Jordan Wright: LB · Kentucky · #15.
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Jordan Wright
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Five seasons in the Kentucky linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Georgia — Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 9.5 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 26-16@ No. 12 Florida | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-0vs Youngstown State | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-23vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-22@ No. 14 Ole Miss | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-24vs South Carolina | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-17vs No. 16 Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-44@ No. 3 Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-17@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-24vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-16vs No. 1 Georgia | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 26-13vs Louisville | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 0-21vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 30 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%10 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
5%3 pass breakups59 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Mark Stoops — 40-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
43.6%
349 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
61.5
13 games
Team sack rate
11.1%
404 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #114 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kentucky, 165 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Stoops.
