Max Wright

#42 · TE · Sr. · Texas A&M6′4″ · 260 lb · Katy, TX · Taylor

Max Wright: TE · Texas A&M · #42.

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Max Wright

TE · Texas A&M · Sr · #42

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches at Texas A&M: Jimbo Fisher and Elijah Robinson. On tape: 62 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Oklahoma State, Bowl, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Texas A&M in the news

Texas A&M football star dies at 49New York Post Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Texas A&M	19	247	13.0	1	51
2022	Texas A&M	9	129	14.3	1	31
2021	Texas A&M	3	23	7.7	0	8
2020	Texas A&M	1	42	42.0	1	42
2019	Texas A&M	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Texas A&M	--	--	--	--	--
Career		32	441	13.8	3	51

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 2	L 33-48@ Miami	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 3	W 47-3vs UL Monroe	2	28	14.0	0	16
Wk 5	W 34-22vs Arkansas	2	20	10.0	0	13
Wk 7	L 13-20@ No. 19 Tennessee	3	26	8.7	0	20
Wk 9	W 30-17vs South Carolina	2	9	4.5	0	5
Wk 10	L 35-38@ No. 11 Ole Miss	2	7	3.5	0	6
Wk 11	W 51-10vs Mississippi State	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 13	L 30-42@ No. 14 LSU	2	60	30.0	1	51
Bowl	L 23-31vs No. 22 Oklahoma State	4	62	15.5	0	40
Total		19	247	13.0	1	51

Signature game

Week 13 · 2023

L 30-42

at LSU

2 rec · 60 yds · 1 TD

With J. Henderson — 294 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 57.1 · 10 rush yds (16 car) · R. Owens II — 21 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · LSU · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.92Henderson to Wright: a 51-yard pass.
Week 11 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Jaylen Henderson pass complete to Max Wright for 17 yds to the MSST 43 for a
Week 7 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.80Max Johnson pass complete to Max Wright for 20 yds to the TA&M 45 for a
Week 13 · LSU · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.38Jaylen Henderson pass complete to Max Wright for 9 yds to the TA&M 45
Week 1 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.33Marcel Reed pass complete to Max Wright for 40 yds to the OKST 10 for a
Week 5 · Arkansas · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.13Max Johnson pass complete to Max Wright for 7 yds to the TA&M 35 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · UL Monroe · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.09Conner Weigman pass complete to Max Wright for 12 yds to the ULM 49 for a
Week 1 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.02Marcel Reed pass complete to Max Wright for 8 yds to the TA&M 48
Week 10 · Ole Miss · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +0.93Max Johnson pass complete to Max Wright for 6 yds to the MISS 44 for a
Week 7 · Tennessee · 1st and 5 · Q1 · EPA −0.84Max Johnson pass complete to Max Wright for 2 yds to the TA&M 42

Teams and coaches

2018Texas A&M9-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2019Texas A&M8-5HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2020Texas A&M9-1HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2021Texas A&M8-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2022Texas A&M5-7HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2023Texas A&M7-6HC: Jimbo Fisher and Elijah Robinson · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 41 (#90 of 137). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

41Rotational starter #90 of 137 · 2023?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: long catch (83rd percentile). Concern: rec tds (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#253 / 627 · 59th pct

13.0

Catch rate#299 / 627 · 52nd pct

82.6%

EPA / target#348 / 627 · 45th pct

0.70

Explosive rate#352 / 627 · 43rd pct

13.0%

TD rate#421 / 627 · 33rd pct

4.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#27 / 160 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#44 / 160 · 72nd pct

13.0

Rec yards#83 / 160 · 48th pct

247

Receptions#91 / 160 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#108 / 160 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home3g	1.7	18.0	11.8	0.0
Road4g	2.0	27.8	15.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	30.8	13.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	23.2	13.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Elijah Robinson

Pass share

48.3%

423 pass / 453 run

Plays / game

67.4

13 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

442 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

19 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

41 · #90 of 137 TEs · 2023

Former four-star. Now #90 at the position.

Max Wright

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Style of play

Fans

Texas A&M in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

19 catches in 9 games

Six seasons at Texas A&M

2018