J. T. Wall is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 fullback

Fullback (American football)

A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...

. Wall attended John Milledge Academy in Milledgeville, GA, where he was a four year starter at linebacker and fullback. After high school he moved on to Southwest Baptist University

Southwest Baptist University

Southwest Baptist University is a private institute of higher education affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 2003 there were approximately 3,600 students attending at one of SBU's four Missouri, United States campuses in Bolivar,...

 in Bolivar, MO prior to transferring to Georgia. Wall was taken in the seventh round of the NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. After a short lived professional career, he now is an Assistant Head Football Coach at his old high school John Milledge Academy.

External links

• "Steelers tap Ivan Taylor, Brian St. Pierre, J.T. Wall to wrap NFL Draft Day 2 " - Post Gazette
• "Bulldog Fullback J.T. Wall Awarded Scholarship" - Dawg Post
• "GEORGIA VS. GEORGIA TECH: Q &A / FULLBACK J.T. WALL: 'I never thought it would happen'" - AJC
• "Hit me with your best shot" - Online Athens
• "Walk-ons keep a Georgia tradition alive and well" - ESPN
• "Steelers sign picks" - Lodi News Sentinel