Jason Gomillion Wright was born on July 12,1982 and is an American businessman who is the president of the Washington Commanders of the National Football League.
29 Facts About Jason Wright
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Jason Wright served as a team captain and NFLPA representative with the latter during the 2011 NFL lockout before retiring that same year.
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In 2020, Jason Wright was hired as president of the Washington Commanders, making him the first black NFL team president.
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Jason Wright is a business partner with the Union Theological Seminary, Greater Washington Partnership, and The Economic Club of Washington, DC.
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Jason Wright was born on July 12,1982, in Upland, California, and grew up in Pomona.
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Jason Wright attended Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, California, where he lettered in football and track before earning a football scholarship at Northwestern University.
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Jason Wright enrolled there in 2000 and played for the Northwestern Wildcats football team originally as a wide receiver before switching to running back.
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Jason Wright later cited the event as a "transformative experience" that strengthened his faith in Christianity.
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Jason Wright was named co-MVP of the 2003 Motor City Bowl after rushing for 237 yards on 21 carries, and was named to the 2003 All-Big Ten Conference football team.
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Jason Wright finished his Northwestern career with 32 touchdowns on 487 carries and 577 yards and two touchdowns on 54 receptions.
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Jason Wright returned 31 kickoffs for 828 yards and a touchdown.
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Jason Wright left as Northwestern's fourth all-time leading rusher with 2,625 yards, the third all-purpose yards leader with 4,030 yards, and the fourth leading scorer with 210 points.
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Jason Wright graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the school's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
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Jason Wright was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and was president of the school's Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter, being named the inaugural recipient of the Bobby Bowden Award by the latter in 2003.
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Jason Wright attended the NFL Combine but went unselected in the 2004 NFL Draft.
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Jason Wright signed with the San Francisco 49ers after the draft but was released as a part of the team's final roster cuts prior to the regular season.
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Jason Wright then signed with the practice squad of the Atlanta Falcons, being released and re-signed several times during his tenure there.
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Jason Wright was elevated to the active roster in December 2004 and appeared in two games before signed with the Cleveland Browns during the 2005 offseason, scoring his first NFL touchdown in a game against the Tennessee Titans that year.
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Jason Wright played for the Browns for three seasons as a backup and third-down back behind Reuben Droughns and Jamal Lewis until signing a two-year, 2 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals in 2009.
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Jason Wright served as a team captain with Arizona and was their NFLPA representative during the 2011 NFL lockout before retiring later that year.
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Jason Wright finished his NFL career with 168 rushes for 633 yards and 2 touchdowns along with 72 receptions for 581 yards and 3 touchdowns.
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Jason Wright has served on the board of trustees for the Union Theological Seminary in New York since 2017, and as co-chair with Sheila Johnson on the Greater Washington Partnership's Inclusive Growth Strategy Council since 2021.
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Jason Wright is a member of The Economic Club of Washington, DC and spoke at a event in February 2022.
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Jason Wright helped lead the franchise during their rebranding process to become the Commanders in 2022.
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Jason Wright's great-great uncle, Charles Gomillion, was a Tuskegee University professor and the plaintiff in Gomillion v Lightfoot, a landmark 1960 US Supreme Court case regarding voting rights that became instrumental in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Jason Wright was given the middle name Gomillion in honor of him.
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Jason Wright's paternal grandfather, Harvey Wright, was an educator and activist who started several NAACP chapters in Texas.
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Jason Wright married Tiffany Braxton in 2007; the two met as students at Northwestern.
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Jason Wright is close friends with Michael Blake, a fellow Northwestern graduate who later served as the Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2017 to 2021.