K.
J. Wright.
K.
J. Wright.
Mississippi State· 6'3"· 246 lb· 4.71s 40
One-gap 4-3 penetrating schemes that rely on athletic, rangy linebackers to cover ground and disrupt offenses sideline-to-sideline.
Year 1 contributor as a weakside linebacker, with the ceiling to become a high-volume tackle producer and three-down starter.
Two-gap 3-4 schemes that require stout, run-stuffing linebackers to command multiple gaps.
K.J. Wright's athleticism and length make him a versatile asset in schemes leveraging speed and quickness at the linebacker position.
Selected #99 overall in Round 4 of the 2011 NFL Draft by Seattle Seahawks out of Mississippi State.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.71sp50
- Vertical
- 32inp50
- Broad jump
- 120inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.26sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.46sp50
- Bench
- 20repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mississippi State | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Mississippi State | 12 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | Mississippi State | 12 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | Mississippi State | 13 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Career | — | 47 | 258 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
K.J. Wright played 11 seasons as a linebacker, primarily for the Seattle Seahawks, where he was a key member of the 'Legion of Boom' defense and a Super Bowl XLVIII champion. He earned one Pro Bowl selection in 2016.