Colorado State University Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Dante Wright
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Navarre, Fla.
- High School:
- Navarre
2019 FWAA Freshman All-American
2019 ESPN True Freshman All-American
2020 PFF All-Mountain West, 1st Team
2020 All-Mountain West, 2nd Team (WR)
2020 All-Mountain West, Honorable Mention (PR)
2020 Phil Steele All-Mountain West, 2nd Team (WR)
2020 Phil Steele All-Mountain West, 4th Team (PR)
2021 (Jr.) | 9/7: Limited to nine games due to injury, he was second on the team with 43 catches for 538 yards and three touchdowns … Started the first two weeks then the final five … Also had three rushes for -5 yards … Opened with six catches for 103 yards vs. South Dakota State … Had a season-best eight catches for 150 yards at Hawaii, including a touchdown … Had a season-long catch of 62 yards at Hawaii, good for a touchdown … Had six grabs for 40 yards and two scores at Wyoming … Returned eight punts for 48 yards with a long of 20 vs. Vandy
2020 (So.) | 3/3: Has started every game of his collegiate career for which he was available … Was second on the team with 20 catches for 315 yards … Had a career-best 10 catches and 146 yards in the win over Wyoming … Turned five receptions into 109 yards at Boise State … His two 100-yard receiving games give him four in his career … Returned five punts for 34 yards … Had nine carries for 36 yards, with long runs of 11 yards against both Boise State and San Diego State
2019 (Fr.) | 12/12: First CSU true freshman to start every game at receiver since Rashard Higgins in 2013 … First career catch was a 39-yard touchdown vs. CU … Had 75-yard scoring receptions in back-to-back games (vs. Western Illinois, at Arkansas) … Finished with two 100-yard receiving games, the first vs. Western Illinois … Established career-best in catches at seven and yards (111) vs. Western Illinois … Rushed for 214 yards and two scores, with a career-long rush of 64 at New Mexico … Earned 2019 Fall Academic All-Mountain West honors
HS/Misc.: Named Pensacola News Journal Player of the Year for the second year in a row in 2018 after area-leading 40 receptions for 852 yards (21.3) and 8 TDs and rushing for 405 yards and 10 TDs on 32 carries (12.7) … Also played cornerback and intercepted four passes in 2018, including one returned for a TD, while also returning punts and kickoffs to amass 1,598 all-purpose yards … Completed 3 of 5 passes for 93 yards and a TD, and handled field goals and PATs in his senior year, leading Navarre to the state Class 6A quarterfinals … As a junior was named Northwest Florida Daily News Large Schools Offensive Player of the Year and Pensacola New Journal Player of the Year after catching 39 passes for 319 yards (23.4) and 15 TDs and adding 41 carries for 567 yards (13.8) and 10 TDs … In 2017 defensively, intercepted four passes and returned two for TDs, and added a punt-return TD to account for 28 total TDs
