10 Random Mike Wallace Stats

In Mike Wallace, the Eagles are getting a veteran wide receiver who's now playing for his fifth team in the last seven years.
 
Wallace has put up fairly consistent numbers since the Steelers drafted him out of Mississippi in the third round in 2009.
 
And we all know what a veteran wide receiver means. Lots of stats!
 
So let's get to know Mike Wallace with 10 Random Mike Wallace Stats That You Didn't Know (And I Didn't Either Until I Looked them Up!):
 
• Since entering the NFL in 2009, Wallace ranks ninth in the NFL with 8,072 receiving yards, behind only former teammate Antonio Brown (9,910), Larry Fitzgerald (9,570), Calvin Johnson (9,532), Brandon Marshall (9,316), Julio Jones (9,054), Demaryius Thomas (8,653), DeSean Jackson (8,575) and A.J. Green (8,213).
 
• Wallace's 57 touchdown catches since 2009 are seventh-most in the NFL during that span by a wide receiver.

• With a 95-yard touchdown catch from Ben Roethlisberger against the Cardinals in 2011 and a 95-yarder from Joe Flacco against the Steelers in 2016, Wallace is one of just three players in NFL history with two career TD receptions of 95 or more yards.

The others are Gaynell Tinsley of the Chicago Cardinals, who caught a 97-yarder from Pat Coffee in 1937 and a 98-yarder from Doug Russell in 1938, and Pennsauken's John Taylor, who caught a 95-yarder from Joe Montana in 1989 and a 97-yarder from Steve Young in 1991.
 
• Similarly, Wallace's four career TDs of 80 yards or more - the two listed above plus catches of 81 and 82 from Roethlisberger in 2011 and 2012 - are fifth-most in NFL history behind Derrick Alexander, Lance Alworth, Bobby Hayes and Jerry Rice, who all have five.
 
• Wallace has had at least 725 receiving yards in eight of his nine seasons in the NFL. Since 2009, only Fitzgerald has had 725 or more yards more often than Wallace.
 
• Wallace's career rushing average of 7.1 yards per carry is fifth-highest among active players (with 32 or more attempts), behind Cordarrelle Patterson (10.3), Tyreek Hill (8.0), Deshaun Watson (7.5) and Ted Ginn (7.1).
 
• Wallace had nine catches for the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV against the Packers after the 2010 season. That's tied with several players (including Nelson Agholor) for eighth-most in Super Bowl history by a wide receiver.
 
• Since he entered the league in 2009, Wallace has 43 receptions of 40 yards or more, second-most in the NFL during that span behind only former Eagle DeSean Jackson, who has 56. Those 43 passes were thrown by five quarterbacks (Roethlisberger 23, Flacco 9, Ryan Tannehill 7, Charlie Batch 3 and former Eagle Dennis Dixon 1).
 
• During the same span, Wallace has 19 TD catches of 40 yards or more, again second-most in the league during that span to Jackson's 26.
 
• In 2010, Wallace caught 60 passes for 1,257 yards, and his 20.95 average was sixth-highest in NFL history and highest in the last 33 years by a player with 60 or more receptions. Since 1965, only Hall of Famer and one-time Eagle James Lofton has had a higher average (21.95 in 1984).

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