Football
Brandon Langlois, Senior Associate Athletics Director
STARKVILLE – K.J. Wright, an all-time Mississippi State football great and 11-year NFL veteran, has been selected as the Bulldogs’ 2022 SEC Football Legend, the league office announced Thursday as part of the full class.
The class will be honored at the 2022 SEC Football “Weekend of Champions” on Dec. 2-3, in Atlanta, highlighted by the annual SEC Legends Celebration on Friday, Dec. 2, at the College Football Hall of Fame. The group will also be recognized prior to the SEC Football Championship Game, which will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 3.
The 2022 Football Legends Class includes 14 former stars who excelled on the gridiron and helped write the rich history of the sport at their respective institutions.
Wright lettered four years at linebacker for State from 2007-10 and was the Bulldogs’ second-leading tackler for three seasons while starting 35 of 47 career games. He finished his career with 259 tackles (131 solo), including nine sacks, 23.5 stops for loss and 11 quarterback pressures. He forced and recovered three fumbles and had 14 passes defensed.
He was named to the 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll and in 2011 earned his degree from MSU in criminology.
A 2011 Senior Bowl participant, Seattle selected Wright in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft and he went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL, including 10 for the Seahawks. He helped Seattle win Super Bowl XLVIII and earned a Pro Bowl nod in 2016.
Wright was a 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award nominee after…
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