Bryan Wright Season 2015

2019
• First-Team All-American Athletic Conference.
• Team captain.
• Played in the SPIRAL Tropical Bowl.
• UC’s defense led the AAC in scoring defense for the second-straight campaign. 
• Second on the team with 100 stops along with 13.5 tackles for a loss, seven QB hurries, four pass break ups, 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. 
• Earned a spot on the AAC weekly honor roll twice, had seven or more tackles in eight games and set a career mark with 12 tackles against Tulsa.
• A preseason Third-Team All-American Athletic Conference choice by Athlon Sports and a fourth-team honoree by Phil Steele’s Preseason College Football Magazine.

2018
• Made the conversion to middle linebacker in 2018, not missing a beat with 13 starts and 55 tackles, which ranked third on the squad.
• UC’s defense led the American in total defense, scoring defense and rushing defense, finishing no. 9 in the FBS in scoring defense.
• Had a career day in the opener at UCLA, finishing with 3.0 tackles for a loss, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble and earned AAC Defensive Player of the Week honors.
• Totaled a then career-best nine tackles against Ohio, finished with eight at SMU, had six stops against Tulane and made five tackles and recovered a fumble in the Military Bowl win over Virginia Tech. 

2017
• Started in six games on the year before being lost due to injury.
• Tallied 15 tackles, 2.5 for a loss, an interception, and a pair of PBUs.
• Set a season high with five tackles vs. Austin Peay and had his first career interception.

2016
• Played in eight games and made a strong impact in the final four contests of the season, finishing with 28 tackles and four tackles for a loss.
• Made his debut at Purdue and recorded two tackles, earned his first career start at BYU and set a season high with nine tackles, including 1.5 for a loss.

2015
• Redshirted.

PRIOR TO UC
• Joined the Bearcats after a year at Jireh Prep in Matthews, N.C. 
• Prepped at Howard HS in Wilmington, Del., throwing for 1,619 yards and 16 touchdowns, running for 541 yards and 13 TDs as a QB and catching 13 passes for 161 yards and two scores. Also kicked off and punted as a senior, averaging 34.4 yards per punt with a long kick of 52 yards.
• A three-year varsity basketball player who averaged 11.3 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per game as a senior along with a 6.7 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per game average on Howard’s State Championship squad in 2012-13.