Usage / Role
79%
Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020Oregon State
Nahshon Wright
DB • 6'4" • 188 lbs • East Palo Alto, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nahshon Wright shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
98
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
67
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Oregon State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Nahshon Wright built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from East Palo Alto, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Nahshon Wright's career was his...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 36
- Overall
- No. 99
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Nahshon Wright, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Oregon State. Nahshon Wright shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 64
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Nahshon Wright quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- Stanford
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 3 · Pick 36 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DB 184th (top 24%) · Pac-12 34th (top 9%) · National 835th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oregon State | 10 | 34 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon State | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 62 |
Related Context
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Nahshon Wright played DB for Oregon State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Nahshon Wright recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 8 primary output with 34.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 34.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Oregon State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
34.2
Usage
8.2
Consistency
45.9
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 0. Washington: 1. California: 1. Oregon: 2. Utah: 1. Stanford: 3
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. Washington State: 2 by 8.3. Washington: 4 by 26.7. California: 6 by 35. Oregon: 7 by 49.2. Utah: 4 by 26.7. Stanford: 7 by 59.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Stanford
Player Story
Nahshon Wright story
Nahshon Wright built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from East Palo Alto, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Nahshon Wright's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 5 interceptions across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Oregon State. 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 Nahshon Wright's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon State.
The arc is straightforward: Nahshon 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
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Oregon State
2018-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oregon State | 5.5 | 19.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon State | 8 | 34.2 | 8.2 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Stanford
Week 15 · L 24-27 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Washington State
Week 13 · L 53-54 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Oregon
Week 13 · W 41-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#4
@ Hawai'i
Week 2 · L 28-31
1
Havoc Plays
57.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Washington
Week 11 · L 7-19 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
46.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Oregon State
8 primary output · 34.2 efficiency · 8.2 usage
62
#2
2019 Regular Season · Oregon State
40.3
5.5 primary · 19.7 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Oregon State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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