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Can Scooby Wright Salvage Falling Draft Stock at Arizona Pro Day?

March 23, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

For many collegiate athletes entering the NFL, pro days represent a last chance. The last chance to instill a good impression—or erase a bad one.
And in both regards, Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright has some work to do when the Wildcats take the field in Tucson on Thursday. Because a player who was once considered perhaps the best defender in all of college football is now trying just to work his way back...
Into Day 2 of the NFL draft.
It wasn't supposed to be like this. At the end of the 2014 season, it appeared Wright was on a collision course with the first round this year. His numbers were ridiculous: 163 tackles; 14 sacks; a mind-blowing 29 tackles for loss; six forced fumbles.
The accolades came pouring in. Wright won the Butkus Award. And the Lombardi Award. And the Bednarik Award as college football's top defensive player. He was the first sophomore ever to win Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
The 2015 season, sadly, was another story. When ...

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