62. Jarius Wright

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that, statistically speaking, Jarius Wright is one of the best players in Razorback history? Wright holds the school record for career receiving yards AND the single-season record for touchdown catches. And he did it all despite being one of the smallest guys on the field. Coming out of Warren, Ark., alongside teammates Greg Childs and Chris Gragg, Wright was first recruited by Houston Nutt and decided to stick with Arkansas when Bobby Petrino was hired. It turned out to be the right move. He was a key cog on Arkansas’ most successful teams of the Razorbacks’ SEC era in 2010 and 2011. Those teams went a combined 21-5, and Wright was front and center. So how’d he do it? How did a small kid from a small town in Arkansas end up making big play after big play for the Razorbacks, and then in the NFL? This is Jarius Wright’s story.

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0:45.0	We felt the turnaround, if that makes sense.
0:47.0	Brian Mellader's back to throw,
0:49.0	wants it all, deep, got a man,
0:51.0	Pouchdown, Jerryus R. I've said it before, this is the closest team that I've said it before this is the closest team I've ever played on and it gives me
0:55.7	chills that really just thinking about it. I trust the players. I trust the leaders that
1:01.6	we have on our team.
1:02.8	This group seems to have a phenomenal chemistry and that is one of those
1:06.0	intangibles that you're going to need if you want to win a championship.
1:09.0	Talking in the locker room and talking after
1:13.3	after workouts and things like that we knew how special the next two years were
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