Abram Wright

Senior linebacker for Rutgers. 2025: 53 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Rutgers · Sr. · #6

6′1″ · 220 lb · Jacksonville, FL · Fleming Island

CFB Index 34 · #430 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Rutgers for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETvs USCSHI StadiumUSC by 24.5

The numbers

tackles · 2025

0.5 TFL · 2 PBU

Best game: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL, at Ohio State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Rutgers. 2025: 53 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2023.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 82nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Abram Wright

LB · Rutgers · Sr · #6

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the Rutgers linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Purdue — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Greg Schiano — 19-19 over that span.

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2025Rutgers5-7HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

34Below cohort / limited sample #430 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (82nd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#525 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Solo tackles#696 / 2975 · 76th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct

0.5

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	6.0	0.1	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #430 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #430 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #59 of 72 Big Ten LBs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Rutgers	53	26	0.5	0.0	2	--	--
2024	Rutgers	14	6	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2023	Rutgers	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		68	32	1.5	1.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 60–10

vs Norfolk State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 50-point win at home against Norfolk State.

With A. Kaliakmanis — 309 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 37.2 · 4 rush yds (4 car) · J. Benjamin — 68 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 45-17vs Miami (OH)	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 60-10vs Norfolk State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 28-38vs Iowa	7	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 28-31@ Minnesota	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 19-38@ Washington	5	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 10-56vs Oregon	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 27-24@ Purdue	8	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 10	L 13-35@ Illinois	6	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 35-20vs Maryland	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 9-42@ Ohio State	7	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 14	L 36-40vs Penn State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Total		53	26	0.5	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

53Tackles

26Solo

0.5TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

53 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.

Week 71 PD
Week 101 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Rutgers

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Rutgers

Returning around him

1 Rutgers player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +0 net (15 in / 15 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Rutgers · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #48 · 2026 recruiting class #36

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Terreance Ellis’s 2024 season.

Terreance Ellis

80%match

Western Kentucky · 2024

James Neal

Texas State · 2024

80%

DaRon Gilbert

Northern Illinois · 2023

79%

Ryan Meed

Illinois · 2024

79%

James Kreutz

Illinois · 2024

78%

Matches Terreance on

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Weight

Differs from Terreance on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to James Kreutz's junior season at Illinois (2024).

James Kreutz

89%match

Illinois · 2024

Antwan Peek Jr.

Cincinnati · 2025

84%

Jordan Castell

Florida · 2025

84%

Marvin Burks Jr.

Missouri · 2025

82%

Raider Damuni

BYU · 2025

81%

Matches James on

Solo tackle rate

Weight

Hurry rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Abram Wright

Dallas Daley

Air Force · 2025

75%

Background

2025 (Junior): Played in 11 games with seven starts at linebacker ... totaled 58 tackles with one for loss ... had at least five stops in eight games with a high of nine ... added two pass breakups and a forced fumble ... forced a fumble before the goal line on seven stops at No. 1 Ohio State (11...

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The linebacker corps · Rutgers

#10Ty Anthony MorrisLB · Sr.79 tackles · 2025
#6Abram WrightLB · Sr.53 tackles · 2025
#2Moses WalkerLB · Sr.17 tackles · 2025
#54Alex SzczesniakLB · Sr.7 tackles · 2025
#13DJ McClaryLB · So.6 tackles · 2025

9 more on the roster · Rutgers team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology