Tay Glover-Wright

Tay Glover-Wright
No. -- Free agent
Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1992-06-28) June 28, 1992
Place of birth: Smyrna, Georgia
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school: Smyrna (GA) Campbell
College: Utah State
Undrafted: 2014
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics as of Week 3, 2016
Games played: 2
Games started: 0
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Devonta Montrell "Tay" Glover-Wright (born June 28, 1992) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Highland, Eastern Arizona and Utah State. He has been a member of the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL).

Early years

Glover-Wright lettered as a sophomore and junior at Campbell High School in Smyrna, Georgia, where he played quarterback, wide receiver and safety.[1][2] He earned all-county honors and helped the team advance to the playoffs twice.[2] He played his senior season of high school football at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton, Georgia in 2009. He then transferred back to Campbell High School for the second semester. He graduated from Campbell High.[1]

College career

Glover-Wright was a quarterback and wide receiver for the Highland Scotties of Highland Community College in 2010 and the Eastern Arizona Gila Monsters of Eastern Arizona College in 2011.[3][1][4] In 2011, he helped the Gila Monsters finish the year with an 8-4 record and a berth in the Top of the Mountains Bowl.[2] He passed for 158 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 684 yards and one touchdown, and caught 20 passes for 461 yards and four touchdowns over his two-year junior college career. He also returned nine kicks for 243 yards and had a 98-yard touchdown return.[2][5]

Glover-Wright then transferred to Utah State University, where he played for the Utah State Aggies from 2012 to 2013 as a cornerback. He played in 13 games, starting one, in 2012 and recorded 17 tackles.[2][6] He also blocked a punt. He spent time at quarterback in 2012 as well, accumulating season totals of 12 rushes for 66 yards and one pass completions for nine yards.[2]

He played in 14 games, starting ten, his senior year in 2013. He finished the year with totals of 52 tackles and ten pass breakups. He also had 19 kickoff returns for 429 yards and eight rushing attempts for 39 yards.[2]

He appeared in 27 games, starting 11, during his time at Utah State and recorded career totals of 69 tackles, 10 pass breakups, one sack, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. He had 105 rushing yards on 20 attempts as well.[6] He graduated from Utah State in the spring of 2014 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies.[2]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 0 in 174 lb 4.36 s 1.50 s 2.58 s 4.37 s 7.28 s 35 in 9 ft 11 in 9 reps
All values from Utah State Pro Day[7]

Glover-Wright signed with the Atlanta Falcons in May 2014 after going undrafted in the 2014 NFL Draft.[8][9] He was released by the team on August 24, 2014.[9][10]

He was signed to the Green Bay Packers' practice squad on October 6, 2014.[9] He signed a future contract with the Packers on January 20, 2015.[9][11][12] He was released by the team on September 5, 2015.[9][13]

Glover-Wright was signed to the Indianapolis Colts' practice squad on October 5, 2015.[9][14] He was promoted to the active roster on December 17.[9][15] He played in two games for the Colts during the 2015 season.[16] He was released by the team on September 3, 2016 and signed to the Colts' practice squad on September 14.[9][17][18] He was released by the Colts on September 19, 2016.[17][9]

Statistics

Source: NFL.com

Year Team G GS Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
Total Solo Ast Sck SFTY PDef Int Yds Avg Lng TDs FF FR
Regular season
2015 IND 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Personal life

Glover-Wright's uncle, Jeffrey Wright, played football at Georgia Tech from 1990 to 1993.[2] Glover-Wright interned at Intermountain Physical Therapy during his senior year of college.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "TAY GLOVER-WRIGHT". packers.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "TAY GLOVER-WRIGHT". utahstateaggies.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Packers sign WR Kevin Dorsey to active roster, release TE Ryan Taylor". packers.com. October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ Dunne, Tyler (October 6, 2014). "Packers cut backup tight end Ryan Taylor, sign WR Kevin Dorsey". archive.jsonline.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "INDIANAPOLIS COLTS MAKE ROSTER MOVES". blogs.colts.com. October 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "TAY GLOVER-WRIGHT". colts.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Devonta Glover-Wright". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ Hoffman, Doug (May 10, 2014). "USU football: Tay Glover-Wright signs free agent contract with hometown Atlanta Falcons". deseretnews.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "TAY GLOVER-WRIGHT". foxsports.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Tay Glover-Wright". kffl.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  11. ↑ Hodkiewicz, Weston (January 20, 2015). "Packers sign nine to future contracts". packersnews.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Green Bay Packers Transactions - 2015". espn.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  13. ↑ Gantt, Darin (September 5, 2015). "Packers cut some recent draft picks as they get to 53". profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  14. ↑ Marot, Michael (October 5, 2015). "Luck limited at practice, uncertain for game at Houston". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  15. ↑ Holder, Stephen (December 17, 2015). "Case closed, but Colts waive LB Adongo". indystar.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Tay Glover-Wright". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  17. 1 2 "Indianapolis Colts Transactions - 2016". espn.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  18. ↑ "TRANSACTIONS". colts.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
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