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Jersey Number 15
Kyi Wright
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Tight End
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 260
- Hometown:
- Farrell, Pa.
- High School:
- Farrell
- Previous:
- Pitt
- Major:
- Professional and Continuing Education
2024:
2023:
Prior to JMU:
High School:
Personal:
- Played in all 13 games, making one start at tight end
- Had one-yard touchdown catch vs. Western Kentucky in Boca Raton Bowl (Dec. 18) for first career touchdown reception
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society Member
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2024)
2023:
- Played in all 13 games, making one start at tight end
- Had four receptions for 35 yards
- Mad a season-best 11-yard catch at Utah State (Sept. 23) and at Coastal Carolina (Nov. 25)
- Named to SBC Commissioner’s List
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2024)
Prior to JMU:
- Transferred to JMU after spending four seasons at Pitt (2019-22)
- Played in 25 career games with two starts at tight end
- Had four receptions for 37 yards while also making five tackles
- Played in all 12 regular-season games, making one grab for three yards in 2022
Appeared in five games in 2021
Played in eight games with two starts, making three receptions for 34 yards in 2020 - Redshirted 2019 season
- Career-long 16-yard catch vs. Austin Peay (2020) and at Clemson (2020)
- Twice named to the ACC All-Academic Team
High School:
- 2018 Named Class A State Player of the Year
- 2018 All-State quarterback
- 2015 and 2018 Max Preps All-America Team
- 2016 Region Player of the Year and First Team All-State linebacker
- Set school passing record for career touchdowns
- Led Farrell to 2018 state championship with 15-0 record
- Was also part of the 2015 state runner-up team
- Dual-sport athlete who was also a 1,000-point scorer and All-State member on the basketball team
- 2019 WKBN Big 22 Pennsylvania Player of the Year
- Named the Varsity Cup Male Athlete of the Year
- Honor roll student
- National Honor Society member
Personal:
- Son of Kavon Wright and the late Robert Brown
- Has a brother, Aubrey
- Has three sisters, Latania, Mariah and Aiyana
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