Linebacker Scooby Wright III takes a bite out of the ball while recording a video, one of several photo stations the players went through for the University of Arizona football's check-in day, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

The basics 

First things first: Scooby Wright's real name isn't Scooby. So what is it? 

Scooby's real name is Philip. In fact, he's Philip Anthony Wright III. 

Philip — better known by his friends, family and Wildcats fans as Scooby — stands at 6-feet-1-inch and weighs 246 pounds.  


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