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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | January 12, 1961 Austin, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | St. Charles (St. Charles, Illinois) | ||||||||
| College: | Wisconsin | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1984: 6th round, 153rd pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Randall Steven Wright (born January 12, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1984 to 1988. In 2016, USA Today named Wright the worst starting quarterback in Packers' history. [2] After his playing career, he became a color commentator and covered Big Ten football for ESPN for 12 years. [3]
Randy Wright attended St. Charles High School in St. Charles, Illinois. He is a member of the St. Charles Saints Hall of Fame. He attended Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton, Massachusetts as a sophomore (1976–1977). He was the Colonial's starting quarterback.
Wright played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison.
Wright was occasionally the starting quarterback in the 1985 season, sharing the role with Jim Zorn and Lynn Dickey. Wright played the entire 1986 NFL season as the starter and shared starting quarterback duties with his successor, Don Majkowski, from 1987 to 1988.
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacks | |||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Sck | Yds | ||
| 1984 | GNB | 8 | 1 | 1–0 | 27 | 62 | 43.5 | 310 | 5.0 | 56 | 2 | 6 | 30.4 | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 1985 | GNB | 5 | 1 | 0–1 | 39 | 74 | 52.7 | 552 | 7.5 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 63.6 | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 67 |
| 1986 | GNB | 16 | 16 | 4–12 | 263 | 492 | 53.5 | 3,247 | 6.6 | 62 | 17 | 23 | 66.2 | 18 | 41 | 2.3 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 243 |
| 1987 | GNB | 9 | 7 | 1–6 | 132 | 247 | 53.4 | 1,507 | 6.1 | 66 | 6 | 11 | 61.6 | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 128 |
| 1988 | GNB | 8 | 7 | 1–6 | 141 | 244 | 57.8 | 1,490 | 6.1 | 51 | 4 | 13 | 58.9 | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 148 |
| Career | 46 | 32 | 7–25 | 602 | 1,119 | 53.8 | 7,106 | 6.4 | 66 | 31 | 57 | 61.4 | 55 | 173 | 3.1 | 27 | 3 | 85 | 603 | |
After his football career ended, Randy Wright founded and still owns a vending machine company, Wright Vending, with his wife Kelli. He coaches high school football in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin as an offensive coordinator and helps run the Trickey Wright quarterback and wide receiver camp.[ citation needed ]