Receiver, Rice, 2012–⁠16

Zach Wright

Number
No. 17
Height
6′1″
Hometown
The Woodlands, TX

Zach Wright played receiver at Rice (2012–⁠16).

Career highs

12catches, career highat Charlotte, 2016120receiving yards, career highvs. North Texas, 2016

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Rice2529912.0351
2015Rice3955414.2536
2016Rice373248.8129
Career1011,17711.7951

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Rice17WR
2013Rice17WR
2014Rice17WR
2015Rice17WR
2016Rice17WR6′1″

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Rice340.5961st (n=496)0.5220.15%
2015Rice570.5349th (n=465)0.5330.08%
2016Rice660.103rd (n=489)0.526.59%

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

2016 Rice 9 games, 37 catches, 324 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1atWestern KentuckyL 14–⁠4631608
Sep 16vs.BaylorL 10–⁠382305
Sep 24vs.North TexasL 35–⁠4210120029
Oct 1atSouthern MissL 28–⁠44334113
Oct 15vs.UTSAL 13–⁠1421207
Oct 29atLouisiana TechL 16–⁠611505
Nov 12atCharlotteW 22–⁠2112111019
Nov 19vs.UTEPW 44–⁠2421609
Nov 26atStanfordL 17–⁠412705
2015 Rice 11 games, 39 catches, 554 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5vs.WagnerW 56–⁠16251034
Sep 19atNorth TexasW 38–⁠24446130
Sep 26atBaylorL 17–⁠70116016
Oct 3vs.Western KentuckyL 10–⁠49362030
Oct 10atFlorida AtlanticW 27–⁠26877132
Oct 24vs.ArmyW 38–⁠31679122
Oct 30vs.Louisiana TechL 17–⁠42220012
Nov 6atUTEPL 21–⁠246116136
Nov 14vs.Southern MissL 10–⁠65––––
Nov 21atUTSAL 24–⁠34570126
Nov 28vs.CharlotteW 27–⁠7217011
2014 Rice 9 games, 25 catches, 299 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30atNotre DameL 17–⁠48239126
Sep 13atTexas A&ML 10–⁠38332014
Sep 20vs.Old DominionL 42–⁠45680131
Sep 27atSouthern MissW 41–⁠2321709
Oct 4vs.Hawai’iW 28–⁠141404
Oct 11atArmyW 41–⁠21547017
Nov 21vs.UTEPW 31–⁠131909
Nov 29atLouisiana TechL 31–⁠76454151
Dec 24 ✦vs.Fresno StateW 30–⁠6117017

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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