Finding The ‘Wright’ Fit – Mississippi State

Football
February 17, 2023

Logan Lowery, Assistant Director/Communications

STARKVILLE – Quarterbacks are always highly sought after in the transfer portal.

A quarterback with starting experience in the Southeastern Conference is even more rare and coveted by programs across the country. When Mike Wright entered his name into the transfer portal in early December, schools from coast-to-coast began contacting the former Vanderbilt starting signal caller.

“My phone was ringing off the chart from December 5^th until I made the decision to publicly commit (to Mississippi State),” Wright said. “Throughout the process, I didn’t post any offers and just kind of kept it in-house because I wanted it to be purely a business decision. I’m not a guy that’s interested in Instagram and Twitter likes. I’m just down to business because it’s about ball and academics for me.”

Walking away from the Commodores wasn’t an easy choice. Wright saw action in 26 games and made 11 starts during his three years at Vandy and was a team captain last year. He threw for 2,067 yards and 21 touchdowns across his career while also adding 908 yards and seven more scores on the ground.

“I made a tough decision to enter the transfer portal,” Wright said. “I had something good going on at Vanderbilt and could’ve returned but I decided to take a leap of faith.”

That leap of faith caused Wright to prioritize what aspects of a program were the most important to him as he went through the recruiting process for the second time. He found exactly what he was looking for within the same conference and announced his commitment to the…