Mykael Wright: CB · Oregon · #2.
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Mykael Wright
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Oregon. The first career honor came in 2020: All-Pac-12. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Ohio State — Week 2, 2021.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-24vs Fresno State | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-28@ No. 3 Ohio State | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 48-7vs Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-19vs Arizona | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31@ Stanford | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-17vs California | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-31@ UCLA | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-29vs Colorado | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-16@ Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-24vs Washington State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-38@ No. 24 Utah | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-29vs Oregon State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-38vs No. 14 Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 46 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 2 · 2021
W 35-28
at Ohio State
10 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Edged out Ohio State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
65tackles this season65 tackles · 4 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Mario Cristobal — 26-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryan McClendon
Pass share
43.6%
408 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
437 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
65 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #93 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon, 111 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mario Cristobal.
