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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born: | February 19, 1978 Vian, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 238 lb (108 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| College: | Oklahoma State | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2000 | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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| Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Kenyatta Terrell Wright (born February 19, 1978) is a former American football linebacker who played for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) from 2003 to 2005. He was a four-year starter for Oklahoma State University, where he recorded 260 career tackles, 11 sacks, and 1 fumble recovery. He was signed as a free agent in 2000 by the Buffalo Bills. Was the vaunted leader of the Oklahoma State "Orange Crush Defense".[citation needed]
As an undrafted free agent out of Oklahoma State University, he first signed with the Buffalo Bills and played for two years under defensive co-ordinator Ted Cottrell. In 2003 Ted Cottrell joined the New York Jets as defensive co-ordinator and brought Kenyatta with him, who would go onto spend 3 of his 5 seasons in Green and White. He played a key role in the Jets special teams under Mike Westhoff on route to a 10-6 record and playoff berth in 2004.[1]
Kenyatta Wright retired in 2006.
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2000 | BUF | 16 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | BUF | 11 | 1 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | NYJ | 16 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | NYJ | 16 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | NYJ | 15 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | 2 | 115 | 92 | 23 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2004 | NYJ | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wright is married with two sons who both play college football, Elijah is a linebacker at The University of Central Oklahoma and Solomon is a defensive tackle on the roster at Oklahoma State University.[2]