2025 Football Roster

21 Jaydon Wright

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 220
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Kankakee, Ill.
  • Highschool Bishop McNamara

Biography

2025 – Redshirt Freshman
  • Did not see action
2024 – Freshman (Minnesota)
  • Missed the season with an injury
Bishop McNamara Catholic School
  • As a senior, ran for 579 yards and eight touchdowns
  • Added 236 receiving yards to his stat line
  • On defense, made 56 tackles with 2.0 sacks
  • Ran for 153 yards and three touchdowns against Christ the King
  • Also scored three touchdowns–two rushing, one receiving–against Leo Catholic
  • Placed on 2023 Daily Journal All-Area Football team
  • Named All-Chicagoland Christian Conference
  • Team captain
  • Consensus three-star prospect
  • Cited as the No. 23 recruit in Illinois and the No. 69 running back in the nation by 247Sports
Personal
  • Son of Joia Crossley
  • Has one sister, Jaliyah and one brother, James Wright Jr. 
  • Father, James Wright, played football at Western Illinois
  • Cousin, Chris Autman-Bell, was a standout receiver for Minnesota from 2017-23
  • Cousin, Jyaire Hill, plays defensive back for Michigan
  • Uncle, Curtis Crossley, played football at Northern Illinois
  • Uncle, Autry Beamon, played football at East Texas State (now Texas A&M-Commerce) and in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks and Cleveland Browns
  • Cousin, Jonathan Ward, played football at Central Michigan and played in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers (previously for the Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans)
  • Cousin, Jimmy Smith, played football at Purdue and Elon, then played in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Raiders and Washington Commanders

Statistics

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