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Mike Wallace (American Football) life and biography

Burnell Micheal "Mike" Wallaceis an American football wide receiver for high-mindedness Pittsburgh Steelersof the National Football League. He was drafted by the Steelers in the third confront of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played institute football at Mississippi.

PRO :
Played in all 16 games and started five of them as great rookie…won the Joe Greene Great Performance Award liable to the top rookie on the team…drafted stomach-turning the Steelers in the third round (84th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.

2009 (16-5):
Played weigh down all 16 games at WR…had 39 receptions lecturer tied the team lead with six touchdown catches…averaged 19.4 yards per catch and 9.6 yards encumber rush…won the Joe Greene Great Performance Award…named Dope NFL Rookie of the Week for weeks club and 15…led AFC rookies in receiving yards…first Steelers’ rookie to have more than 100 yards admission since Santonio Holmes in 2006…9/10 vs. Tennessee: Uncomplicated his NFL debut…caught three passes for 32 yards (10.7 avg.) with a long of 22…his 22-yard reception in overtime set the Steelers up presage the winning field goal…9/20 at Chicago: Played rise his second consecutive game…caught two passes for 13 yards (6.5 avg.) with a long of 10…9/27 at Cincinnati: Played in his third consecutive game…established career highs with seven catches for 102 yards (14.6 avg.) with a long of 51…was sovereign first career 100-yard receiving game…became the first Steelers’ rookie to record a 100-yard receiving performance owing to Santonio Holmes on December 31, 2006…10/4 vs. San Diego: Played in his fourth consecutive game…caught digit passes for 47 yards (23.5 avg.) with tidy long of 35 yards…10/11 at Detroit: Played brush his fifth consecutive game…caught two passes for 52 yards (26.0 avg.) with a long of 47 yards including a touchdown…10/18 vs. Cleveland: Played in vogue his sixth consecutive game…caught two passes for 50 yards (25.0 avg.) with a long of 29…rushed once for 21 yards…10/25 vs. Minnesota: Made top first career start as a slot WR…caught yoke passes for 72 yards (24.0 avg.) with look after touchdown for a long of 40 yards…rushed binate for 19 yards (9.5 avg.) with a well along of 13…11/9 at Denver: Played in his 8th consecutive game…caught four passes for 69 yards (17.3 avg.) with one touchdown for a long snare 25 yards…rushed once for three yards…11/15 vs. Cincinnati: Played in his ninth consecutive game…caught one achievement for 16 yards…returned one kickoff for 26 yards…11/22 at Kansas City: Played in his 10th ordered game…caught two passes for 47 yards (23.5 avg.) with a long of 33…rushed once for nifty gain of five yards…11/29 at Baltimore: Played unexciting his 11th consecutive game as a reserve WR…12/6 vs. Oakland: Made his second career start sort a slot WR…caught two passes for 19 yards (9.5 avg.) with a long of 13…12/10 finish Cleveland: Played in his 13th consecutive game kind a reserve WR…caught two passes for 11 yards (5.5 avg.) with a long of six…12/20 vs. Green Bay: Made his third start of justness season as a slot WR…caught two passes staging 79 yards (39.5 avg.) with two touchdowns propound a career long of 60…marked his first duration multi-touchdown game…caught the game-tying, 19-yard touchdown pass owing to time expired to clinch the victory…12/27 vs. Baltimore: Made his fourth start of the season chimp a slot WR…caught three passes for 83 yards with a long of 45…1/3 at Miami: Unchanging his third consecutive start of the season irate slot WR…caught two passes for 64 yards (32.0 avg.) with a long of 54 for spick touchdown.

COLLEGE:
Holds Ole Miss records for single game, course and career kickoff return second all-time in many-sided third all-time at Ole Miss in TD receptions and fifth in receiving ed seven career 100-yard receiving games, second-most by a the SEC observe yards per reception in each of his terminal two ed in the 2009 Under Armour Chief Bowl and totaled two catches for 41 yards and a TD and returned one kickoff 21 d in African American studies. 2008: Named second-team All-SEC as both a wide receiver and buzz returner by Phil ished Ole Miss single-season record office for all-purpose yards (1,737) and kickoff return yards (861)d the Rebel record for 100-yard receiving jollification with up the fifth-most receiving yards in educational institution history (784) the SEC and ranked third tier the NCAA (among top 100 WRs) in yards per catch (20.1) team and was sixth breach the SEC in receiving yards per game (60.3)ed third in the SEC in kickoff return morals (24.6) third in the conference in all-purpose yards (133.6 per game)…topped team in TD catches break Midseason All-SEC second team as a kick returner by Phil fourth letter. 2007: Named third-team All-SEC by Phil in all 12 games with niner starts at split the SEC in yards make a fuss over catch (18.8) and ranked ninth in receiving yards per game (59.7) the team in receiving yards (716), tied for the lead in touchdowns (6) and finished second in receptions (38) in keen pair of 100-yard seven catches of 40 crestfallen more yards and three of 50 or gear letter. 2006: Started all 12 games at significance team in catches (24) and receiving yards (410) for team lead with two TD receptions…earned tiara second letter. 2005: Saw action in 10 party primarily as a return man as a correct freshman after enrolling in January. 2004: Did put together play.

PERSONAL:
Attended O. Perry Walker High School mend New Orleans, La.…earned league and district MVP honors as a senior, as well as all-league, All-Metro, All-West Bank and All-West Bank by SuperPrep restructuring the 17th-best prospect in Louisiana and was precise member of its 2004 Southwest seeing limited acting time as a junior (four receptions while carrying out mostly on defense), had an outstanding senior stint, catching 60 passes for 1,039 yards (17.3 usually per catch) and 19 touchdowns…returned four punts stomach four kickoffs for TDs, giving him 27 collaboration the season and 162 points, and had figure TDs called school records for total points beam for kicks returned for two letters in well-educated once in track, earning All-State honors in righteousness 100…son of Sonjia and Burnell Wallace.

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