Tyler Wallace is getting a new look in Cleveland, and the Browns are already seeing why the former Oklahoma State star was such a dangerous receiver.
Wallace is in Browns training camp as he tries to carve out a role with a team in the middle of a major quarterback battle. After five seasons with the Ravens produced only 22 career catches, he’s looking for a reset with a new organization.
The early camp footage has helped make his case. On Tuesday, Cleveland posted a clip of Wallace making a ridiculous grab in drills, one that had a cornerback all over him. Wallace went up and reached over the defender, caught the ball just before it could strike the nameplate on the back of the jersey, then used the defender to help pin it to his chest with his left hand while his right hand was still tied up in the battle.
That kind of play is familiar to anyone who watched him at Oklahoma State. Wallace has long had the body control and ball skills to make catches that look unfair. The issue in the NFL has been opportunity.
Baltimore drafted him in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft, and his pro career never really settled into a steady rhythm. As a rookie, he started once and mostly contributed on special teams. He finished that season with two receptions for 23 yards, including a long of 18.
In 2022, injuries cut into his availability. Wallace appeared in nine games and caught four passes for 33 yards, while a hamstring issue lingered late in the year.
The hamstring problem also limited him in 2023, when he spent time on injured reserve and played in 11 games. He had just one catch that season, though he did give the Ravens a boost in the return game by bringing back six punts, one of them for a touchdown - his first professional score.
His workload picked up somewhat over the next two seasons. Wallace played a combined 31 games in 2024 and 2025 and totaled 15 receptions, with a career-high 11 catches in 2024.
He scored a touchdown in both seasons. His 84-yard touchdown catch in 2024 was, at the time, quarterback Lamar Jackson’s longest scoring pass of his career.
Before the NFL, Wallace put together a standout run at Oklahoma State from 2017 through 2020. He earned first-team All-American honors in 2018 and second-team All-American recognition in 2020. He was a two-time first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2018 and 2020, and he made second-team All-Big 12 in 2019.
His college résumé stacked up with the best in school history. Wallace became the 14th Oklahoma State football player to earn All-America honors in multiple seasons.
He had 14 career 100-yard receiving games, which ranked fifth in OSU history, and finished with 205 catches, 3,434 receiving yards and 26 touchdown receptions. In the Cowboys’ record book, he left fifth in receiving yards, fifth in receptions, sixth in receiving touchdowns, sixth in yards per catch and seventh in receptions per game.
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