Football
Leon Wright
- Title:
- Cornerbacks Coach
- Email:
- wright_ld@mercer.edu
- Phone:
- (478) 301-4614
Hired at Mercer: February 26, 2019
College Coaching Experience:
College Coaching Experience:
- Mercer - Cornerbacks (2019-Present)
- LSU - Defensive Backs Analyst (2018)
- Garden City CC - Wide Receivers (2017-18)
- LSU - Defensive Graduate Assistant (2016-17)
- Princeton - Cornerbacks (2015-16)
- LSU - Defensive Graduate Assistant (2013-15)
- Duke - Quality Control Coordinator (2011-13)
- Duke, 2006-09
- Started 30 of the 41 games he played and compiled career totals of 151 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, 10 interceptions, 20 pass breakups and two fumble recoveries
- Also returned 42 points for 217 yards and seven kickoffs for 136 yards in his career
- Earned All-ACC accolades after tallying 58 tackles, 2.0 TFL, five interceptions and eight pass breakups as a senior
- He clinched Duke’s 35-19 come-from-behind win over Army on Sept. 12, 2009, with two interception returns for touchdowns just 16 seconds apart late in the fourth quarter
- Finished his college career with three total defensive touchdowns and closed his career ranking Duke’s all-time leaders in interception returns for touchdowns, interceptions, interception return yardage and pass breakups
- Duke, 2010 (B.S. in Sociology)
- Native of St. Petersburg, Fla.
- Twitter handle: @CoachWright7
- Signed free agent contract with NFL's New York Giants after collegiate career
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