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- Position Linebacker
- Class Redshirt Senior
- Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 240
- Hometown Abilene, TX.
- Highschool Cooper HS
2022 Second Team All-AAC
2020 Second Team All-AAC
A four-year letterwinner, three-year starter and two-time All-AAC honoree during his time at Tulsa … Has 51 career games played under his belt, including 32 starts, … Came to Oklahoma State with 254 tackles, 27.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, four fumble recoveries, four interceptions, two forced fumbles, four pass breakups and eight quarterback hurries in his career … Had six double-digit tackle games in his Tulsa career.
2023: Missed all but two games due to injury and received a medical redshirt … Played against Central Arkansas in the season opener and at Iowa State … Recorded two tackles at Iowa State, including an assisted tackle and a solo stop that came within three plays of each other.
2022 (Senior at Tulsa): Played in all 12 games of the Tulsa’s 2022 season … Selected to the All-AAC second team, the second all-conference honors of his career … Led the Golden Hurricane in total tackles (101) and tackles for loss (10.5) on the year, and also ranked tied-first on the team with a pair of interceptions … His 101 season tackles ranked sixth in the AAC and his 8.4 tackles per game average was No. 48 among all FBS players … Also totaled two sacks, two fumble recoveries and three pass breakups … Tallied four double-digit tackle performances, including a season-high 13 tackles in games against Wyoming, Navy and Memphis … Opened the season with 13 tackles – nine of which were solo – at Wyoming … Recorded five tackles, one sack, one interception and one fumble recovery against Jacksonville State … Tabbed 13 tackles, including a tackle for loss, at Navy … Named the AAC Defensive Player of the Week after posting 13 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one pass breakup at Memphis.
2021 (Junior at Tulsa): Played in 12 games, including 11 starts … Named All-AAC honorable mention … Shared the team-lead with 82 tackles on the year, along with 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, one fumble recovery, one forced fumble, one pass breakup and one interception … Ranked 11th in the AAC for tackles … Twice named the AAC Defensive Player of the Week for his performances against South Florida and Tulane … Had a career-high 14 tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and one forced fumble versus Memphis … Started against Oklahoma State and made four tackles and returned an interception for a 55-yard touchdown … Tallied seven tackles at No. 9 Ohio State … Had seven tackles and 2.5 sacks at USF, which earned him College Sports Madness AAC Defensive Player of the Week … Had 12 tackles with 10 solo stops at Tulane … Made six tackles and a fumble recovery against No. 2 Cincinnati.
2020 (Sophomore at Tulsa): Started in all nine games … Honored as a second-team All-AAC selection … Ranked second on the team in tackles with 62 and third on the team in tackles for loss with nine … Also tallied 1.5 sacks, one fumble recovery and one interception … Ranked ninth in the AAC for tackles for loss yardage … Started his first career game at No. 11 Oklahoma State and tallied four solo tackles … Posted a season-high nine tackles in back-to-back games against No. 19 SMU and Tulane … Totaled nine tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack against Navy … Made eight tackles and three tackles for loss at No. 11 UCF … Tallied seven tackles and his first career interception versus ECU … Scooped a six-yard fumble recovery at No. 6 Cincinnati in the AAC Championship game … Had a team-high eight tackles against Mississippi State.
2019 (Freshman at Tulsa): Played in all 12 games, mostly on special teams … Totaled seven tackles and two tackles for loss on the year … Had a season-high three tackles and added 1.5 tackles for loss against Navy.
2018 (at Tulsa): One of several freshmen to take a redshirt season … Appeared in four games, playing against Arkansas State, Temple, Houston and UConn … Saw his first playing time on special teams at Arkansas State … Recorded his first collegiate tackle against Temple.
High School: A three-year letterwinner at Abilene Cooper where he was coached by Todd Moebes … In addition to starting at linebacker, he also saw action at tight end … Compiled 91 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, six sacks, three caused fumbles and two fumble recoveries in his senior season … Twice named an All-District 4-5A selection and earned All-Big Country honors as a senior.
Personal: Justin Wright was born in Abilene, Texas … He is the son of Mark Wright and Rachael Stevens … Has three brothers and three sisters … Married his wife, Emma, in June of 2020 … Likes to sing and play the guitar and has performed on-stage … His cousin, Jerad McCrummen, played baseball at Texas Tech and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in 2013 … Graduated from Tulsa with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and is studying to earn his master’s degree at Oklahoma State.
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