Temple University Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Roster
Dante Wright
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Navarre, Fla.
- High School:
- Navarre
2024 (Redshirt Senior): Earned a single-digit - a Temple tradition given to those who lead by example on and off the field... served as game captain (Oklahoma,Coastal Carolina, Army,UConn, Tulsa, Tulane, UTSA) ... set career high in receptions with 11 at Navy ...recorded career-long 91-yard reception vs.Utah State (was the third longest play from scrimmage in school history - second longest pass play) ... was three yards shy of
four consecutive 100- yard receiving games... had a career high 14 catches for 147 yards vs. FAU in his return after missing two games ... had a career-high two TDs at UTSA ... has been Temple's leading receiver in seven of his nine games ... ranked first in the American Athletic Conference in receptions (6.8) and receiving yards (88.0) per game and 6th in TD receptions ... lettered.
Game-by-Game Stats While at Colorado State (PDF)
2023 (Redshirt Junior): Started at wide receiver in week one vs. Akron, leading the team in receptions (7) and receiving yards (71) ... caught first touchdown of his Temple career while leading team in receptions (5) and yards (59) ... missed week 4 vs. Miami due to injury ... ... named a College Football Network Midseason All-AAC Honorable Mention ... recorded most receiving yards as an Owl at UAB (146) along with the second longest play of the Owls season with a 71 yard touchdown ... tied for team lead in receiving touchdowns (4) ... lettered.
2022 (Junior): Played in two games before redshirting and entering the transfer portal.2021 (Sophomore): Limited to nine games due to injury, he was second on the team with 43 catches for 538 yards and three touchdowns … started the first two weeks then the final five … also had three rushes for -5 yards … opened with six catches for 103 yards vs. South Dakota State … had a season-best eight catches for 150 yards at Hawaii, including a touchdown … had a season-long catch of 62 yards at Hawaii, good for a touchdown … had six grabs for 40 yards and two scores at Wyoming … returned eight punts for 48 yards with a long of 20 vs. Vandy.
2020 (Sophomore): Has started every game of his collegiate career for which he was available … was second on the team with 20 catches for 315 yards … had a career-best 10 catches and 146 yards in the win over Wyoming … turned five receptions into 109 yards at Boise State … his two 100-yard receiving games give him four in his career … returned five punts for 34 yards … had nine carries for 36 yards, with long runs of 11 yards against both Boise State and San Diego State… named PFF All-Mountain West, 1st Team, All-Mountain West, 2nd Team (WR), All-Mountain West, Honorable Mention (PR), Phil Steele All-Mountain West, 2nd Team (WR), and Phil Steele All-Mountain West, 4th Team (PR).
2019 (Freshman): First CSU true freshman to start every game at receiver since Rashard Higgins in 2013 … first career catch was a 39-yard touchdown vs. CU … had 75-yard scoring receptions in back-to-back games (vs. Western Illinois, at Arkansas) … finished with two 100-yard receiving games, the first vs. Western Illinois … established career-best in catches at seven and yards (111) vs. Western Illinois … rushed for 214 yards and two scores, with a career-long rush of 64 at New Mexico … earned 2019 Fall Academic All-Mountain West honors … named FWAA Freshman All-American and ESPN True Freshman All-American.
High School: Named Pensacola News Journal Player of the Year for the second year in a row in 2018 after area-leading 40 receptions for 852 yards (21.3) and 8 TDs and rushing for 405 yards and 10 TDs on 32 carries (12.7) … also played cornerback and intercepted four passes in 2018, including one returned for a TD, while also returning punts and kickoffs to amass 1,598 all-purpose yards … completed 3 of 5 passes for 93 yards and a TD, and handled field goals and PATs in his senior year, leading Navarre to the state Class 6A quarterfinals … as a junior was named Northwest Florida Daily News Large Schools Offensive Player of the Year and Pensacola New Journal Player of the Year after catching 39 passes for 913 yards (23.4) and 15 TDs and adding 41 carries for 567 yards (13.8) and 10 TDs … in 2017 defensively, intercepted four passes and returned two for TDs, and added a punt-return TD to account for 28 total TDs.
Personal: Born Dante Joseph Wright in Gainesville, Florida ... father, Damon, played college football at Carson Newman College and served in the military ... has experience in helping youth flag football and beach clean-up ... list of favorites include: Cars 2 (movie), Spongebob (TV show), Rap (music), Jacksonville Jaguars (sports team), Stephen Curry (athlete) ... intends to major in sports medicine.
