jaylen wright

Jaylen Wright was an early contributor in his time at Tennessee with 409 yards in 9 games his freshman season. He followed that up with 875 yards and 10 touchdowns in 13 games as a sophomore on 6.0 yards per carry. He shined his senior season with 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns on a whopping 7.4 yards per carry. He also added 141 receiving yards to that total. Wright ran an excellent 4.38 second 40 yard dash at the combine.

When watching Wright, it became clear that if there is a gap wide enough, he is always liable to hit that thing with speed and take it a long way. The tape matches the 40 time in this case. That is the superpower of Wright's game. He is decent as a pass protector, too. He looked stout when picking up blitzes, but I wouldn't say he is exceptionally good at it. 

Wright put up pretty minimal receiving numbers - while it may be a product of the offense in part, he did not look particularly inspiring in the reps I did see. His transition from catch to run doesn't look smooth. While he is very fast, he doesn't look dynamic. He has slow feet and I wouldn't consider agility a strength. His play strength is okay. I don't love his vision from what I saw - his average agility doesn't allow him to press gaps and use leverage as proficiently as the top backs in this class. He gets tunnel vision at times.

As a home run hitter, I really do like Jaylen Wright. The issue for me is that he is going to require a better situation to be successful. If you swapped him out for Swift in Philly last season, the results might look pretty good. Even with that in mind, there are too many holes in his game for me to consider a day 2 pick, but the upside is there. Maybe a team like the Eagles likes him enough to take him in the top 100.

6.05  • late 4th round