Running back, Youngstown State (from Cincinnati), 2020–25
Ethan Wright
Lettered 2020–22 at Cincinnati (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- New Franklin, OH
Ethan Wright played running back at Cincinnati (2020–23) and Youngstown State (2024–25).
Career highs
93rushing yards, career highvs. North Dakota, 20242rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Indiana State, 202486receiving yards, career highat Illinois State, 2025Team titles: American champions, 2020 and 2021
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 29 | 153 | 5.3 | 3 | 58 |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 0 | 18 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024* | Youngstown State | 136 | 677 | 5.0 | 4 | 64 |
| 2025 | Youngstown State | 41 | 222 | 5.4 | 1 | 19 |
| Career | 221 | 1,114 | 5.0 | 8 | 64 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 13 |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2024* | Youngstown State | 18 | 114 | 6.3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025 | Youngstown State | 24 | 249 | 10.4 | 2 | 40 |
| Career | 47 | 409 | 8.7 | 2 | 40 | |
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024* | Youngstown State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 2 | RB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 2 | RB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 2 | RB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 2 | RB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Youngstown State | 2 | RB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Youngstown State | 2 | RB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 6′1″ | 195 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0.64 | – | – | 1.3 | – |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 30 | 0.32 | – | – | 9.7 | 8% |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 8 | 0.40 | – | – | 3.2 | – |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 8 | -0.08 | – | – | -0.6 | – |
| 2024 | Youngstown State (FCS) | 152 | 0.14 | 43rd (n=434) | 0.16 | 21.2 | 21% |
| 2025 | Youngstown State (FCS) | 67 | 0.33 | 97th (n=576) | 0.10 | 22.0 | 11% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2025 Youngstown State 9 games, 222 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4 | vs. | L 30–35 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at | L 17–35 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at | W 40–35 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. | W 51–17 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at | L 30–38 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. | W 48–38 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 1 |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 48–29 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at | W 35–32 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| Nov 29 | vs. | L 42–43 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
2024 Youngstown State 11 games, 677 rushing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at | L 17–24 | 12 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 59–25 | 7 | 77 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. | L 25–28 | 13 | 61 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 21 | at | L 17–73 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at | L 31–38 | 17 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 21–14 | 15 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | at | L 13–63 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. | L 17–27 | 13 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 41–40 | 16 | 93 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 2 | at | L 16–23 | 13 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at | L 33–37 | 13 | 47 | 0 | – | – | – |
2023 Cincinnati 4 games, 19 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 66–13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. | L 24–31 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 23 | vs. | L 6–20 | 2 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 29 | at | L 27–35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – |
2022 Cincinnati 4 games, 9 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 63–10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 22 | at | W 29–27 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 27–25 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. | L 7–24 | 8 | 43 | 0 | – | – | – |
2021 Cincinnati 7 games, 153 rushing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. | W 49–14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. | W 42–7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 52–3 | 5 | 76 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 16 | vs. | W 56–21 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | at | W 31–12 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 12 | at | W 45–28 | 10 | 37 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 20 | vs. | W 48–14 | 6 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – |
2020 Cincinnati 3 games, 2 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | vs. | W 49–10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 13 | vs. | W 55–17 | – | – | – | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| Dec 19 | vs. | W 27–24 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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