Career Honors

  • Gundelach Award (2024)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
  • ACC All-Academic Team (2024)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023)
  • Pac-12 Honorable Mention Freshman Defensive Player of the Year (2023)

As a Redshirt Junior (2025)

  • Named the Cardinal's season-long defensive captain
  • Started nine games at cornerback for Stanford
  • Recorded 33 tackles, including 25 solo tackles, with one tackle-for-loss
  • Finished third on the team in passes broken up with four
  • Lone interception of the season came in Stanford's home opener against Boston College, where he took it back 19 yards for a touchdown (Sept. 13)
    • Was the first interception thrown by Boston College quarterback Dylan Lonergan on the season
    • Gave Stanford a pick-six in consecutive ACC openers, with Mitch Leigber doing so in 2024 against Syracuse
  • Broke up two passes in Stanford's win in the 128th Big Game, tying a career-high (Nov. 22)

As a Junior (2024)

  • Gundelach Award
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • ACC All-Academic Team
  • Appeared and started 12 games, rotating between corner and nickel positions in the secondary
  • Recorded 45 total tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss, and added five pass breakups
  • Led the team with three interceptions, the first Cardinal with at least three interceptions in a season since Paulson Adebo in 2019
    • Tied for seventh in the ACC in interceptions
  • First interception of the year came in the Cardinal's home opener against Cal Poly (Sept. 7)
  • Intercepted Cade Klubnik in the first half of Stanford's road game at No. 17 Clemson (Sept. 28)
  • Ran his third interception of the season back 46 yards against San Jose State (Nov. 29)

As a Sophomore (2023)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023 Pac-12 Honorable Mention Freshman Defensive Player of the Year
  • Started all 12 games, totaling 61 tackles, five tackles-for-loss, a sack, an interception, and five pass breakups 
  • Recorded 10 tackles to pace the Stanford defense at USC ... Most tackles in a game for his Cardinal career (Sept. 9)
  • Snagged first career interception against Sacramento State (Sept. 16)

As a Freshman (2022)

  • Appeared in four games, retains ability to redshirt
  • Totaled five tackles and 1.5 tackles-for-loss

Prior to Stanford

  • A four star prospect according to ESPN
  • Ranked No. 71 in Texas by ESPN, No. 77 by PrepStar, No. 99 by Rivals, No. 122 by On3 and No. 134 by 247Sports
  • A consensus Top-75 defensive back, at safety is ranked No. 30 by ESPN, No. 41 by PrepStar, No. 70 by On3 and No. 73 by 247Sports . . . is ranked No. 71 at cornerback by Rivals
  • Earned seven varsity letters from Manvel High School
  • Named the defensive player of the year
  • A three-time all-state selection
  • Also named all-district three times
  • Totaled 156 tackles, 13 interceptions and 16 PBU in his prep career
  • Also lettered in basketball and track
  • High school honor roll
  • National Honor Society member

Personal

  • Parents are Lisa and Chad Wright
  • Has an older brother, Jalen
  • Intends to study management science and engineering or communications
  • Enjoys watching movies, playing video games, song writing, video creation and photography
  • Originally from Missouri City
Collin Wright
2024
Cornerback
6-0 / 195 lbs
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2023
Cornerback
6-0 / 192 lbs
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2022
Cornerback
6-0 / 190 lbs