Wright graduated from high school a semester early and enrolled at the University of Miami for the 2003 spring semester amidst great expectation that he would be the next great quarterback at “Quarterback U.” and continue in the lineage of Jim Kelly, Bernie Kosar, Vinny Testaverde, Steve Walsh, Craig Erickson, Gino Torretta, Ryan Clement and Ken Dorsey.

A highlight came on November 12, 2005, when Wright tied a school-record by tossing 5 touchdown passes in a 47–17 blowout victory against Wake Forest.

Wright led Miami to a 9–3 record, the same as the previous season, including wins over nationally ranked Clemson and Virginia Tech.

Wright played well at times but failed to meet the big preseason expectations for him, his struggles mirroring those of the team in general, which fell out of national championship contention by the third game of the season.

Wright's father, who was in the area and hearing the vulgar insults, then engaged in a profanity laced tirade with those fans, and was restrained by Orange Bowl security and threatened with arrest by Miami Athletic Director when he started to exhibit aggressive behavior.

Freeman led Miami to a 2–2 record including a season ending upset of Boston College and a narrow win over Nevada in the MPC Computers Bowl on New Year's Eve.

The University of Miami promoted Randy Shannon to head coach and hired their third Offensive coordinator in three years, Patrick Nix from Georgia Tech.

On August 28, 2007, Head Coach Randy Shannon named Kirby Freeman the starting quarterback over Kyle Wright for the season-opening game against Marshall.

On July 7, it was announced that the San Francisco 49ers had claimed Wright off waivers from the Vikings while waiving quarterback Drew Olson to make room.