2024 Football Roster
Roster
Wallace, Ja’Ryan

Jersey Number 88
Ja’Ryan Wallace
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Braswell, Texas
- High School:
- Braswell HS
Bio
As a Freshman (2023)
High School
Personal
- Redshirted
- Appeared in four games
- 29 snaps including 24 on special teams
- Five snaps at wideout
- Appeared on both kick return (12 snaps) and punt return (12 snaps)
- No statistics recorded
High School
- Three-star prospect by rivals
- Nation's No. 72-ranked wide receiver
- No. 99 overall player in the state of Texas
- 2021 Texas District 5-6A first-team selection
- As a senior, tallied 1,091 yards on 50 receptions for eight touchdowns
- Five games with 100+ receiving yards in 2022
- Two produced 200+ yards receiving vs. McKinney (243 yards in 2022; 233 in 2021)
- Contributed two touchdowns in three games as a senior
- As a junior (2021) recorded 870 yards on 56 catches with 10 touchdowns
- In three years on varsity posted 2,072 receiving yards with 18 touchdowns
- Also competed in basketball and track and field
- Chose Houston over Kansas State, Purdue, UCF, West Virginia, Florida State, Colorado and Nebraska among others
Personal
- Nickname: JWall
- Hobbies: games, family time, eating
- Describes himself as funny, energetic and respectful
- Favorite childhood memory is his first touchdown in first grade
- Game day rituals including drinking Strawberry Pedialyte and listening to Rod Wave
- Dream job outside of football: entrepreneur
- Is a father
- Hidden talent: he can dance
- Brother played football at Georgia State
- Chose UH because it feels like home and the program is just sensational
- One word to describe himself on the field: dawg
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: chicken wings
- His motivation for working hard: his baby girl that is on the way
- Best advice: from his brother “1. caring what they think 2. thinking that they care.”
- Most memorable athletic feat: caught the game winning touchdown his sophomore year in his first-ever game
- Unique fact: has 14 sisters
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
Camp Availability: Head Coach Willie Fritz
Monday, August 04