Demetrius Wright (born December 19, 1991) is a former American football safety. He played college football for the USC Trojans.[1]
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| Position: | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 19, 1991 Corona, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Corona (CA) |
| College: | USC |
| Undrafted: | 2014 |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Early years
editWright graduated in 2010 from Corona High School. As a senior defensive back and running back, he recorded 89 tackles with 1 sack, 5 deflections, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovery, and 1 forced fumble on defense. He also had 1,059 yards on 72 carries with 8 TDs and 10 receptions for 425 yards with 3 TD on offense. He was named a U.S. Army All-American Starter, a Super Prep All-American, Super Prep All-Farwest, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, and Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Riverside.
College career
editWright played in 12 games as a true freshman in 2010 at safety with 30 tackles and played on special teams. In 2011, he was a co-starter strong safety, and will compete[when?] for a starting role against senior Jawanza Starling. Wright was listed as a co-starter with Starling on the official end-of-spring depth chart that was released on April 16, 2012. Wright had 86 tackles 4 TFL 5 PD as a senior starter 2013.[2]
Professional career
edit| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
203 lb (92 kg) |
4.29 s | 1.34 s | 2.15 s | 3.86 s | 6.26 s | 37 in (0.94 m) |
10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) |
23 reps | |||
| All values from USC Pro Day[3] | ||||||||||||
Wright signed with the Miami Dolphins on May 15, 2014. He was released by the Dolphins on August 25, 2014.[4]
He signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' on February 4, 2015.[5] He played in one game, a start, for the Blue Bombers in 2015.[6]
Wright was signed to the Edmonton Eskimos' practice roster on August 9, 2016. He was promoted to the active roster on August 25.[7] He played in three games, starting one, for the Eskimos in 2016.[8]
Wright signed with the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football for the 2019 season. The league ceased operations in April 2019.[9]
Personal life
editWright's brother, Daiveun Curry-Chapman, played college football at Northern Arizona.
Wright's mother, Dr. Marilyn Y. Curry-A-Keaton MS.,MA., DD. Pastoral Counselor, Social Service Practitioner and Certified Master Life Coach.
References
edit- ^ http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wright_demetrius00.html Archived 2017-05-26 at the Wayback Machine USC Bio
- ^ USC Official Blog: Lane Kiffin released his end of spring depth chart today with a couple of secondary surprises.
- ^ "Demetrius Wright". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ "Demetrius Wright". foxsports.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ "BOMBERS ADD RECEIVER AND DEFENSIVE BACK". bluebombers.com/. February 4, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ "2015 Winnipeg Blue Bombers". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ "TRANSACTIONS – 2016". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ "2015 Winnipeg Blue Bombers". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ Rothstein, Michael; Wickersham, Seth (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
External links
edit- USC bio Archived 2017-05-26 at the Wayback Machine