Samuel Wright II

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Photo by: Patrick Tewey

Princeton University Football vs. Monmouth, Princeton, NJ, September 22, 2018.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Height:
6-2
Weight:
225
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lawrenceville, Ga.
High School:
Archer

2021: First-Team All-Ivy … Phil Steele First-Team All-Ivy ... Finished with 36 tackles, 13 for loss including 11.5 sacks …Career highs in sacks and tackles for loss were the best in the conference … Ivy League Player of the Week following the Penn game … Contributed six tackles, 3.5 for loss with a personal-best three sacks along with three more quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles at Penn … Added four tackles vs. Brown ... Had a sack at Monmouth and Cornell ... Recorded two sacks vs. Stetson ... Post a sack vs. Lehigh ... 2019: Second-Team All-Ivy ... Started all 10 games ... Led the team with five sacks ... Posted 40 tackles, seven going for a loss ... 2018: ranked second on the team in both tackles for loss (six) and sacks (four) during Princeton's first perfect season since 1964 … helped defense rank #4 nationally in scoring and #7 against the run during Ivy championship season … had at least one tackle in nine of 10 games, including season-high five in 66-0 shutout of Cornell … had four tackles, including two for losses, a sack, a forced fumble and a quarterback hurry in 50-7 opening win over Butler … had two sacks for total of 20-yard loss in win over Brown ... 2017: developed into member of defensive line rotation and started games during second half of the season … recorded seven tackles, including four against Cornell … had a tackle for loss against Cornell … recorded two quarterback hurries.

Before Princeton:
Archer: Played every position on both the offensive and defensive lines, as well as both fullback and tight end … earned Gwinnett Newspaper Influential Athlete of the Week honors … led team to playoffs every year, including 2014 state title game … selected to the Gwinnett all-star game … team captain … also earned four varsity letters in track & field … two-time state runner-up in the shot put; won four regional and three county titles in the event … named Male Academic Student-Athlete of the Year at Archer … National Honor Society member … Honors Athlete in both football and track & field.

Personal: Son of Shonneeka and Samuel Wright … has two older siblings, Quanisha and Bricia … plays five instruments and enjoys writing poetry … considering studying computer science or film & photography at Princeton.