Wright played college football at UCF where he was a member of the undefeated 2017 team that was selected as National Champions by the Colley Matrix.

In 2020, he signed with the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL before being released and being resigned by the Steelers, with whom he made his NFL debut on December 7, 2020, against the Washington Football Team.

On October 17, he scored two fourth quarter field goals, including a game-winning 53 yarder, in an NFL International Series game against the Miami Dolphins in London, which ended the Jaguars 20-game losing streak that started in week 2 of the 2020 season.

[1] Coming out of high school, Wright was a three-star college kicking prospect and the #46 kicker nationally as ranked by ESPN.

[1] Wright also played high school soccer, earning Lancaster Newspaper's Fall All-Star honors.

[1][4] In 2014, as a true freshman, Wright earned American Athletic Conference (AAC) All-Academic Team honors.

[1] In 2015, as a redshirt freshman, Wright made 13 of 17 field goal attempts (.765) with a long of 48 yards while recording one tackle.

[1] Entering his redshirt junior season in 2017, Wright was named to the Lou Groza Award preseason watch list (best placekicker in college football).

In the Knights' game versus Austin Peay, he set the UCF single-game extra points record (10).

[1] On January 1, 2018, Wright made two field goals against the Auburn in the Peach Bowl as the Knights finished their season 13-0.

After the victory, the school announced they would claim a National Championship despite not making the College Football Playoff and never being ranked higher than 10th.

[1] Wright finished the 2017 season making 13 of 18 field goal attempts (.722) with a long of 47 yards.

[1] Wright ended the season with a 58.3-yard kickoff average, including 29 touchbacks, with two tackles and a fumble recovery.

"[1][5][6] After graduating, Wright signed with GatNation, LLC who represented him as sports agents from March 2019 through July 2023.

[13][14][15] Wright was two-of-two on extra points against Washington, and made his first career field goal from 37 yards out.

[52] The game winning 31-yard field goal hit the left upright before going in, which caused many to title it "A Doink for the Division.

[54] He was later released on December 14, 2024, when Harrison Butker returned in Week 15 when the Chiefs face against the Cleveland Browns.

[55][56] On December 26, 2024, Wright was signed to the Tennessee Titans practice squad following an injury to Nick Folk, and promoted to the active roster two days later.

[62] As a senior at UCF, Wright worked as an aerospace engineering intern at Lockheed Martin.