Jacardia Wright

Position:
Running Back
Height:
6-0
Weight:
213
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Decatur, Ill.
High School:
St. Teresa

2020: Played in four games, rushing for 17 yards on six carries… Tallied a season-high 12 yards on three attempts against Texas Tech.

2019: Saw time in three games as he preserved his redshirt for the season... Finished the year with 122 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries... Helped the Wildcats earn a victory in the regular-season finale against Iowa State with a career-high 60 rushing yards, which included a 12-yard touchdown run in the second quarter... Rushed a season-high 14 times against Bowling Green before suffering an injury and missing time.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at St. Teresa under head coach Mark Ramsey... Rated the 119th-best athlete in the Class of 2019 by 247Sports, while ESPN viewed him as the 107th-best safety and 35th-best player in the state of Illinois... Rushed for 8,821 yards and 133 touchdowns during his career, both ranking as the second-best mark in Illinois high school football history... Garnered three-straight Macon County Football Player of the Year honors from the Herald & Review, only the second player to earn honor... Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-Illinois First Team as a defensive back in 2018, while he was a second-team honoree as a running back in 2017.

PERSONAL: Jacardia (juh-CAR-tee-AY [long A]) Wright was born September 9, 2000, in Decatur, Illinois... Son of Lamont Wright and Shataea Irons... Has three siblings, Trevonte Moore, Shaquauious Moore and Jacquez Jones... Majoring in sociology.