While there's plenty of work to be done, one thing is for sure; he'll give it all he's got.
"I just keep reminding myself that a year ago, I couldn't do this workload," Wallace said of a trying test of resilience in Utah.
Only a year ago the rookie-listed American had barely heard of Australian Rules Football, let alone North Melbourne.
"A year later, my first time on the camp, I'm sometimes crawling over the line, but I'm really getting into the running sessions and the training and getting adapted."
Even with great improvement, the man affectionately known as 'The Beast' is not known for his endurance. It's an area he admits he needs to continually work on.
"The fitness is always going to be a monkey on my back. This year, next year and thereafter to really increase my running ability.
"The other challenge is finding my niche, finding what I do really well and really implementing myself into the team and to become the guy that, 'no-one does this better than what I do'.
"Ryan Bastinac may be able to kick better than me, Wellsy (Daniel Wells) might be a little bit quicker, Boomer's (Brent Harvey) a God on the field, but I need to find two or three things I really do well and build on those strengths.
"The more I get my fitness up, the more I'm able to utilise those skill-sets and those weapons and hopefully one day, I'll become an option for Brad Scott."
It seems like wishful thinking that a player who hadn't kicked a football until 12 months ago, would even be considering a senior debut, but Wallace is confident and that self-belief will take him far.
"It wasn't long ago I made a video to update people how I was going in Melbourne, talking about my kick. If you see us in the gym I can't really shoot a basketball anymore, but I can kick it straight," he joked.
Part of a gradual understanding of a foreign game has been adapting to a different playing arena. More accustomed to a five-a-side setup on a rectangular basketball court, Wallace has no shame in admitting it's taken time to get used to the tactics and positioning involved in Australian Rules.
"I'm really starting to get an understanding of the game-sense stuff.
"Where I am now from a year ago is just night and day. It's just a matter of being around and having footy always on my mind, watching vision. I feel like I'm looking more and more like a footy player now, so it's no longer trying to feel my way around things. Now I really know what I need to do.
"I'm still learning, still getting better. Skill-wise and endurance wise, but I have a solid foundation after a year."
In his first season, Wallace came close to a senior appearance at North Ballarat; no mean feat given his experience. Now he's leaning on his team-mates to guide him to even greater achievements.
"I look up to Drewy, Boomer and Wellsy, the leaders of the team who've been doing it for years," he said.
"I'm just picking their brain every now and then, asking them how and when and stuff like that. They're just open books. They want to get better, they want to make others better."
"Majak (Daw) as well. He's improved greatly over the last four years with the Kangaroos and finally got games last year. I can really look to him."”
Back in his home country, the 24-year-old has a feeling of pride.
"I was at the USAFL final in Austin a couple of weeks ago. The amount of professionalism in the USAFL and how that was ran, it actually exceeded my expectations.
"There's so much more room to grow. There's a lot of Aussies over here that used to play on a state-league team that want to just keep playing footy.
"My personal goal, I may be dreaming but I love to follow dreams and make them come true, I'd like to see the USAFL be comparable to VFL one day. Maybe in a decade or two.
"Every year I want to be a part of it somehow. Coming from America, then going to Australia to play with the Kangaroos, I really want to bring it back to my home country."
