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Notre Dame 99-to-0: No. 16 KJ Wallace, junior safety, possible starting nickel back

Listed measurements: 5-foot-10 ¼, 189 pounds.
2021-22 year, eligibility: A junior, Wallace has four seasons of eligibility remaining, as comical as that still sounds.
Depth Chart: Wallace typically works at safety, but star junior Kyle Hamilton hardly needs a backup and that will shorten Notre Dame’s defensive backfield rotation. That may have been part of the reason Wallace spent much of spring practices trying his hand at nickel back, where he could very well be the Irish starter.
Recruiting: Wallace committed way back in January of 2018, waiting 10 months before National Signing Day, but never wavering during that time despite Stanford, Penn State and Tennessee pursuing the rivals.