Lawrence Wright (American football)
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| Position: | Safety | ||
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| Date of birth: | September 6, 1973 | ||
| Place of birth: | Miami, Florida | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Weight: | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||
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| High school: | North Miami (FL) | ||
| College: | Florida | ||
| Undrafted: | 1997 | ||
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Lawrence D. Wright, III (born September 6, 1973) is an American former college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons during the 1990s. Wright played college football for the University of Florida, where he was a member of a national championship team. Thereafter, he played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL.
Wright was born in Miami, Florida in 1973. He attended North Miami High School and Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Wright accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1993 to 1996. He led the Gators with 109 tackles as a junior in 1995. During Wright's senior season in 1996, Wright was one of the team captains and the Gators posted a 12–1 record and won the 1996 Bowl Alliance national championship by defeating the top-ranked Florida State Seminoles 52–20 in the 1997 Sugar Bowl. That same year, he also won the Jim Thorpe Award, recognizing the best defensive back in college football, and was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1995 and 1996. He finished his Gator career with 331 tackles, five interceptions, eight forced fumbles and four fumbles recoveries.
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