Demetrius Wright

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Demetrius Wright
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Position: Safety
Personal information
Born: (1991-12-19) December 19, 1991 (age 32)
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
  • U.S. Army All-American High School All-American (2010)
Player stats at CFL.ca

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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Early years

Wright 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, and 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

Wright 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

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-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 s1.34 s2.15 s3.86 s6.26 s37 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

Wright'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.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wright_demetrius00.html Archived 2017-05-26 at the Wayback Machine USC Bio
  2. ↑ USC Official Blog: Lane Kiffin released his end of spring depth chart today with a couple of secondary surprises.
  3. ↑ "Demetrius Wright". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Demetrius Wright". foxsports.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ "BOMBERS ADD RECEIVER AND DEFENSIVE BACK". bluebombers.com/. February 4, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ "2015 Winnipeg Blue Bombers". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  7. ↑ "TRANSACTIONS – 2016". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  8. ↑ "2015 Winnipeg Blue Bombers". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ Rothstein, Michael; Wickersham, Seth (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com . Retrieved January 9, 2024.
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