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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Western Kentucky
La'Vell Wright
RB • 6'0" • 222 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
La'Vell Wright leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
6
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
14
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky • Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
Player Story
La'Vell Wright built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Louisville, KY wearing No. 11, spending time with Kentucky and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of La'Vell Wright's career was...
Read the storyLa'Vell Wright, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky. La'Vell Wright leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 821
- Rushing yards
- 705
- Receiving yards
- 116
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
La'Vell Wright quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 821
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Jacksonville State
- High school pipeline
- Buford · 99 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 559 scrimmage yards · RB 187th (top 26%) · Conference USA 33rd (top 14%) · National 413th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 118 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 54.1 |
| 2022 Postseason | Kentucky | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 44 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 7 | 132 | 110 | 22 | 0 | 44 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 13 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 13 | 548 | 460 | 88 | 11 | 57 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky to Pittsburgh | G5/FCS to P4 | 77.5 | Jan 10, 2026 |
| 2025 | Unlisted to Western Kentucky | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 77.5 | Dec 25, 2024 |
| 2024 | Kentucky to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 18 | Apr 10, 2024 |
La'Vell Wright played RB for Kentucky and Western Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, La'Vell Wright recorded 705 rushing yards, 116 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Western Kentucky paired 559 primary output with 49.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kentucky, Western Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
Loss with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
43
Efficiency
49.3
Usage
13.1
Consistency
41.2
Best Game by takeover score
Jacksonville State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 11. North Alabama: 9. Sam Houston: 26. Toledo: 21. Nevada: 52. Missouri State: 104. Delaware: 48. Florida International: 10. Louisiana Tech: 7. New Mexico State: 47. Middle Tennessee: 84. LSU: 24. Jacksonville State: 116
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. Southern Miss: 5 by 22.9. North Alabama: 2 by 46.9. Sam Houston: 7 by 38.4. Toledo: 4 by 38.5. Nevada: 8 by 69. Missouri State: 11 by 89.4. Delaware: 10 by 38.1. Florida International: 5 by 16.7. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 5.8. New Mexico State: 7 by 73.8. Middle Tennessee: 11 by 79.5. LSU: 6 by 37.9. Jacksonville State: 14 by 84.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins43.1 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses42.8 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Jacksonville State
Best efficiency game
89.4 vs Missouri State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/23 | @ Southern Miss | W 27-16 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | — | — | 2.2 |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Jacksonville State100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 34-37 | 14 | 116 | 8.30 | 2 | — | — | 8.3 |
| Sun 11/23 | @ LSU | L 10-13 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Middle Tennessee2+ TD | W 42-26 | 11 | 84 | 7.60 | 2 | — | — | 7.6 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs New Mexico State | W 35-16 | 6 | 44 | 7.30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6.7 |
| Tue 10/21 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 28-27 | 4 | -8 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1.4 |
| Wed 10/15 | vs Florida International | L 6-25 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Fri 10/3 | @ Delaware | W 27-24 | 9 | 26 | 2.90 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4.8 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Missouri State2+ TD | W 27-22 | 10 | 91 | 9.10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9.5 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Nevada2+ TD | W 31-16 | 7 | 47 | 6.70 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6.5 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Toledo | L 21-45 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5.3 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs North Alabama | W 55-6 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Sam Houston | W 41-24 | 6 | 22 | 3.70 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3.7 |
Player Story
La'Vell Wright story
La'Vell Wright built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Louisville, KY wearing No. 11, spending time with Kentucky and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of La'Vell Wright's career was his backfield work: 705 rushing yards, 132 carries, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 116 receiving yards across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 116 receiving yards and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives La'Vell Wright's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Kentucky
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Western Kentucky
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202120222022202320252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 118 | 100 | 7.4 | — |
| 2022 Postseason | Kentucky | 144 | 40 | 11.9 | 26 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 144 | 40 | 11.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | -144 |
| 2025 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 559 | 49.3 | 13.1 | 559 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 559 | 49.3 | 13.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 92 Jacksonville State
Week 14 · L 34-37 · Conference game
Loss with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
116
Scrimmage Yards
86.6 takeover
116 scrimmage yards and 26.4 usage.
#2
@ No. 108 Missouri State
Week 5 · W 27-22 · Conference game
104
Scrimmage Yards
78.7 takeover
Win with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
104 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
#3
vs New Mexico State
Week 12 · W 56-16
75
Scrimmage Yards
76.2 takeover
Win with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
75 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.
#4
vs No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 12 · W 42-26 · Conference game
84
Scrimmage Yards
66.3 takeover
Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
84 scrimmage yards and 16.4 usage.
#5
@ Louisville
Week 1
28
Scrimmage Yards
66.1 takeover
Game with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
28 scrimmage yards and — usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
559 primary output · 49.3 efficiency · 13.1 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
57
559 primary · 49.3 efficiency · 13.1 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Kentucky
54.1
118 primary · 100 efficiency · 7.4 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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