#18

Jiya Wright

QB · UL Monroe · Sr. · #18

UL Monroe 2023 alumnus

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Jiya Wright

QB · UL Monroe · Sr · #18

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Career Arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

UL Monroe

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

2022

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

2023

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

Played his entire career under Terry Bowden.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021UL Monroe4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning

2022UL Monroe4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023UL Monroe2-10HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UL Monroe	107	204	52.5%	1,246	6.1	10	8	112.1	--	--
2022	UL Monroe	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2021	UL Monroe	10	20	50.0%	164	8.2	2	2	131.9	--	--
Career		117	224	52.2%	1,410	6.3	12	10	113.9	--	--

Season	Team
2023	UL Monroe	99	264	2.7	2	--
2022	UL Monroe	1	3	3.0	0	--
2021	UL Monroe	33	127	3.8	1	--
Career		133	394	3.0	3	--

How he plays

Play style

Extends plays with his feet until something opens up.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Scrambler

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Logan Smothers’s 2023 season.

Logan Smothers

69%match

Jacksonville State · 2023

Cam Fancher

Marshall · 2022

68%

Behren Morton

Texas Tech · 2022

NFL Rd 7

67%

Brennan Armstrong

Virginia · 2022

67%

Andrew Peasley

Wyoming · 2022

66%

Matches Logan on

INT rate

Height

Differs from Logan on

EPA / dropback (adj) (lower)

Rush usage (lower)

Completion % (lower)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Bailey Fisher’s path through Gardner-Webb.

Bailey Fisher

89%match

Gardner-Webb · 2022

J.D. Head

Louisiana Tech · 2021

86%

Jordon Brookshire

San Diego State · 2021

86%

Zion Webb

Jacksonville State · 2023

86%

CJ Ogbonna

Buffalo · 2024

83%

Matches Bailey on

Completion %

Yards per attempt

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Logan Smothers's junior season at Jacksonville State (2023).

Logan Smothers

68%match

Jacksonville State · 2023

Brennan Armstrong

Virginia · 2022

All-ACC

66%

Zion Webb

Jacksonville State · 2023

65%

Dexter Williams II

Kennesaw State · 2025

65%

Andrew Peasley

Wyoming · 2022

63%

Matches Logan on

INT rate

Height

Differs from Logan on

EPA / dropback (adj) (lower)

Rush usage (lower)

Completion % (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jiya Wright

J.D. Head

Louisiana Tech · 2021

86%

Jordon Brookshire

San Diego State · 2021

86%

Zion Webb

Jacksonville State · 2023

86%

Dexter Williams II

Kennesaw State · 2025

80%

Development

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2021–2023

1642021

1,2462023

+660%

Up 660% from first season to most-recent.