Wright won the Chuck Bednarik Award — given to the top defensive player in college football — on Dec. 11.
Wright was announced as the winner at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show at the Atlantic Dance Hall on Disney’s Boardwalk. He beat out Ohio State’s Joey Bosa and Clemson’s Vic Beasley to become the first player in Arizona history to win the award.
The UA’s middle linebacker was nominated for the Bronko Nagurski Award, Rotary Lombardi Award and the Bednarik after his breakout sophomore season. He won them all, starting with the Nagurski Award on Dec. 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
