Drey Jermaine Wright (born 30 April 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back, right wing-back or right winger for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.
[10] In May 2012, after just one year of his apprenticeship and on the back of his success with the club's reserve side, Wright signed a two-year professional development contract with Colchester alongside fellow academy products Bradley Hamilton, Ryan Melaugh, Tosin Olufemi and Shaun Phillips.
[12] Ward then handed Wright his professional debut in the League Cup tie against Yeovil Town on 14 August, the opening game of the season.
[13] He was drafted into the squad at the last minute following Freddie Sears' withdrawal, but earned praise from his manager despite being forced into playing first-team football prematurely.
[17] He scored his first professional goal on his first league start on Boxing Day in a 3–1 home defeat to Brentford, a game in which he played the full 90 minutes.
[25] Having undergone a knee operation in October 2013, Wright returned to light training with the squad in February 2014 having not featured since 14 September 2013 in the U's 2–2 draw with Bradford City.
[26] He continued his comeback from injury on 6 March when he played for 60 minutes in Colchester's Essex Senior Cup semi-final defeat to Concord Rangers.
[27] Manager Joe Dunne then announced that he was looking to loan Wright out to another club in order to find first-team action elsewhere to aid his recovery process.
[47] Manager John McGreal suggested that he might pick Wright in a more central midfield and attacking role instead of his more frequent wing position for the new season after playing and scoring during pre-season.
[49] After six years in the Colchester United first team and three goals in 47 appearances during 2017–18, Wright signed a pre-contract agreement to join Scottish Premiership side St Johnstone in a two-year deal in May 2018.
[59] On 9 April 2022, Wright scored the opener in the Edinburgh derby for Hibernian, being his second goal for the club, but the game ended in a 3–1 win for Hearts.