2014 Football Roster
Tearris Wallace
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bentonville, Ark.
- Prev School:
- Bentonville HS
Career
Has seen action in six games ... Has 21 carries for 84 yards ... Has a career-long rush of 14 yards ... Also has one catch for one yard.
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
Four-time Dean’s List student (2014 spring, 2015 spring, 2015 fall, 2016 spring) … Earned Tiger 3.0 Club honors six semesters … Named to the Tiger Academic 30 with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average for the 2014 spring semester … The Tiger Academic 30 honors the student-athletes with the athletics department’s top-30 grade-point averages … is recognition for the 30 student-athletes with the highest grade point averages each semester ... Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member (2013-14, 2014-15).
2015 (Sophomore)
Played in three games ... Game action came in wins over Missouri State, Kansas and SMU ... Had 31 rushing yards on seven carries ... Had a career-long rush of 14 yards ... Gained 12 yards on three carries in the season-opening win over Missouri State ... Had season bests for carries (4) and yards (19) in the regular-season home finale vs. SMU ... Logged a career-long rush of 14 yards in the win over the Mustangs ... The 14-yard gain came midway through the fourth quarter vs. SMU.
2014 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in three games ... Rushed for 53 yards on 14 carries ... Also had one reception for one yard ... Saw first collegiate action in the season-opening victory over Austin Peay ... Posted career highs for carries (10) and yards (37) vs. the Governors ... First collegiate carry was a seven-yard gain in the third quarter vs. Austin Peay ... The seven-yard rush was a season long ... Also had a run of six yards on the same offensive series … Had two carries for 10 yards at Ole Miss … In the American Athletic Conference championship-clinching win over Connecticut, had two carries for six yards ... Member of the Tigers team that won 10 games (10-3 record) and earned a shared of the American Athletic Conference regular-season championship ... Team posted the program’s first 10-win campaign since 1938 and won the first conference championship since 1971 … Squad also won the Miami Beach Bowl, a thrilling 55-48 double-overtime victory over BYU.
2013 (Freshman)
Redshirted.
High School
Played for head coach Barry Lunney at Bentonville High School ... Helped lead the Tigers to a 38-2 record, three Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) Class 7A state championship games, one AAA Class 7A crown and three AAA Class 7A West Conference titles his sophomore, junior and senior campaigns ... Finished career with 4,689 rushing yards and 66 rushing TD ... His 4,689 yards set the Class 7A West Conference career mark, and his 66 TD tied the career rushing TD record for the state’s large schools ... Also served as the Tigers’ punter ... 2012 honors included: Arkansas Activities Association Class 7A All-State Team and Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette Offensive Player of the Year … Rushed for 1,777 yards on 297 carries and 26 TD as a senior in 2012 ... Helped Bentonville High School to a 13-1 record and an AAA Class 7A state title game appearance ... … Began his senior season by helping lead the Tigers to three victories over border state high schools … Opened the year with a 170-yard rushing performance in a 24-7 win over Kansas City (Mo.) Rockhurst … Rushed for 119 yards on 30 carries and four TD in a 41-6 win over South Panola (Miss.) … By halftime, had 71 yards en route to a 180-yard performance in a 20-10 win over Broken Arrow (Okla.) … In the AAA Class 7A state semifinal 28-21 win over Forth Smith Southside High School, rushed for 175 yards on a season-high 40 carries and scored the game-winning TD on a one-yard dive with 4:23 left … As a junior in 2011, had 214 carries for 1,348 yards and 19 TD … Helped lead the Tigers to a 12-1 record and an AAA Class 7A state runner-up finish ... In 2010, helped lead Bentonville High School to the AAA Class 7A state crown with a perfect 13-0 record ... Earned Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette Offensive Sophomore of the Year honors ... Rushed for 1,568 yards on 207 carries and 21 TD as a sophomore.
Personal
Son of Mary I. Leverett ... Born November 24 … A marketing management major.
