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Wright was widely regarded as the nation's top high school quarterback for the 2002-2003 season, during which he was named the Gatorade National High School Football Player of the Year, as well as SuperPrep National Player of the Year. With all of these accolades, Wright was the most heavily recruited player of the 2002-2003 recruiting season. Ultimately, he chose Miami over such other schools as Florida State , Southern Cal , and Tennessee . Wright graduated from high school a semester early and enrolled at Miami for the 2003 spring semester amidst great expectation that he would be the next great quarterback at 'Quarterback U.' and continue in the lineage of Jim Kelly , Bernie Kosar , Vinny Testaverde , Steve Walsh , Craig Erickson, Gino Torretta , and Ken Dorsey . Wright was Redshirted for the 2003 season and spent the following season as Brock Berlin's backup before an ankle injury and an allergic reaction to a Bee sting effectively ended his season after only a few games. With Berlin gone, Miami's starting quarterback job was open heading into the 2005 season. During spring practice, Wright performed well and earned the starting position over redshirt freshman Kirby Freeman. Wright combines prototypical size with an incredibly strong arm and 4.6 40 speed. As a result, many commentators have predicted stardom for the Miami quarterback, with some suggesting he may turn out to be the best quarterback to ever play at the university. ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. is already on record as predicting that Wright could be a future number one overall draft pick in the NFL. Wright's first season as a starter could best be described as mediocre. A highlight came on November 12 , 2005 , when Wright tied a school-record by tossing 5 touchdown passes in a 47-17 blowout victory against Wake Forest . However, Wright struggled badly against the better teams on Miami's schedule (12 of his 18 touchdown passes came against lightweights Duke , Temple , and Wake Forest), and led the team to a 3-loss season and a 40-3 blowout loss to LSU in the Peach Bowl , Miami's worst bowl defeat ever. The Hurricanes also finished with their lowest ranking in the polls in the new millennium and suffered a loss to their archrival, Florida State , for the first time since 1999 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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