Omar Wright Was born in Newark, New Jersey. In high school, Wright played football in the fall and ran track in the spring. Although Wright was talented at football, he excelled on the track. Forgoing numerous track scholarships Wright chose to pursue football and went with one of the few schools that offered him scholarship money for football, Rutgers University in his home state of New Jersey. Wright began his college career with Rutgers at the Free Safety position, but was moved to the backup RB spot early in his freshman year. As a backup he received limited touches and was wholly unremarkable. Five games into the season the starting RB was unable to play with pulled hamstring and Wright was named the starter. Wright's first start produced only 30 yards and a fumble. Fortunately for Wright, the lack of depth at RB gave him the next start, and he put on an offensive clinic with 153 yards and two TDs. Standing at an average 5'11" and a few pounds underweight at just over 200lbs, Wright relies on agility and speed to make his plays. Making larger and slower defenders miss tackles and end up with a helmet full of turf as they futilely grab for his ankles is Wright's MO. Wright is entering this season's draft with some of the highest agility out of all the RB prospects in what is a draft deep in RB talent. While he is not as fast as a prototypical "speedy" RB, he makes up for it with his uncanny ability to avoid tackles. This is not to say that Wright is slow by any means, he is still extremely fast and if he breaks away from the defense, they will have a hard time catching him.
Pros:
High speed, very high agility, good field vision
Cons:
Struggles somewhat running north south, lacks significant strength, durability might be an issue
Grade: A-
Pros:
High speed, very high agility, good field vision
Cons:
Struggles somewhat running north south, lacks significant strength, durability might be an issue
Grade: A-
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