Seneca Wallace

Seneca Sinclair Wallace (born August 6, 1980) is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa State. He was also a member of the Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers.

Seneca Wallace
Wallace in 2012
Dallas Cowboys
Position:Coaching assistant
Personal information
Born: (1980-08-06) August 6, 1980
Sacramento, California
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:Rancho Cordova (CA) Cordova
College:Iowa State
NFL Draft:2003 / Round: 4 / Pick: 110
Career history
As player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
TD−INT:31−19
Passing Yards:4,947
Passer Rating:80.8
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

Wallace attended Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California, and was a letterman in football and basketball.[1] In basketball, he won All-Sierra Conference honors and All-Sacramento honorable mention honors.

College career

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 received widespread notice in 2002 while with the Iowa State Cyclones in a play known affectionately to some as "The Run," in which he traversed back to the 32 yard line before running it in for a 12-yard touchdown versus Texas Tech. While quarterbacking the Iowa State Cyclones in 2001 and 2002, he threw 26 touchdowns and 27 interceptions.

Statistics
General Passing Rushing
YearTeamGPGSCmpAttPctYdsLngTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgLngTD
2001Iowa State111116726962.12,04454119132.71144754.2607
2002Iowa State141424444355.13,245601518119.71234373.6488
Total252541171257.74,164602627124.62379123.86015

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleThree-cone drillVertical jumpBroad jump
6 ft 0 in
(1.83 m)		 196 lb
(89 kg)		 4.50 s1.62 s2.67 s4.14 s6.98 s34 in
(0.86 m)		10 ft 7 in
(3.23 m)
All values from NFL Combine

Seattle Seahawks
Wallace in 2009

He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of Iowa State University.[2] It is widely thought his draft value dropped because of his insistence that he play quarterback for the team, rather than wide receiver. Intrigued by his athleticism, the Seattle 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 former Seahawks cornerback Ken Lucas of the Carolina Panthers.

In 2006, 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 1,000 yards, throwing 8 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.

In 2007, Mike Holmgren began using Wallace as a wide receiver in limited formations. By Week 7, Wallace had caught two passes, run two end arounds, and thrown an incomplete pass on an end around option pass.

In 2008, Wallace started two pre-season games at quarterback and had good statistics against the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders. After injuries to wide receivers that hurt the Seattle Seahawks, Wallace was moved to that position but strained a calf in his first game.

After the injury of Hasselbeck, he returned as a starter in week seven of the season at Tampa Bay, where the team lost 20-10. The next week, he led his team to a 34-13 win over San Francisco. In week 9, Wallace threw for the longest touchdown pass in Seattle Seahawks franchise history with a 90-yard completion to Koren Robinson in the Seahawks' first play from scrimmage. However, the Seahawks lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, 26-7. Wallace played again in the 21-19 road loss to the Miami Dolphins in week ten. Hasselbeck was cleared by team doctors to play and was the starter again for week 11. Because of another injury to Hasselbeck, Wallace started in week 14 against the New England Patriots, where he threw 20 completions in 28 attempts for 212 yards and three touchdowns. His passer rating for the game was 128.9. He also ran for 47 yards on three carries. However, a lost fumble by Wallace late in the fourth quarter led to a 24-21 Seahawks loss. The following week, he captured his second win as a starter as the Seahawks beat the St. Louis Rams 23-20 at the Edward Jones Dome. Hasselbeck returned from injury, but Wallace remained the starter for the rest of the season. Wallace had another good performance in a victory against the New York Jets in week 16, but lost to the eventual NFC champion Arizona Cardinals in week 17.

In his limited action, Wallace ended the 2008 NFL season as the league leader in Passing Touchdown to Interception Ratio, with 3.67.[3]

Cleveland Browns

On March 8, 2010, Wallace was traded to the Cleveland Browns for a seventh round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. With this trade, Wallace was reunited with his former Seattle coach and then-Browns president Mike Holmgren. He made his regular-season debut September 12, 2010, after starting quarterback Jake Delhomme injured his ankle during a week 1 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He would go on to start the next four games before suffering a high ankle sprain during week 5 versus the Atlanta Falcons.[4] On March 3, 2011, Wallace signed a three-year deal with the Browns.[5] Wallace was released by the Cleveland Browns after the conclusion of the 2012 preseason.

New Orleans Saints

On April 15, 2013, the New Orleans Saints signed Wallace to a one-year deal.[6] On August 19, 2013, he was released by the Saints.[7]

San Francisco 49ers

On August 22, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers.[8] A week later on August 29, 2013, he asked for his release.[9] He later said that (contrary to some news reports) he was not retiring, but had decided to leave the 49ers because he felt they were not giving him a chance to make the team, and had signed him only to pressure their principal backup quarterback, Colt McCoy, to accept a pay cut.[10]

Green Bay Packers
Wallace in 2013

On September 2, 2013, Wallace signed with the Green Bay Packers.[11] He first played for the Packers on November 4, 2013 after an injury to the left shoulder of Aaron Rodgers in the first quarter of the Monday night game against the Chicago Bears. His first start for the Packers was on Sunday, November 10, 2013 against the Philadelphia Eagles. During the game's opening drive, Wallace suffered a season-ending groin injury and had to leave the game. He was replaced by quarterback Scott Tolzien,[12] who made his first regular-season NFL appearance.[13]

Seneca Wallace was the first ever African-American to start a game as quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.[14]

Statistics
Regular season
YearTeamGPGSPassingRushingSackedFumbles
CompAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTDSackYdsFumLost
2003SEA 00DNP
2004SEA 00DNP
2005SEA 70132552.01736.91170.96-5-0.8032020
2006SEA 848214158.29276.68776.21212210.20148353
2007SEA 100192867.92157.72199.64174.3031311
2008SEA 10814124258.31,5326.311387.016784.90147643
2009SEA 1327812065.07005.83281.91620.1195952
2010CLE 846410163.46946.94288.5791.3063310
2011CLE 635510751.45675.32265.477010.0063011
2013GB 21162466.71395.80164.4000.0042000
Total642246878859.44,9476.3311980.8682934.31593391910

Source: NFL.com

Post-career

In the summer of 2018, Wallace was the quarterback for Godspeed, a flag football team made of former professional American football players that participated in the American Flag Football League (AFFL). The team were crowned the champions of participating pro teams but lost in the final match to the amateur champion team.[15]

Wallace joined the Dallas Cowboys staff in 2020 as a camp assistant working with the quarterbacks.[16]

See also

References
  1. "NFL QB returns to Rancho Cordova school to donate learning software". KCRA. December 18, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  2. "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  3. https://www.footballdb.com/leaders/yearly-passing-tdintratio
  4. "Seneca Wallace player profile". Cleveland Browns. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  5. Cabot, Mary Kay (March 4, 2011). "Cleveland Browns sign Seneca Wallace to 3 year deal, D'Qwell Jackson to one-year deal". Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  6. "New Orleans Saints Twitter Page". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  7. "Sean Payton announces New Orleans Saints roster moves". NewOrleansSaints.com. August 19, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  8. Wesseling, Chris (August 22, 2013). "Seneca Wallace signs San Francisco 49ers contract". NFL.com. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  9. Inman, Cam (August 29, 2013). "QB Seneca Wallace ends comeback attempt with 49ers". The Mercury News. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  10. Tommy Birch, "Seneca Wallace happy to be with Packers after ‘miscommunication’ with 49ers", Yahoo! Sports, August 30, 2013.
  11. Smith, Michael David (September 2, 2013). "Packers sign Seneca Wallace to back up Aaron Rodgers". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  12. Pellisero, Tom. "Packers to start Scott Tolzien in Week 11 after Seneca Wallace injured". USA TODAY Sports. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  13. Boarman, John. "Seneca Wallace injured, Scott Tolzien in for Packers at QB". Tireball Sports Media. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  14. Christi, Cliff (July 15, 2015). "Prior to Favre, the Packers were in bad shape". Packers.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  15. "Godspeed Moves on to Pro Championship". American Flag Football League. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  16. "Former Packers QB joins Cowboys coaching staff for camp". Cowboys Wire. USA Today. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
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