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Gabe Wright Season 2013

#90

Gabe Wright Season 2013

PositionD
Weight299 lbs
Height6-3
ClassJunior
HometownColumbus, Ga.

20130327_wright.jpg2014 | Versatile starter on defensive line … honorable mention AP all-SEC … 86 career tackles ... started at left defensive tackle vs. Arkansas, recording two solo stops and a TFL … sack, TFL, two tackles and a QB hurry against San José State … solo tackle at Kansas State … three tackles, three QB hurries against Louisiana Tech … three QB hurries, two tackles vs. LSU … three tackles vs. South Carolina … two tackles, TFL at Ole Miss … three tackles at Georgia … TFL, three tackles, two QB hurries vs. Samford … TFL at Alabama … game captain: Arkansas, San José State, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Georgia, Samford, Alabama, Wisconsin … invited to Reese’s Senior Bowl … NFL Combine ... preseason all-SEC first team (SEC media); second team (Athlon, Phil Steele); third team (Lindy’s, CFB Matrix) ... Outland Trophy, Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list ... represented Auburn at SEC Media Days

2013 | Veteran defensive tackle who started 11 games for the SEC Champions, the last 10 in a row ... AP All-SEC honorable mention ... three tackles, two TFL against Arkansas State ... four tackles, three TFL, two sacks (-16) vs. Ole Miss ... pair of solo tackles against Western Carolina ... contributed three tackles at Texas A&M ... fumble recovery and three tackles at Arkansas ... made four tackles in Georgia win ... 6-yard sack of A.J. McCarron was one of four tackles in win over Alabama ... two solo tackles in SEC Championship Game vs. Missouri

2012 | Started the last five games of season at defensive tackle ... nine career starts ... had a TFL in the LSU game ... two tackles and a TFL at Ole Miss ... sack and a QB hurry at Vanderbilt ... three tackles and a TFL vs. New Mexico State ... three tackles against Georgia ... TFL against Alabama A&M ... recorded eight tackles at Alabama

2011 | Played in all 13 games with three starts ... recorded his first career tackle against Clemson ... had one tackle, a TFL (-5), at Arkansas ...  also forced the first fumble of his career ... recorded one tackle at LSU ... made his first career start against Ole Miss, gaining one tackle with one QB hurry ... starter against Georgia, with a career-best four tackles ... three tackles, one TFL (-2) and one QB hurry in win over Samford ... sack (-7) against Virginia in Chick-fil-A Bowl

High School | High School Coach: Dell McGee ... listed as the No. 3 defensive tackle and the No. 26 player overall by ESPN.com/Scouts Inc. ... ranked as the No. 7 player in the state of Georgia and the nation's No. 121 player by Rivals.com ... named the No. 13 defensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com ... listed as the nation's No. 11 defensive tackle by Scout.com ... listed as the No. 110 player in the nation by Scout.com ... Named to the Parade All-America team ... named to the PrepStar Dream Team as the No. 87-ranked player in the nation ... named a SuperPrep All-American, and the nation's No. 25 defensive lineman and the No. 8 recruit from Georgia by SuperPrep ... PrepStar All-American ... No. 47 in the Mobile Press-Register's Super Southeast 120 ... selected to play in the 2011 Under Armour All-American Game following his senior season ... had 88 tackles, including 11 sacks and 12 tackles for loss, while forcing five fumbles as a senior

Personal| Birthday is April 3 . . . son of Viola Wright ... Major at Auburn: Public Administration

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Sophomore
2012

Defensive Line
6-2 / 299 lbs
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Senior
2014

DL
6-3 / 284 lbs