Jaylen Wright: RB · Tennessee.
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Jaylen Wright
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Third year in the same backfield at Tennessee. First career honor, 2023: All-SEC. On tape: 136 rushing yards against Texas A&M, Week 7, 2023.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 27.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 9.5% of his carries. 4 carries for 16 yds vs UTSA; 19 for 136 vs Texas A&M.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (4.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-13vs Virginia | 12 | 115 | 9.6 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-13vs Austin Peay | 13 | 118 | 9.1 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-29@ Florida | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-14vs UTSA | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-20vs South Carolina | 16 | 123 | 7.7 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-13vs Texas A&M | 19 | 136 | 7.2 | 0 | 23 | Season-high 136 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 20-34@ No. 11 Alabama | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-27@ Kentucky | 11 | 120 | 10.9 | 1 | 52 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-3vs UConn | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 1 | 82 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-36@ No. 16 Missouri | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-38vs No. 1 Georgia | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 1 | 75 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-24vs Vanderbilt | 11 | 75 | 6.8 | 0 | 16 | |
| Total | 137 | 1013 | 7.4 | 4 | 82 |
Week 9 · 2023
W 33-27
at Kentucky
120 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
With J. Milton III — 228 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.6 · 26 rush yds (10 car) · D. Sampson — 75 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · 4 rec · 39 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%136 carriesFumble rate
0.7%1 of 137 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds7.4 yds/carry on 137 carries · 26% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Josh Heupel — 27-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 95.9 | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 56.8 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 95.2 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 73.7 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
45.8%
411 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
418 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Tennessee, 2,297 rushing yards — drafted at #120 overall by the Miami Dolphins.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Josh Heupel.
Next stop · NFL
Miami DolphinsEntering 3rd NFL season
Miami DolphinsEntering 3rd NFL season
