Mississippi Colege Athletics

CHOCTAW NEWCOMER

BEFORE MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
played for head coach Billy Napier and Mark Hudspeth at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette...played in 30 games over three seasons, racking up 96 carries for 333 yards and two touchdowns...had a career-high 62 rushes for 192 yards and a score in 2016...caught nine career passes for 92 yards and a score...rushed for a career-high 34 yards in 2016 against Texas State and again in 2017 against Ole Miss...played for head coach John Perry at Pearl High School...three-star recruit by Scout.com … rated as the No. 3 running back in the state of Mississippi and the No. 65th-best running back in the South … piled up nearly 5,700 yards rushing and 81 touchdowns in his career … rushed for over 3,000 yards and 41 touchdowns as a senior … a first-team All-State selection … tied a state single-game record with 422 rushing yards, while recording a state single-game record nine TDs in a win over Bastrop (La.) … a member of the Clarion-Ledger Football All-Metro Team … selected to play in the Mississippi/Alabama High School All-Star Game ... rushed for 30 TDs as a junior

PERSONAL
son of Jeffery and Angela Wright...born on November 20, 1995...majoring in General Studies