Daniel Wright: DB · Alabama · #3.
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Daniel Wright
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fifth year in the Alabama secondary. On tape: 5 tackles against Mississippi State, Week 7, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-13vs No. 14 Miami | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-14vs Mercer | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-14vs Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-21vs No. 12 Ole Miss | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 49-9@ Mississippi State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 52-24vs Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-14vs LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 59-3vs New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35vs No. 21 Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-22@ Auburn | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-24vs No. 1 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Week 13 · 2021
W 24-22
at Auburn
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
A close one, won by 2 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL29 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups.
5 seasons under Nick Saban — 64-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
51.3%
571 pass / 542 run
Plays / game
85.6
13 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
615 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #484 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Alabama, 112 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 34 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
