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2025 Football Roster

32 Wenkers Wright

  • Position RB
  • Hometown Floyds Knobs, Ind.
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 205
  • High School Floyd Central HS
  • Class Senior

Biography

2024: All-MVFC Honorable Mention team selection ... played in all 14 contests, with 13 starts at tailback … led the Redbirds and ranked fifth in the MVFC with 1,123 rushing yards on 218 attempts (5.2  yards per carry) … averaged 80.2 yards per game and finished the season with 11 rushing TDs, which ranked eighth in the Valley ... became the Redbirds first 1000 yard rusher since James Robinson in 2019 … recorded six 100-plus rushing yard performances, with a season-high 153 in a win at North Alabama … rushed for over 100 yards and scored twice each in wins at UNI and against North Dakota … has also caught 17 passes for 148 yards with a touchdown.

2023: Played in all 11 games at running back ... ranked third on the team with 261 yards on 36 carries with three touchdowns ... averaged 7.3 yards per carry on the year ... ran for 59 yards and a touchdown in the season opening win over Dayton ... carried the ball nine times for 34 yards and scored a touchdown at Eastern Illinois ... had 56 yards on two carries at Youngstown State ... ran for 50 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown and two-point conversion in a win at Missouri State ... also caught six passes for 36 yards out of the backfield.

2022: MVFC All-Newcomer Team ... saw action in 10 games at running back … led the team in rushing with 625 yards on 161 carries and was third on the team with a pair of rushing touchdowns … his 625 yards rushing ranked No. 9 in the MVFC … averaged 3.9 yards per carry and over 60 yards per game on the ground … also added 19 receptions for 162 receiving yards out of the backfield … tallied three 100-plus rushing yard efforts on the year … ran for a career-high 180 yards in a win at Indiana State … capped off the year with 129 yards and a touchdown in a win over Western Illinois. 

2021 (fall): Saw action in two games at running back ... carried the ball twice for six yards on the season.

Floyd Central HS: Four-year letterwinner for head coach James Bragg … ranks No. 4 in school history in career rushing yards (4,197) rushing touchdowns (51) and points scored (326) … ranks No. 5 and 6, respectively, with single-game rushing marks of 362 yards and 355 yards … earned offensive MVP honors all four years of his career … rushed for 1,319 yards and 20 touchdowns in senior season to earn all-conference and Indiana 5A Senior All-State honors … as a junior in 2018, rushed for 2,094 yards and 26 touchdowns on way to being named and all-conference and all-state selection … helped lead team to a sectional championship for the first time in 10 years … carried the ball 118 times for 809 yards and six touchdowns as a sophomore … also a four-year standout on the track as a three-time MVP.

Personal: Born November 21, 2001 in Haiti … son of Shawn and Betsy Wright … has four siblings … NexGen Leadership of Southern Indiana Graduate … honor student and member of the National Honor Society.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2021Freshman

    RB
    6'1" 190 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    RB
    6'1" 200 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    RB
    6'1" 200 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2024Junior

    RB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2025Senior

    RB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    32