Josh Wallace Shares What His Biggest Strength Is Heading Into The 2023 Season

The UMass transfer had plenty of interesting things to share during media availability and it sounds like he's ready for game action.

Michigan got UMass transfer Josh Wallace late this offseason. Wallace committed to Michigan over Oklahoma and Virginia Tech and decided to play his final season of football for Jim Harbaugh. 

The media finally got a chance to speak with Wallace on Wednesday during media availability. He said he went out to dinner with a few Michigan defenders and that sealed the deal on coming to Ann Arbor.

"I would say it's really the players on my visit," said Wallace. "Mike [Sainristil], Rod [Moore], Quinten [Johnson], Makari Paige — they were all out at dinner and they convinced me to come here. That was the best situation for me."

Wallace comes to Ann Arbor with a ton of experience. He played four seasons at UMass, was a captain, and tallied 140 tackles during his career. He is by far the most experienced cornerback on the roster but he's challenging Amorion Walker, Ja'Den McBurrows, and others to start.

The veteran corner says he is taking it day by day and says he feels extremely comfortable playing in this defense. 

"It’s still early to tell," said Wallace. "We’re all competing and we’ll see by the time game time comes."

"I would say probably 100% right now," Wallace said on his comfortability. "It's not really that challenging to me. I pick up on things pretty fast, I would say, so I wouldn't say it’s that challenging."

Since he has been a prominent starter at UMass, he's played a ton of snaps, there has to be a strength to Wallace's game. Last season, Wallace played under Don Brown and the former Minutemen said they ran a ton of press man last year. Wallace believes that has to be his biggest strength.

"I will say my strengths probably would be press man," Wallace said. "That’s what we kind of did over at UMass."

Wallace and the Wolverines will take the field on Sept. 2 against East Carolina.