Player
Tylan Wallace
WR · Ravens
Tylan Wallace: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
4th-round pick to 5-year Ravens returner: 30 punt returns since 2023, 1 TD — the special-teams role that kept him on the roster.
TrendTylan Wallace punt return activity
| Year | Returns | Ret Yds | TD | Rec | Rec Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024 (reg) | 18 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 193 |
| 2025 (reg) | — | — | 0 | 4 | 45 |
Wallace was Baltimore's 4th-round pick (131st overall) in 2021 out of Oklahoma State. His first two seasons were a non-factor offensively (6 combined catches), but his 76-yard punt return TD in Week 14 of 2023 cemented his roster spot.
Since that play, Baltimore has used him as a primary punt returner. His 2024 regular-season offensive role nearly tripled his career receiving total (11 rec, 193 yds in 12 games), but he has just 22 career regular-season receptions for 305 yards across 44 games (2021-2025).
Week 10, 2024 vs Cincinnati: 3 catches, 115 yards, 1 TD — including an 84-yard score from Lamar — his only 100-yard game in 5 seasons.
MilestoneIn Week 10 of 2024 at Cincinnati, Wallace caught 3 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown — including an 84-yard catch-and-run TD from Lamar Jackson that is the longest play of his NFL career.
That single game accounts for 37.7% of his career regular-season receiving yards (115 of 305) and was the only 100-yard receiving game of his 5-year NFL career.
2024 was his breakout — 11 regular-season catches for 193 yards (17.5 Y/R), more than years 1-3 combined.
SplitTylan Wallace breakout in 2024
| Window | Rec | Yds | Y/R |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2023 combined | 7 | 67 | 9.6 |
| 2024 reg season | 11 | 193 | 17.5 |
| 2025 reg season | 4 | 45 | 11.2 |
His 2024 regular season produced 193 receiving yards — nearly 3× his first three seasons combined (67). The Y/R nearly doubled (9.6 → 17.5), reflecting Baltimore's shift toward using him in vertical-shot situations rather than just as a safety valve.
The 2025 dip (4 catches, 45 yards through 15 weeks) reflects a shrinking offensive role. He scored 1 TD in Week 2 vs CLE on 2 catches for 25 yards.
His most consequential play: a 76-yard punt return TD vs the Chargers in Week 14 of 2023.
RareIn Week 14 of 2023 vs the Chargers (LA), Wallace returned a punt 76 yards for a touchdown — one of the splashiest special-teams plays of Baltimore's 2023 season.
That single play (which doesn't appear in his receiving stats) is arguably the most consequential moment of his career — it locked him in as Baltimore's punt returner for 2024 and beyond. He returned 12 punts that season (127 total yards), a career high, and continued as the primary returner with 18 returns in 2024.
Career receiving line dominated by one game: 37.7% of his regular-season career yards came in a single Week 10, 2024 outing.
AnomalyOf Wallace's 305 regular-season career receiving yards, 115 (37.7%) came in a single game — the Week 10 2024 win at Cincinnati. The next-best game is a 31-yard, 2-catch game in Week 5 of 2024 vs Cincinnati.
The career profile reads as a player whose value is special-teams first, downfield-shot WR second. Heading into the back half of 2025, his Ravens future depends on whether Baltimore keeps prioritizing the punt returner role when settling the back end of the receiver room.
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