Ryan Wright

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Parker Waters

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-3
Weight:
245
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Ramon, Calif.
High School:
California HS

2020: Appeared in 11 games for the Green Wave...Recorded 16 punts over 50 yards and 17 inside the 20...Punted five times for a total of 182 yards against Navy (Sept. 19)...Registered three punts for an average of 48.33 yards and a long kick of 58 yards in the win at Southern Miss (Oct. 26)...Had eight punts for 410 yards and a 51.25 yards average, including five 50+-yard punts, and a 63-yard punt at Houston (Oct. 8)...Launched a 65-yard punt and totaled three 50+-yard punts against SMU (Oct. 16)...Registered five punts, including a 62-yard bomb and three inside the 20, for 238 yards at UCF (Oct. 24)...Averaged 55.50 yards on two punts with a 62-yarder and one inside the 20 in the win over Temple (Oct. 31)...Recorded two punts inside the 20 in the win at ECU (Nov. 7)...Tallied five punts at an average of 46.00, including a long punt of 63 yards, two over 50 yards and two inside the 20, in the win over Army (Nov. 14)...Hit six total punts for 253 yards, including three inside the 20 and a 62-yarder, at Tulsa (Nov. 19).

2019: Appeared in every game for Tulane...Punted four times for a total of 180 yards at home against FIU (Aug. 29)...Boomed eight punts against No. 10 Auburn for 321 yards (Sept. 7)...Punted five times for a total of 208 yards at home against Houston (Sept. 19)...Recorded season-long 61 yard punt against Houston...Punted four times away at Army (Oct. 5)...Laced five punts for 196 yards away at Memphis (Oct. 18)...Punted five times for 263 yards against UCF (Nov. 23)...Totaled 90 yards on two punts at SMU (Nov. 30)...Totaled six punts for 289 yards against Southern Miss in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Jan. 4).

2018: Earned Freshman All-America honors from 247Sports.com...Played in all but two games for the Green Wave in 2018, starting as a backup punter but slowly transitioning into the team’s top punter...Has recorded a punt of at least 50 yards in seven of his ten games and has had two punts this year of 60 yards or more...Has dropped 12 punts inside the 20-yard line and has kicked 11 punts of more than 50 yards...Got his first career punt at Ohio State (Sept. 22), recording five punts for 196 yards with a long of 43...Had two punts for 95 yards at Memphis (Sept. 28) with a long punt of 57...Boomed three punts at Cincinnati (Oct. 6) for 151 yards, averaging 50.3 yards per punt with a season-long of 64...Kicked eight punts against SMU including a long of 60 for a total of 386 yards (Oct. 20)...Had a season-high nine punts against ECU for 386 yards including a long of 59…Finished the season with two punts for 83 yards with a long of 44 in Tulane’s win over Louisiana-Lafayette in the AutoNation Cure Bowl (Dec. 15)…Totaled 45 attempts for 1,978 yards in 2018.

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at California High School in San Ramon, Calif.…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com…Was the No. 4-ranked punter in the country according to Kohl’s Kicking Camps…Earned first-team All-America honors by MaxPreps.com…As a senior, averaged 43.6 yards per punt and landed 12 punts inside the 20…Was named the 2017 Blue-Grey All American Punter…Was named the 2017 First Team All-League Varsity Punter…Was California High School’s starting quarterback during his junior and senior years, throwing for more than 3,000 yards and 30 touchdowns in two seasons…Also lettered in baseball.

Personal: Has one younger sister…Majoring in Management & Marketing.