CAREER: Has appeared in all 27 games in his career, with 21 career starts at free safety

2008: Started all 14 contests at free safety for the Gators and was third on the team with 66 total tackles and tied for second on the team with four interceptions...Earned honorable mention All-Sophomore recognition from College Football News...Had seven games on the season in which he recorded five-or-more tackles...Collected nine tackles in the BCS National Championship Game against Oklahoma...Also picked off a pass at the goal line to prevent Oklahoma from scoring at the end of the first half...Recorded four tackles in the SEC Championship Game versus Alabama...Notched five tackles and his third interception of the season at Florida State...Returned a blocked field goal 37 yards to set up a Florida touchdown in the win over Kentucky...Had seven tackles and broke up one pass against No. 4 LSU...Had a game-high and tied his career-high with 11 tackles at Arkansas...Collected eight tackles against Tennessee in Knoxville...A member of the 2008 UF Football Leadership Committee

2007: Selected to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll…Outstanding true freshman who appeared in all 13 games at free safety and on special teams…Started seven games (Auburn, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida State and Michigan)…Named to the Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC and as a Second-Team Freshman All-American by Rivals.com…Also garnered First-Team All-American honors from CollegeFootballNews.com and the Sporting News’ Freshman All-American Honorable Mention… Ranked third on the team and first among freshmen in total tackles with 67, 47 solo and 20 assisted…The 67 tackles ranked 42nd overall in the league and the fifth-most by any freshman in the SEC…His 47 solo tackles were the second-highest total of freshmen in the SEC…Became one of only nine players with an interception after making a pick in the Capital One Bowl versus Michigan…Led the team and tied for first in the SEC in forced fumbles with four on the season, including one in back-to-back games versus Ole Miss and Auburn...No other SEC freshman was in the top 10 in that category…Tied for 14th in the nation in forced fumbles and tallied more than any other freshman in the country…The four forced fumbles were the most by a Florida player since Guss Scott had five in 2003 and the most by any Florida freshman since the statistic began being kept in 1982…Had one fumble recovery versus Michigan and collected two pass breakups on the season…Was one of 12 freshmen who made their debut in the season opener versus Western Kentucky…Registered three solo tackles and an assisted tackle in his debut…Had seven total tackles in his first career start versus Auburn…Set a season-high with 11 tackles versus LSU… Played the Kentucky game with a cast on his hand due to a broken thumb

PREP: A hard-hitting safety ranked second in his position and sixth among Florida’s Top-100 prospects according to Rivals.com…Rated 90th on the ESPN150 list of top prospects…Helped lead St. Thomas to the state title game in 2006…Started for the East in the U.S. Army All-American game and was nominated for the National U.S. Army Player of the Year Award…Started at safety for St. Thomas for three years…First-team all-county and all-state selection during both his junior and senior seasons…Completed his senior season with 72 tackles, three interceptions, four tackles for a loss and two blocked kicks…During his junior year, he collected 58 tackles, six interceptions, three blocked punts and 10 tackles for a loss…Chose Florida over Ohio State, Notre Dame and Miami (Fla.)…High school coach was George Smith

PERSONAL: Born July 1, 1988…Mother is Andrea Eluett.

CAREER DEFENSIVE STATS

Year    UT-AT  TT        TBL      QBS     FF        FR        PD       INT

2007    47-20   67        0          0          4          1          2          1

2008    36-30   66        0          0          0          0          6          4

Totals: 83-50  133     0          0          4          1          8          5

WRIGHT’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles: 11 (Twice, last at Arkansas, 2008)

QB Sacks: None

Forced Fumbles: 1 (3x, last at South Carolina, 2007)

Interceptions: 1 (5x, last vs. Oklahoma, 2008)