[2] He helped them win state championships in 1996, 1998 and 1999 while playing running back; he was named an all-state player in his last two years.
[3] Wright attended Jacksonville State University and played running back for the football team starting in 2000.
[1][9] In 2010, Wright joined the Alabama Crimson Tide as a graduate assistant, then becoming an offensive analyst in 2011 and serving in that role through 2012.
[15] He entered the professional ranks by becoming an offensive assistant working with the running backs for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) in 2019.
[7] He then joined the New York Giants in 2020 as a defensive assistant working with the linebackers and switched to the running backs the following year.