Nahshon Wright

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
6-4
Weight:
188
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
East Palo Alto, Calif.
High School:
James Logan

Pronounced Nuh-shawn

CAREER
• Played in 18 games, making 16 starts
• Totaled 64 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack, five interceptions and 11 pass deflections
• 2020 Coaches All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention

2020 (JUNIOR)
• Played in and started six games
• Coaches All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Totaled 30 tackles with one sack, two interceptions and four pass breakups
• Picked off a pass for the second consecutive game and tallied seven tackles with a pass breakup in the win over Oregon
• Finished with six tackles and his first interception of the season in the win over California
• Recorded seven tackles against Stanford, adding one sack

2019 (SOPHOMORE)
• Played in all 12 games, making 10 starts
• Tallied 34 tackles with half a tackle for loss. Picked off three passes, the first Beaver to do so since 2014
• Returned his first FBS interception 14 yards against Hawai’i. Also intercepted passes versus Washington and Washington State
• Credited with pass breakups versus Arizona State and Washington State
• Posted at least one tackle in 10 of 12 games. Opened the season with back-to-back six-tackle efforts against Oklahoma State and Hawai’i
• Finished with five tackles against Washington State

LANEY JUNIOR COLLEGE
• Helped Laney to a 2018 state championship
• Played in 13 games in 2018, making 12 starts. Named all-conference
• Tallied 17 tackles in 2018, with 1.5 for a loss, and four interceptions. Also credited with three pass breakups

JAMES LOGAN HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for head coach George Zuber
• Also lettered in track and field and basketball

PERSONAL
• Born in Hayward, Calif.
• Son of Sadio Simon and Jamal Wright
• Has four brothers: Deandre, Rejzohn, Dejon and Johnovan
• Has one sister, Jamiese
• Majoring in sociology
• Chose Oregon State because “it felt like home - it’s not to far from home - and I love the coaches here. The players are very welcoming.”