Caedan Wallace

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Week 5: In No. 6 Penn State's 41-13 win over Northwestern, Wallace allowed a sack and a QB pressure, but otherwise had a solid day in pass protection. He wasn't particularly effective in run blocking, though the Nittany Lions rushed for 134 yards. — JH

Week 4: Wallace logged 83 snaps in the 31-0 win over Iowa — by far his biggest workload of the season. He allowed one pressure on QB Drew Allar, but otherwise had a stellar day in pass protection. His run-blocking was also key in Penn State rushing for over 200 yards and, in general, controlling the line of scrimmage. — JH

Week 3: Wallace played 51 snaps in the Nittany Lions' downing of Illinois, 30-13. He recovered from a poor day pass-blocking the week before against Delaware by not allowing a single Illini defensive pressure on QB Drew Allar. Wallace and the rest of the offensive line helped Penn State rush for 164 yards. — JH

Week 2: In Penn State's smashing of Delaware, 63-7, Wallace played 60 snaps, almost evenly divided between run-blocking (32) and pass-blocking (28) attempts. He struggled in pass protection, allowing two pressures on Penn State QBs. — JH

Week 1: Wallace didn't allow a sack or any pressures on Penn State QB Drew Allar, who went 21-of-29 for 325 yards and three TD passes. He also had a solid day run blocking, helping Nittany Lions backs rack up 127 yards on the ground. —JH 

Week 0: DNP

HISTORY — from college profile

2022 (jr) Appeared in eight games at right tackle, starting seven...Named the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Game (Auburn, 9/17)....at Purdue (9/1): Helped Penn State gain 406 yards, including 308 through the air...Ohio (9/10): Aided the Penn State offense to gain 572 yards. Nittany Lion freshmen (true and redshirt) combined for 423 of the 572 yards (74 percent). Blocked for Sean Clifford, Drew Allar and Christian Veilleux, who combined for 338 passing yards. Paved way for the Nittany Lions to gain 234 yards rushing, including touchdown runs of 44 and 70 yards, both by Nicholas Singleton...at Auburn (9/17): Assisted the Nittany Lion offense in netting 477 yards of offense in the road victory. Helped Penn State finish with 245 yards rushing. Led the way for five Nittany Lion rushing touchdowns. Prior to the five rushing touchdowns, Auburn had allowed just one rushing score in its last seven games dating back to 2021...Blocked for the freshmen tandem of Singleton and Kaytron Allen, who each had two rushing scores. Singleton had runs of 54 and 53 yards...Central Michigan (9/24): Penn State totaled 403 yards of offense in the win...Helped Clifford account for four touchdowns (3 passing, 1 rushing). Paved way for Allen's 111 yards on the ground and one touchdown...Northwestern (10/1): The Nittany Lions totaled 360 yards of offense including 220 yards on the ground...at Michigan (10/15): Clifford recorded 74 yards on the ground, including a career-best 62-yard run...Minnesota (10/22): Helped pave the way for Singleton (79 yards) and Allen (77 yards) to both top 75 rushing yards. Pass blocked for Clifford, who logged 295 yards passing with four touchdowns...vs. Utah (1/2): Contributed to an offensive attack which became the first team in Rose Bowl history to have an 80+-yard rushing touchdown and 80+-yard receiving touchdown in the same game. The Nittany Lions logged 448 total yards in the win, it's seventh-straight 400+ yard game. Penn State had eight plays of 20+ yards.

2021 (redshirt soph) Started all 13 games at right tackle...Wisconsin (9/4): Helped the Nittany Lion offense gain 254 yards in the second half...Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 247 yards and a touchdown...Ball State (9/11): Helped guide the Penn State offense to 493 yards of total offense...Blocked for Clifford as he recorded 230 yards and a touchdown...Helped guide three different rushers to 60-plus yards on the ground....Auburn (9/18): Guided the Penn State offense to 391 total yards....Blocked for Clifford as he threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns on the day...Villanova (9/25): Helped Clifford throw for a career-high 401 yards and four touchdowns. Guided the Penn State offense to 509 total yards...Indiana (10/2): Assisted the offense in gaining 408 yards and posting three passing touchdowns in the win...at Ohio State (10/30): Guided Penn State to 394 yards of total offense...Helped lead Clifford to a career-high 35 completions for 361 yards and a passing touchdown...at Maryland (11/6): Paved way for the Penn State offense to 456 yards...Blocked for Clifford as he threw for 363 yards and three touchdowns...Michigan (11/13): Helped guide the Nittany Lion offense to 332 total yards...Rutgers (11/20): Helped the Penn State offense to 407 yards of total offense...Helped true freshman Christian Veilleux throw for three touchdowns...at Michigan State (11/27): Penn State tallied 374 yards of total offense...Clifford threw for 313 yards and three scores.

2020 (redshirt fr) Appeared in all nine games, making seven starts at right tackle...Penn State ranked second in the Big Ten in total offense (430.3)...at Indiana (10/24): Made his first career start at right tackle...at Nebraska (11/14): Paved the way for the Nittany Lions to gain 501 yards, including 245 on the ground...Aided Devyn Ford to find the end zone on a 5-yard run and helped Keyvone Lee score on a 31-yard rush. Protected Will Levis as he threw for 219 yards. The Penn State offense matched a season high in first downs with 30...Iowa (11/21): Protected quarterbacks Will Levis and Sean Clifford as they threw for a combined 280 yards. Aided Keyvone Lee to find the endzone on a 6-yard rush...at Michigan (11/28): Helped the Nittany Lions rush to a season-high 254 yards on the ground, the most since the 2019 Cotton Bowl. Helped Keyvone Lee rush for 134 yards...Aided Keyvone Lee, Sean Clifford and Will Levis to rushing touchdowns...Paved the way for 50 total rushing attempts and four rushes over 20 yards. Helped the offense to total 417 yards...at Rutgers (12/5): Paved the way for the Nittany Lions to rush for 248 yards...The offense had 57 rushing attempts, the second most in the James Franklin era....Michigan State (12/12): Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns. The offense did not allow a sack for the first time since at Maryland in 2019. Aided Sean Clifford and Will Levis on rushing touchdowns, including a 31-yarder from Clifford...Illinois (12/19): Helped Penn State total 580 yards of offense, the seventh-most in the James Franklin era...Penn State had two passing plays of 70 or more yards in the same game for the first time in program history. PSU's 42 points in the first half were its most in a half since scoring 42 points in the second half at Illinois in 2018. Helped pave the way to 253 rushing yards, Penn State’s fifth game of the season with 245-plus rushing yards.

2019 (fr): Redshirt season...Appeared in four games.

High school: Three-time letterman for head coach Todd Smith at The Hun School (Princeton, NJ) and one-year letterman at Robbinsville High School...Was a two-time team captain as a junior and senior...Helped the Raiders to three consecutive Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) and prep state championships, including a perfect 8-0 record as a sophomore...Selected to the All-American Bowl...Chosen for the Polynesian Bowl...Participated in Nike’s The Opening Finals...Named as a finalist for the 2019 All-American Bowl Man of the Year Award...Named All-USA New Jersey Football Team first team by USA Today in 2018...Garnered New Jersey Sportszone All-Offense Team honors as a senior...Selected All-MAPL three times...Had 47 pancake blocks and more than 80 knockdowns as a senior...Recorded more than 50 pancake blocks as a junior...Posted 30 pancake blocks as a sophomore...Rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals...Rated as the No. 53 overall prospect, No. 2 offensive guard and No. 2 recruit in New Jersey by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 192 overall prospect, No. 6 offensive guard, No. 19 player in the region and No. 3 recruit in New Jersey by ESPN...Ranked No. 69 overall recruit, No. 4 offensive guard and No. 2 recruit in New Jersey by Rivals...Competed in shot put and discus for the track & field team...Won a state championship in shot put in the 2015 indoor season...Was a sectional champion in the shot put in the spring 2016...Was an honor roll student...Finished with a 93 percent grade-point average in his senior year.

PERSONAL

Full name is Caedan Anson Wallace...Son of Paryn and Charles Wallace...Has two brothers, Charles and Carson...Father, Charles, played football at The Citadel (1986-89)...Brother, Charles, played football at Delaware State (2014-17)...Volunteered with the Young Scholars Institute in Trenton and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure...Hobbies include watching documentaries and learning about Greek and Roman history...Majoring in communication arts and sciences...Would like to hold a leadership position in a Fortune 500 company.