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Kendall Wright
Senior ▪ Wide Receiver
5-11 ▪ 175 ▪ Sulpher Springs, Texas
Sulpher Springs HS

2007: First-team All-MIAA wide receiver ... second-team Don Hansen All-Southwest Region wide receiver ... Northwest Special Teams MVP ... MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week (9/24) ... caught a team-high 57 passes for 784 yards and team-best six touchdowns ... also had a 47-yard punt return for the game’s first score vs. Truman (9/22) ... 35th leading punt returner in the nation and was second in the MIAA with 10.1 yards per return ... had the fourth-most receiving yards in the league and the 62nd-most in the nation ... his 55.4 yards receiving per game ranked sixth in the MIAA ... caught two touchdown passes vs. Southwest Baptist (9/29) and vs. Central Missouri (10/13) ... caught a season-long 60-yard touchdown reception from Josh Mathews vs. Southwest Baptist ... caught a game-winning, 19-yard touchdown pass from Joel Osborn on 4th-and-8 in the final minute to beat Washburn by a point (10/27) ... also had a 29-yard touchdown reception for the game’s first score vs. West Texas A&M (11/24) ... tied his career high with nine receptions and had a season-best 86 yards receiving at Emporia State (11/3) ... had four games with more than 80 yards receiving ... had four punt returns for 83 yards vs. Truman ... also returned five kickoffs for 90 yards on the season with a long of 29 yards vs. Central Missouri

2006: Don Hansen’s Football Gazette third-team All-American ... Don Hansen’s Football Gazette first-team All-Southwest Region ... D2Football.com and Daktronics second-team All-Southwest Region ... First-team All-MIAA ... Eighth-most receiving yards in Division II (1,151) ... Ranked 29th nationally in receiving yards per game (76.7), 32nd in receptions per game (5.5), 43rd in all-purpose yards per game (116.6) and 47th in yards per punt return (9.5) ... Sixth-most receiving yards in school history (single-season, all games) and fourth-most catches (83) ... Totaled 100 yards receiving in four games and caught six balls or more in seven ... 83-yard reception against Washburn (Oct. 14)

2005: Ranked 28th in the NCAA with a 12.8 punt return average ... Second on the club with a 13.3 per catch average ... Totaled five catches for a career-best 79 yards against Missouri Western (Sept. 17) ... His 269 punt return yards is ninth-best on the single-season charts (all games) ... Posted personal-high 105 all-purpose yardage versus Pitt State (Oct. 29) ... Caught a touchdown pass in five games including a season-best 49 yarder against Missouri Western ... Received Phil Voge Redshirt Freshman of the Year.

Sulphur Springs High School: Named all-state by the Texas Sportswriters Association ... First-team all-district as well ... Caught 74 passes for 1,010 yards and 11 TDs in 2003.

Personal: Corporate recreation major with a minor in coaching ... Son of Sigmond Wright and Patricia Johnson ... Born on June 25, 1986 ... Favorite athlete is Barry Sanders.

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