team.
 
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