Temple University Athletics
2017 Football Roster
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Roster
Isaiah Wright
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 212
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- West Hartford, Conn.
- High School:
- Kingswood-Oxford
Honors: 2019 - Paul Hornung Award Watch List ... Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (ECU) ... AAC Honor Roll (ECU) ... Special Teams Player of the Game (Bucknell) ... 2018 - Sporting News First Team All-American ... AAC Special Teams Player of the Year ... First Team All-AAC ... Phil Steele First Team All-AAC ... First Team All-ECAC ... AAC Special Teams Player of the Week (ECU, USF, UConn) ... Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (ECU) ... APEX Predator Special Teams Player of the Week (ECU) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (ECU, UCF, UConn) ... Paul Hornung Award Watch List ... 2017 - First Team All-Conference Return Specialist (Phil Steele) ... American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Cincinnati) ... APEX Predator Special Teams Player of the Game (Cincinnati, Tulsa) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (ECU, Navy, Tulsa, FIU).
2019 (Senior): Was awarded #2 at the beginning of summer practice (changed from #13) - Temple awards single-digit jerseys to the toughest players on the team ... had his first 100-yard receiving game (104) of the season in a win at ECU
2018 (Junior): Entered the season as a starting wide receiver and the top return man ... led team with seven receptions for a career-high 114 yards against Boston College ... earned AAC Special Teams Player of the Week and Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll honors after returning six kicks for 156 yards and a TD against ECU ... caught game-winning TD in overtime vs. #20 Cincinnati ... became just the fourth player in Temple history to eclipse 3,000 all-purpose yards at Houston ... had a career-long punt return for a TD (73 yards) vs. USF ... had a career-long 99 yard kickoff return TD at UConn ... became fourth all-time in career kick return yards (1,862) for Temple ... led the conference (second in the nation) in combined kick return yards (1,122) ... finished fourth in the conference (33rd in the nation) in all-purpose yards per game (121.08) ... finished third in the conference (15th in the nation) in kickoff returns (26.5) ... led the conference (seventh in the nation) in punt returns (13.1) ... led the nation in punt return TDs (2) ... one of just three players in the nation to have a kickoff and punt return TD on the season.
2017 (Sophomore): Led the team in catches (4) and receiving yards (79) against Notre Dame (9/2/17) ... headlined team with career-highs in both catches (6) and receiving yards (91) at ECU ... wore the #1 jersey vs. UConn - given to the team's toughest player on a weekly basis ... ran back 98-yard kickoff return for TD against Cincinnati, the first for Temple since 2015 and followed up next play by throwing successful two-point conversion to Frank Nutile ... recorded first Temple punt return for a touchdown since 2014 in season finale at Tulsa, running the kick back 72 yards for the score ... with the punt return TD, Wright scored five different ways in 2017 (receiving, rushing, passing, kickoff return & punt return), making him just the sixth player in the FBS to do so in the past decade ... led the team in receptions (46), third in receiving yards (668), third in rushing (188), and tied for first in TDs (7).
2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... saw first game action, going for seven carries for 42 yards and a punt return for 14 yards vs. Stony Brook ... was featured in the wildcat formation while rushing for 23 yards vs. SMU ... caught the first pass of his career and finished with two for 11 yards and rushed for a career-high 58 yards, including a 24-yard run against USF ... made his first career start vs. Cincinnati  ... scored his first career touchdown (22-yard run) at Tulane.Â
High School: Dynamic two-way athlete at both wide receiver and defensive back for coach Jason Martinez at Kingswood-Oxford High in Hartford, Conn. ... is a three-time all-conference honoree … during career, snared 91 receptions for 1,917 yards and 19 touchdowns … also rushed for 330 yards and one score on 24 carries … defensively, racked up 74 total tackles, 47 solo, with four interceptions and two fumble recoveries.Â
Personal: Born Isaiah Deshai Wright in Waterbury, Conn. ... parents are Nina Wright and Randy Smith ... has a brother Elijah (16) .. part of the Japan 8 (8 Temple players who traveled to Japan in the spring for a week of football clinics ... adult and organizational development major.
