#18

Jiya Wright

Senior quarterback for UL Monroe. 2023: 1,246 passing yards, 10 TD, 8 INT.

QB · UL Monroe · Sr. · #18

6′1″ · 205 lb · Fort Wayne, IN

CFB Index 26 · #129 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceUL Monroe 2023 alumnus

The story

4 quarterback for UL Monroe. 2023: 1,246 passing yards, 10 TD, 8 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UL Monroe, 1,410 passing yards — his college career is complete.

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

2021–2023

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

Played his entire career under Terry Bowden.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Terry Bowden — 10-26 over that span.

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

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

26Below cohort / limited sample #129 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / dropback (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#107 / 177 · 40th pct

9.5%

Interception rate#138 / 177 · 22nd pct

1.1%

Sack rate#159 / 177 · 10th pct

10.4%

Success rate#167 / 177 · 6th pct

33.5%

EPA / dropback#170 / 177 · 4th pct

0.04

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#58 / 179 · 68th pct

264

Rush TDs#90 / 179 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#76 / 167 · 40th pct

Pass TDs#109 / 179 · 38th pct

Interceptions#113 / 179 · 32nd pct

Pass yards#123 / 179 · 32nd pct

1246

Yards / att#153 / 179 · 14th pct

6.1

Completion %#165 / 179 · 8th pct

52.5%

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

101/190 (53.2%) · 10 TD · 8 INT

190 of 204 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

4.31183 of 212 QBs

Sack rate

9.7%190 of 212 QBs

Sacked on 9.7% of dropbacks (190 of 212) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (183 of 212).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

53%of completions

54 comp4.8 yds avg3 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

29%of completions

29 comp13.0 yds avg3 TD

Deep

20+ yds

18%of completions

18 comp32.2 yds avg3 TD

Overall 53.2% completion on 190 attempts · 18 deep completions averaging 32.2 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	173	1.8	6.0	1.2
Road6g	92.3	0.5	6.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	139	1.2	6.0	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	110	0.8	6.3	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bryant Vincent

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #129 of 140 QBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UL Monroe	107	204	52.5%	1,246	6.1	10	8	112.1	27	--	--
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	27	--	--

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	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.52Jiya Wright pass complete to Dariyan Wiley for 68 yds for a TD (Derek McCormick KICK)
Week 10 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -4.45Jiya Wright run for 3 yds to the USM 11 Jiya Wright fumbled, recovered by USM Quentin Bivens (00:22) [NHSG] QB Keeper WRIGHT, Jiya rush to the left for a gain of 3 yards, WRIGHT, Jiya fumbled at USM13 forced by CARR, Josh, recovered by USM BIVENS, Quentin at the USM11, returned 0 yards to the USM11, End of Play, clock 00:14.
Week 5 · App State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.21Jiya Wright sacked by Tyrek Funderburk and Nick Ross for a loss of 7 yards to the APP 8
Week 7 · Texas State · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.21Jiya Wright run for no gain to the TXST 1
Week 7 · Texas State · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.21Jiya Wright run for no gain to the TXST 1
Week 5 · App State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +4.19Jiya Wright pass complete to Dariyan Wiley for 45 yds to the APP 23 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Louisiana · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA -4.13Jiya Wright pass intercepted Caleb Anderson return for 10 yds to the UL 15
Week 3 · Texas A&M · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +4.10Jiya Wright run for 51 yds to the TA&M 15 for a 1ST down UL Monroe Penalty, Offensive Holding (Alred Luke) to the TA&M 47 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Troy · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA -3.81Jiya Wright sacked by Richard Jibunor for a loss of 16 yards to the TROY 27
Week 6 · South Alabama · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.73Jiya Wright run for 44 yds to the USA 20 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 17-13vs Army	11/22	69	0	2	3.1	9.7
Wk 3	L 3-47@ Texas A&M	6/15	95	0	0	6.3	49.2
Wk 5	L 40-41vs App State	18/27	268	4	1	9.9	68.0	Season-high 268 yds
Wk 6	L 7-55vs South Alabama	13/28	112	1	2	4.0	5.2
Wk 7	L 20-21@ Texas State	14/22	150	1	0	6.8	37.1
Wk 8	L 28-38@ Georgia Southern	7/13	81	1	1	6.2	24.4
Wk 10	L 7-24@ Southern Miss	5/12	106	1	0	8.8	3.1
Wk 11	L 14-45vs Troy	20/36	243	2	0	6.8	25.5
Wk 12	L 3-35@ Ole Miss	7/19	56	0	1	2.9	5.3
Wk 13	L 21-52@ Louisiana	6/10	66	0	1	6.6	49.6
Total		107/204	1246	10	8	6.1	27.7

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

55.6%Completion %

21.9%Conversion/dropback

53.3%Land short of sticks

0INTs

55.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 21.9% conversion-per-dropback — 53.3% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

7/123rd/4th & short

7 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (58.3%).