#4 Kendall Wright
Wide Receiver
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175
Class: Senior
Hometown: Sulphur Springs, Texas
Major: Corporate recreation major with a minor in coaching
2007
First-team All-MIAA wide receiver ... second-team Don Hansen All-Southwest Region wide receiver ... Northwest Special Teams MVP ... MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week (9/24) ... caught a team-high 57 passes for 784 yards and team-best six touchdowns ... also had a 47-yard punt return for the game’s first score vs. Truman (9/22) ... 35th leading punt returner in the nation and was second in the MIAA with 10.1 yards per return ... had the fourth-most receiving yards in the league and the 62nd-most in the nation ... his 55.4 yards receiving per game ranked sixth in the MIAA ... caught two touchdown passes vs. Southwest Baptist (9/29) and vs. Central Missouri (10/13) ... caught a season-long 60-yard touchdown reception from Josh Mathews vs. Southwest Baptist ... caught a game-winning, 19-yard touchdown pass from Joel Osborn on 4th-and-8 in the final minute to beat Washburn by a point (10/27) ... also had a 29-yard touchdown reception for the game’s first score vs. West Texas A&M (11/24) ... tied his career high with nine receptions and had a season-best 86 yards receiving at Emporia State (11/3) ... had four games with more than 80 yards receiving ... had four punt returns for 83 yards vs. Truman ... also returned five kickoffs for 90 yards on the season with a long of 29 yards vs. Central Missouri
2006
Don Hansen’s Football Gazette third-team All-American and first-team all-region selection ... D2Football.com and Daktronics second-team All-Southwest Region pick ... first-team All-MIAA wide receiver ... eighth-most receiving yards in Division II (1,151) ... ranked 29th nationally in receiving yards per game (76.7), 32nd in receptions per game (5.5), 43rd in all-purpose yards per game (116.6) and 47th in yards per punt return (9.5) ... sixth-most receiving yards in school history (single-season, all games) and fourth-most catches (83) ... totaled 100 yards receiving in four games and caught six balls or more in seven ... 83-yard reception against Washburn (10/14) was one of four catches of 50 yards or more ... led the Bearcats with nine catches of 30 yards or more ... first 100-yard receiving game was a six-catch, 128-yard performance against Minnesota State (9/2) ... caught nine passes for a personal-best 179 yards at Washburn in his third 100-yard performance of the season ... also had 272 all-purpose yards in that game ... first pass completion was a 26-yard touchdown strike to Raphael Robinson vs. Grand Valley State (12/16) ... became the first Bearcat in two seasons to return a punt for a touchdown with his 68-yard scamper at Missouri Southern (9/30)
2005
Ranked 28th in the NCAA with a 12.8 punt return average ... second on the club with a 13.3 yards per catch average ... totaled five catches for a career-best 79 yards against Missouri Western (9/17) ... ended with 269 punt return yards ... posted 105 all-purpose yards vs. Pittsburg State (10/29) ... caught a touchdown pass in five games, including a season-best 49-yarder against Missouri Western ... received Phil Voge Redshirt Freshman of the Year Award.
Sulphur Springs High School
Named all-state by the Texas Sportswriters Association ... first-team all-district as well ... caught 74 passes for 1,010 yards and 11 TDs in 2003.
Personal Bio
Son of Sigmond Wright and Patricia Johnson ... born June 25, 1986
Career Stats
Receiving G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G
2005 14 39 518 5 49 2.8 13.3 37.0
2006 15 83 1151 5 83 5.5 13.9 76.7
2007 14 57 784 6 60 4.1 13.8 56.0
Total 43 179 2453 16 83 4.2 13.7 57.0
Punt Returns G No. Yds TD Lg Avg./R
2005 14 21 269 0 32 12.8
2006 15 36 341 1 68 9.5
2007 14 27 274 1 47 10.1
Total 43 84 884 2 68 10.5
Kick Returns G No. Yds Td Lg Avg./R
2005 14 7 116 0 24 16.6
2006 15 12 219 0 50 18.2
2006 15 12 219 0 50 18.2
2007 14 5 90 0 29 1.0
Total 43 24 425 0 50 17.7
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