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2021 Football Roster

Profile

  • WR
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Sterling, Utah
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • 195
    Weight
  • Manti
    High School
  • Snow College
    Previous School
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Derek Wright
#8
Derek Wright
WR
Position
Senior
Class
Sterling, Utah
Hometown

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Summary

Biography

HONORS
Honorable Mention All-Mountain West (2021). 

RECORDS
Caught 66 passes for 1,013 yards (15.3 ypg) with 13 touchdowns during his career and ranks 36th all-time in school history in receiving yards as he is one of 36 players to record 1,000-career receiving yards... His 11 touchdown receptions in 2021 tied for the second-most in a single season in school history.          

2021 (SENIOR SEASON)
Earned honorable mention all-Mountain West honors as he played in all 14 games with 10 starts... Finished the season with 48 receptions for 789 yards (16.44 ypr/59.36 ypg) and a team-best 11 touchdown catches... Was third on the team in both receptions and receiving yards... Ranked second in the MW and 16th in the nation in receiving touchdowns with 11 (0.79 pg), and fifth in the MW and 58th in the nation in yards per reception (16.4)... Those 11 touchdown receptions are tied for the second-most in a single season in school history... Had four receptions for a career-high 150 yards and a career-high-tying two touchdowns at New Mexico (11/26) for the first 100-yard receiving game of his career... Also had a career-long 76-yard touchdown catch against the Lobos... Added two touchdown catches against North Dakota (9/10), Colorado State (10/22) and San José State (11/13)... Had a career-high six receptions for 57 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown, against No. 19 San Diego State in the MW Championship Game... Attempted two passes on the season, completing one for 34 yards against Oregon State (12/18) in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl… Added one tackle on special teams.         

2020 (SENIOR SEASON)
Appeared in all six games, making three starts… Finished the season with 11 receptions for 122 yards (11.1), to rank third on the team in both categories… Had a career-high four receptions for a career-best 70 yards, including a season-long 29-yard reception, against New Mexico (11/26)… Added three receptions for 21 yards against Air Force (12/3) and had two receptions for 18 yards against Boise State (10/24) in the season opener… Added one tackle on special teams.

2019 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Played in 10 games and finished the season with seven receptions for 102 yards and two touchdowns… Had a season-high three receptions for a season-best 46 yards against No. 20 Boise State (11/23)… Had two receptions for 30 yards, including a career-long 30-yard touchdown, which was a career-long reception, against Stony Brook (9/7)… Added a 16-yard touchdown catch at New Mexico (11/30).

JUNIOR COLLEGE 
Earned Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) first-team honors at wide receiver as a sophomore at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah... Caught 46 passes for 766 yards (16.7 ypr) and nine touchdowns as he helped lead the Badgers to an 8-3 record... Earned second-team all-conference honors as a freshman in 2017 as he helped the Badgers to the El Torro Bowl Championship. 

HIGH SCHOOL 
Earned Utah Class 2A second-team all-state honors as a defensive back from the Salt Lake Tribune as a prep senior at Manti High School in Sterling, Utah... Played quarterback as a junior and was 51-of-114 passing for 956 yards with seven touchdowns and carried the ball 98 times for 244 yards with three touchdowns... Added 23 tackles, two fumble recoveries and two passes defended on defense... Also punted 34 times for an average of 32.2 yards per punt... Returned nine kickoffs for an average of 18.3 yards per return and 10 punts for an average of 9.1 yards per return. 

PERSONAL 
Son of Eric Wright and Emily Palmer... Brother, Wesley, is a defensive back at BYU... Majoring in management.

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