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"Ms. Wallace?"
Levi Wallace's mother heard her name called as she walked through a hallway inside the Mal Moore Athletic Facility this April.
It was Derrick Ansley, the Crimson Tide's defensive backs coach.
"I just wanted to tell you that your son is a wonderful person," Ansley told Wendy Wallace. "He has great talent, is very coachable and has done an amazing job for our team."
Levi Wallace might be Alabama's most unlikely success story. A former walk-on from Tucson, Arizona, the redshirt senior cornerback has emerged as a top backup and valuable special teams contributor at powerhouse Alabama despite only receiving interest from schools like Western New Mexico out of high school.
Playing for Alabama is the fulfillment a lifelong dream for Wallace, whose love for the Tide came from his father, Walter.
The success means more because of that and because he knows how special this would be for his dad if he were here to see this.