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{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Demetrius Wright
| current_team  =
| position      = [[Safety (gridiron football position)|Safety]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1991|12|19}}
| birth_place   = [[Corona, California]]
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 2
| weight_lbs    = 220
| high_school   = [[Corona High School|Corona (CA)]]
| college       = [[USC Trojans football|USC]]
| undraftedyear = 2014
| pastteams     =
* [[Miami Dolphins]] ({{NFL Year|2014}})
* [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] ({{CFL Year|2015}})
* [[Edmonton Eskimos]] ({{CFL Year|2016}}, {{CFL Year|2018}})
* [[San Diego Fleet]] ({{AAF Year|2019}})
| highlights    =
*U.S. Army All-American High School All-American (2010)
| cfl           = demetrius-wright/161233/
| status        = 
| number        = 41, 34 
}}
'''Demetrius Wright''' (born December 19, 1991) is a former [[American football]] [[Safety (American and Canadian football position)|safety]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]].<ref>http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wright_demetrius00.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526092611/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wright_demetrius00.html |date=2017-05-26 }} USC Bio</ref>

==Early years==
Wright graduated in 2010 from [[Corona High School]]. As a senior defensive back and running back, he recorded 89 tackles with 1 sack, 5 deflections, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovery, and 1 forced fumble on defense. He also had 1,059 yards on 72 carries with 8 TDs and 10 receptions for 425 yards with 3 TD on offense. He was named a U.S. Army All-American Starter, a Super Prep All-American, Super Prep All-Farwest, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, and Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Riverside.

==College career==
Wright played in 12 games as a true freshman in 2010 at safety with 30 tackles and played on special teams.  In 2011, he was a co-starter [[strong safety]], and will compete{{When|date=June 2020}} for a starting role against senior Jawanza Starling. Wright was listed as a co-starter with Starling on the official end-of-spring depth chart that was released on April 16, 2012. Wright had 86 tackles 4 TFL 5 PD as a senior starter 2013.<ref>[http://www.usctrojans.com/blog/2012/04/spring-depth-chart-1.html USC Official Blog: Lane Kiffin released his end of spring depth chart today with a couple of secondary surprises.]</ref>

==Professional career==
{{NFL predraft
|    height ft = 6
|    height in = 0
|       weight = 203
|         dash = 4.29
|    ten split = 1.34
| twenty split = 2.15
|      shuttle = 3.86
|   cone drill = 6.26
|     vertical = 37
|     broad ft = 10
|     broad in = 5
|        bench = 23
|         note = All values from USC [[Pro Day]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=114039&draftyear=2014&genpos=FS | title=Demetrius Wright | publisher=nfldraftscout.com | access-date=July 26, 2017}}</ref>
}}

Wright signed with the [[Miami Dolphins]] on May 15, 2014. He was released by the Dolphins on August 25, 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/demetrius-wright-player-transactions | title=Demetrius Wright | work=foxsports.com | access-date=July 26, 2017}}</ref>

He signed with the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]' on February 4, 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bluebombers.com/2015/02/04/blue-bombers-add-receiver-and-defensive-back/ | title=BOMBERS ADD RECEIVER AND DEFENSIVE BACK | publisher=bluebombers.com/ | date=February 4, 2015 | access-date=July 26, 2017}}</ref> He played in one game, a start, for the Blue Bombers in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/2015cflwpg.html | title=2015 Winnipeg Blue Bombers | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=July 26, 2017}}</ref>

Wright was signed to the [[Edmonton Eskimos]]' practice roster on August 9, 2016. He was promoted to the active roster on August 25.<ref name="cfl">{{cite web | url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions-2016/ | title=TRANSACTIONS – 2016 | publisher=cfl.ca | access-date=July 26, 2017 | archive-date=August 24, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824185410/https://www.cfl.ca/transactions-2016/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> He played in three games, starting one, for the Eskimos in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/2016cfledm.html | title=2015 Winnipeg Blue Bombers | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=July 26, 2017}}</ref>

Wright signed with the [[San Diego Fleet]] of the [[Alliance of American Football]] for the 2019 season. The league ceased operations in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rothstein |first=Michael |last2=Wickersham |first2=Seth |date=June 13, 2019 |title=Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26957796/inside-short-unhappy-life-alliance-american-football |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=[[ESPN.com]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Wright's brother, Daiveun Curry-Chapman, played college football at Northern Arizona.

Wright's mother, Dr. Marilyn Y. Curry-A-Keaton MS.,MA., DD. Pastoral Counselor, Social Service Practitioner and Certified Master Life Coach.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wright_demetrius00.html USC bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526092611/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wright_demetrius00.html |date=2017-05-26 }}

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