Nay'Quan Wright

Former running back at South Florida. 2024: 510 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 22 catches.

RB · South Florida · Sr. · #5

5′9″ · 203 lb · Miami Gardens, FL

CFB Index 47 · #151 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceSouth Florida 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 252 nationally · Signed with Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at South Florida. 2024: 510 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 22 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida in 2019.
Transferred from Florida to South Florida in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at South Florida, 2,060 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20193 games

Signed with Florida4-star out of Miami Carol City

202313 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#252 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019

Charlie Strong

South Florida

2020–2022

Jeff Scott

South Florida

era →

2023–2024

Alex Golesh

South Florida

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Florida11-2HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2023South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2024South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

47Rotational starter #151 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (82nd percentile). Strength: receptions (82nd percentile). Concern: success rate (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#82 / 442 · 82nd pct

7.3%

Explosive rate#235 / 442 · 47th pct

6.4%

Yards / carry#292 / 442 · 34th pct

4.8

EPA / carry#328 / 442 · 26th pct

0.08

Success rate#422 / 442 · 5th pct

31.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#57 / 330 · 82nd pct

Rush TDs#71 / 335 · 76th pct

Long run#87 / 335 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#92 / 330 · 72nd pct

149

Carries#152 / 335 · 54th pct

109

Rush yards#158 / 335 · 53rd pct

510

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Yards / carry#200 / 335 · 38th pct

4.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

26th → 26th percentile

Success rate

22nd → 5th percentile

Explosive rate

63rd → 47th percentile

Yards / carry

24th → 34th percentile

TD rate

47th → 82nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

109 carries

15%

Stuffed (≤0)

44%

Grind (1–3)

29%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	15.3	2.3	0.3
Road7g	59.7	5.7	0.9

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	36.6	3.9	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	42.3	4.4	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #151 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #151 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Florida	109	510	4.7	8	--
2023	South Florida	180	797	4.4	8	--
2022	Florida	47	190	4.0	2	--
2021	Florida	76	326	4.3	1	--
2020	Florida	54	213	3.9	2	--
2019	Florida	12	24	2.0	0	--
Career		478	2,060	4.3	21	--

Season	Team
2024	South Florida	22	149	6.8	0	--
2023	South Florida	10	25	2.5	0	--
2022	Florida	1	14	14.0	0	--
2021	Florida	14	178	12.7	1	--
2020	Florida	19	219	11.5	0	--
2019	Florida	1	4	4.0	0	--
Career		67	589	8.8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 48–3

vs Bethune-Cookman

19 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 45-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With B. Brown — 152 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.5 · 74 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · A. Stokes — 49 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 1&6 · Q2 · EPA +4.33Nay'Quan Wright run for 64 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 5 · Tulane · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA -4.25Nay'Quan Wright run for 11 yds to the TULN 26 Nay'Quan Wright fumbled, recovered by TULN Rayshawn Pleasant R. Pleasant return for 0 yds
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.34Nay'Quan Wright run for 33 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 13 · Tulsa · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Israel Carter pass complete to Nay'Quan Wright for 13 yds to the TLSA 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Charlotte · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Bryce Archie pass complete to Nay'Quan Wright for 44 yds to the CLT 6 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Nay'Quan Wright run for 17 yds to the USF 47 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Tulsa · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.45Nay'Quan Wright run for 1 yd for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 14 · Rice · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.45Nay'Quan Wright run for 1 yd for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.36Nay'Quan Wright run for 18 yds to the USF 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San José State · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.21Nay'Quan Wright run for 3 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Bethune-Cookman	7	19	2.7	1	4
Wk 2	L 16-42@ Alabama	11	64	5.8	0	19
Wk 3	W 49-24@ Southern Miss	15	105	7.0	1	33
Wk 4	L 15-50vs Miami	6	11	1.8	0	6
Wk 5	L 10-45@ Tulane	7	38	5.4	0	11
Wk 7	L 3-21vs Memphis	2	3	1.5	0	2
Wk 8	W 35-25vs UAB	9	22	2.4	0	6
Wk 10	W 44-21@ Florida Atlantic	17	117	6.9	1	64	Season-high 117 yds
Wk 11	L 7-28vs Navy	3	10	3.3	0	7
Wk 12	W 59-24@ Charlotte	7	43	6.1	2	11
Wk 13	W 63-30vs Tulsa	14	27	1.9	1	8
Wk 14	L 28-35@ Rice	6	35	5.8	1	13
Bowl	W 41-39@ San José State	5	16	3.2	1	7
Total		109	510	4.1	8	64

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

Nay'Quan Wright

20193 games

202313 games

2024 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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