Maybe a wolf spider?

Saw this character in the grass while I was coming in from tilling the garden, at dusk. It made me realize that I know next to nothing about spider identification. I'm fairly sure, though, that it is a spider. Was maybe an inch and a quarter from legtip to opposite legtip. Could move pretty quickly, but then would get totally still. Tried to shoot it face-on, but it would have none of it.