1. Rodrique "Rod" Charles Wright was born on July 31,1984 and is an American professional football coach and former player who is the defensive line coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.
39 Facts About Rodrique Wright
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Rodrique Wright played for five seasons as a defensive end in the NFL and Canadian Football League.
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Rodrique Wright was a three-year letterman and two-year starting defensive tackle for Alief Hastings High School in Houston.
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Rodrique Wright earned first-team high school All-America honors from USA Today as a senior.
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Rodrique Wright was a Parade magazine All-American and was rated among the nation's top 10 defensive line prospects by Student Sports.
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Rodrique Wright was a first-team Class 5A all-state, All-Greater Houston and all-district selection as a senior.
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Rodrique Wright was a finalist for the Greater Houston Touchdown Club Player of the Year award that season during which he posted 104 tackles, six sacks, three fumble recoveries and two blocked point-after attempts in 2001.
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Rodrique Wright played in the 2002 US Army All-American Bowl alongside fellow Texas Longhorns Kasey Studdard and Justin Blalock.
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Rodrique Wright attended the University of Texas, where he played for coach Mack Brown's Texas Longhorns football team from 2002 to 2005.
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Rodrique Wright was a first-team Freshman All-America selection by the Football Writers Association of America and The Sporting News.
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Rodrique Wright earned Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year honors from the league's coaches, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle and The Sporting News.
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Rodrique Wright shared the Longhorns' Outstanding Defensive Newcomer Award and ranked seventh on the team in tackles, second in tackles for loss and third in sacks and quarterback pressures.
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Rodrique Wright ranked in a third-place tie in tackles for loss and tied for fourth in sacks on Texas' freshman lists.
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Rodrique Wright was a key member of a Longhorns defense that led the Big 12 and ranked eighth in the NCAA in pass defense, second in the conference and seventh in the nation in pass efficiency defense, eighth in the country in scoring defense and 16th nationally in total defense.
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Rodrique Wright performed particularly well in Big 12 action, posting 52 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, 10 pressures, one forced fumble and a blocked kick in eight league contests.
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Rodrique Wright started all 13 games at defensive tackle in 2003, earning consensus second-team All-Big 12 honors and sharing the Longhorns' Outstanding Defensive Lineman award.
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Rodrique Wright recorded 80 tackles, a team-leading 7.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, a team-leading 30 pressures, three passes batted down and three forced fumbles.
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Rodrique Wright played in 11 games, making 10 starts, at defensive tackle as a junior in 2004.
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Rodrique Wright recorded 16 tackles, one tackle for loss and two pressures in five games versus Top 25 foes.
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Rodrique Wright was named first-team All-Big 12 by The Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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Rodrique Wright earned second-team All-Big 12 honors from the Associated Press, the conference coaches, The Austin American-Statesman and the San Antonio Express-News.
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In 2005, Rodrique Wright started all 13 games and posted 46 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, 15 pressures, three passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
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Rodrique Wright was a finalist for the Lombardi Award and tabbed First-team All-America by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Associated Press.
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Rodrique Wright was not healthy enough to play during his rookie season.
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Rodrique Wright spent all of 2006 on the non-football injury list.
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Rodrique Wright started his first game on October 7,2007, against the Houston Texans.
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Rodrique Wright played in 13 games with nine starts and registered 37 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a pass defensed and a fumble recovery.
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Rodrique Wright signed with the New York Jets on March 16,2010.
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Rodrique Wright signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on October 27,2010 as an injury replacement at the end of the 2010 season.
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Rodrique Wright played with the Dallas Vigilantes of the Arena Football League in 2011.
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Rodrique Wright helped Sam Houston State to a pair of conference titles and top-five national ranking all four seasons.
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Rodrique Wright was a three-time finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, which is symbolic of FCS Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors.
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Rodrique Wright ranked among the nation's top 10 with 19.0 tackles for loss as a senior and finished his career with a school- and FCS-record 84.0 TFLs before being selected by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
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Rod Rodrique Wright is in his third season as a member of UTSA's defensive coaching staff.
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Rodrique Wright was promoted to co-defensive coordinator in January 2021 after serving as run game coordinator and defensive line coach in 2020.
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On March 3,2022, Rodrique Wright was hired as the defensive end coach at the University of Miami under head coach Mario Cristobal.
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On February 25,2023, Rodrique Wright was hired as the assistant defensive line coach for the Houston Texans under head coach DeMeco Ryans.
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Rodrique Wright's uncle, Elmo Rodrique Wright, holds the University of Houston records for receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, and was a first-round pick for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1971.
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Rodrique Wright is a cousin of former Longhorns defensive end Cedric Woodard, who previously played for the Seattle Seahawks.