2021 - All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (Phil Steele)
2021 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2021 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team (Pro Football Network)
2021 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team (Pro Football Focus)
2020 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team (Pro Football Focus)
2021-22: A first-team All-Sun Belt selection by Phil Steele … A second-team all-conference selection by the league, Pro Football Network and Pro Football Focus … Started all 12 games at nose tackle … Played 539 total snaps (478 on defense, 61 on special teams) … Posted 36 total tackles … Led the team with eight tackles for loss and five sacks … Also had two quarterback hurries … Got the start in the opener against Gardner-Webb, tallying four tackles, including a sack, and a quarterback hurry … Had three tackles, including 1.5 sacks, at Florida Atlantic … Played 40 total tackles at Arkansas … Posted four tackles, including half a stop for loss, and a quarterback hurry against Louisiana … Had two tackles for loss, including a sack, against Arkansas State … Had four tackles, including a sack, at Troy … Posted two tackles at South Alabama … Had a tackle against Georgia State … Posted six tackles against Coastal Carolina … Had seven tackles, including 2.5 for loss and a sack, in the win at Texas State … Posted two stops against BYU and one against App State.
2020-21: Played in 10 games, starting eight … Saw action on 408 total snaps (three on offense, 337 on defense, 68 on special teams) … A second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection by Pro Football Focus … Had 39 tackles, including 5.5 for loss and a sack, along with a pass break up and four quarterback hurries … Missed the opener, but returned to play 32 snaps at Louisiana … Had two tackles in that game … Also had two tackles at ULM … Had five tackles, including one for loss, against UMass … Had five stops, including one for loss, against Coastal Carolina … Tallied four tackles, including one for loss, against South Alabama … Had two tackles and a quarterback hurry against Troy … Had two tackles, including half a stop for loss, a pass break up and a quarterback hurry against Texas State … Posted 10 tackles, including half a tackle for loss, at Army West Point … Missed the Georgia State and Florida Atlantic games … Had two tackles against App State … Tallied five tackles, including 1.5 for loss and a sack, along with two quarterback hurries against Louisiana Tech in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.Â
2019-20: Played in nine games, seeing action on 344 total plays (276 defensive) … Had 34 total tackles, including 5.0 for loss … Also had a pass break up … Was on the field for 22 defensive snaps and 10 special teams plays in the opener at No. 6 LSU … Had three tackles against the Tigers … Missed the Maine game with an injury … Had five tackles at Minnesota … Posted four stops against Louisiana … Had a tackle at South Alabama … Posted a career-high nine tackles against Coastal Carolina … Had two tackles, including one for loss, against New Mexico State … Had two tackles for loss against No. 20 App State … Had a 10-yard run on a fake punt against Troy … Also had a tackle in the game … Had two tackles against ULM … Missed the Arkansas State and Georgia State games with an injury … Had five tackles, including one for loss, against Liberty in the Cure Bowl.
2018-19: Played in all 13 games … Was on the field for 300 total plays (168 defensive, 7 offensive, 125 special teams) … The only player on the team to see action on all three phases … Tallied 11 tackles on the season, including 2.0 for loss … Also had a fumble recovery and a forced fumble … Carried the ball five times for 20 yards with a long of 9 yards against No. 2 Clemson … Had three tackles against UMass … Played six offensive snaps at Clemson, carrying the ball five times … Had a tackle for loss against Arkansas State … Had a season-high four stops, including a TFL, and a forced fumble against South Alabama … Recovered a fumble at New Mexico State.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Screven County High for Coach Ron Duncan … A first-team all-state performer at the Group AA level as named by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution … 2017 Region 4-AA Defensive Player of the Year … Ranked the No. 169 defensive tackle in the country and the No. 206 player in the state of Georgia by 247Sports … Rated as the No. 25 player in South Georgia by Southern Pigskin … A consensus all-state selection as a junior after rushing for more than 1,000 yards … Selected for Border Bowl V, featuring seniors from Georgia and South Carolina … A state champion in shot put and the discus on the track & field team.
PERSONAL: Born Julian Carl Wright Jr. was born January 17 in Sylvania, GA … Son of Rowan and Rutha Wright … Has three siblings, Roshondra, Johnny and Emanuel.
MAJOR: Interdisciplinary Studies
