Player Dossier

2018-2024

Oklahoma State

Justin Wright

LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Abilene, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Justin Wright shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

90

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Tulsa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Tulsa • Oklahoma State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Player Story

Justin Wright built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a linebacker from Abilene, TX wearing No. 44, spending time with Oklahoma State and Tulsa. The clearest part of Justin Wright's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7953

Cooper · Abilene, TX

Committed To
Tulsa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Justin Wright, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Tulsa. Justin Wright shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
273
TFL
28.5
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
4
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Justin Wright quick answers

Latest team and position
Oklahoma State · LB
Career Tackles
273
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 9 entries · 44 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Tulsa
Top game
Memphis
Recruit profile
2-star · Cooper · Tulsa
High school pipeline
Cooper · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 44 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
17 tackles · LB 616th (top 51%) · Big 12 256th (top 36%) · National 2,262nd (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonTulsa11-0--037.2
2019 Regular SeasonTulsa5720--017.2
2020 PostseasonTulsa980.50.5--062.1
2020 Regular SeasonTulsa95591.52-062.1
2021 PostseasonTulsa125-0--044.7
2021 Regular SeasonTulsa12775.53.511244.7
2022 Regular SeasonTulsa1210110.5253075.2
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma State12-0--040.3
2024 Regular SeasonOklahoma State41710--016.9

Related Context

Justin Wright played LB for Tulsa and Oklahoma State. Across 7 tracked seasons, Justin Wright recorded 273 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Tulsa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Tulsa paired 22.5 primary output with 52.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 52.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tulsa, Oklahoma State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.9

Efficiency

52.4

Usage

14

Consistency

48.3

Best Game by takeover score

Memphis

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 1. Northern Illinois: 0. Jacksonville State: 4. Ole Miss: 3. Cincinnati: 1. Navy: 1. Temple: 2. SMU: 2. Tulane: 0.5. Memphis: 5.5. South Florida: 0. Houston: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wyoming: 13 by 60. Northern Illinois: 7 by 29.2. Jacksonville State: 5 by 60.8. Ole Miss: 7 by 59.2. Cincinnati: 6 by 35. Navy: 13 by 60. Temple: 4 by 36.7. SMU: 7 by 49.2. Tulane: 9 by 42.5. Memphis: 13 by 100. South Florida: 10 by 41.7. Houston: 7 by 54.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.7 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Memphis

Best efficiency game

100 vs Memphis

Result
Sun 11/27@ HoustonSplash gameW 37-30741.5000
Sat 11/19vs South Florida10+ tacklesW 48-42107000
Fri 11/11@ Memphis10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-261392.5011
Sat 11/5vs TulaneL 13-27940.5000
Sat 10/29vs SMUSplash gameL 34-4574200
Fri 10/21@ TempleSplash gameW 27-16431010
Sat 10/8@ Navy10+ tacklesL 21-53135100
Sat 10/1vs CincinnatiL 21-3162000
Sat 9/24@ Ole MissSplash gameL 27-3572100
Sat 9/17vs Jacksonville StateSplash gameW 54-17531111
Sat 9/10vs Northern IllinoisW 38-3574000
Sat 9/3@ Wyoming10+ tacklesL 37-40139001

Player Story

Justin Wright story

Justin Wright built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a linebacker from Abilene, TX wearing No. 44, spending time with Oklahoma State and Tulsa. The clearest part of Justin Wright's career was his defensive production: 273 tackles, 28.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Tulsa. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Justin Wright's production has multiple signals. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oklahoma State and Tulsa.

The arc is straightforward: Justin Wright moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tulsa

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oklahoma State

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202020212021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonTulsa04.20.9
2019 Regular SeasonTulsa29.94.42
2020 PostseasonTulsa14.545.312.712.5
2020 Regular SeasonTulsa14.545.312.70
2021 PostseasonTulsa1236.99-2.5
2021 Regular SeasonTulsa1236.990
2022 Regular SeasonTulsa22.552.41410.5
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma State08.31.5-22.5
2024 Regular SeasonOklahoma State120.24.11

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Memphis

Week 11 · L 10-26 · Conference game

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ Navy

Week 14 · W 19-6 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

94.2 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.2 takeover score.

#3

@ South Florida

Week 7 · W 32-31 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Jacksonville State

Week 3 · W 54-17

4

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#5

@ UCF

Week 5 · W 34-26 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.7 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Tulsa

22.5 primary output · 52.4 efficiency · 14 usage

75.2

#2

2020 Postseason · Tulsa

62.1

14.5 primary · 45.3 efficiency · 12.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Tulsa

62.1

14.5 primary · 45.3 efficiency · 12.7 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

11

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games