Isaiah Wright
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Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
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| Born | January 13, 1997 Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Kingswood Oxford School (West Hartford, Connecticut) | ||||||||||
| College | Temple | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2020: undrafted | ||||||||||
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Isaiah Wright (born January 13, 1997) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Temple and was signed by the Washington Football Team of the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He also played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Wright was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut. He attended the Kingswood Oxford School, where he played wide receiver and defensive back on the football team. Wright was rated a three-star recruit and initially committed to play college football at Rutgers going into his senior year over offers from Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Maryland but changed his commitment to Temple shortly before National Signing Day.[1][2]
College career
As a freshman, he rushed for 232 yards and scored one touchdown on 42 attempts while catching eight passes for 74 yards. He had 46 receptions for 668 yards and four touchdowns in his sophomore season. Wright also rushed for 188 yards and one touchdown as a wildcat quarterback and completed a pass for a two-point conversion.[3] As a junior, he gained 368 yards and scored three touchdowns on 33 receptions and rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown while also returning 33 kickoffs for 873 yards and a touchdown and 19 punts for 249 yards and two touchdowns and was named a Sporting News First-team All-American, the AAC Special Teams Player of the Year, and First-team All-AAC.[4][5] Wright caught 47 passes for 442 yards and five touchdowns in his senior season.[6]
