The Memphis Showboats re-signed punter Brandon Wright for the 2024 season on Friday. Brandon Wright was released by the Showboats on September 11, 2023, and signed with the Los Angeles Rams before being placed on the practice squad. The Rams released him on September 19, 2023.
Brandon Wright is five foot ten and weighs 175 pounds. The 26-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia, punted the ball 27 times for 1,228 yards (45.5 AVG), with a long 76 yards, 12 from inside the 20-yard line, eight touchbacks, and 22 kickoffs for 1,496 yards (68 AVG) in ten games for the Showboats in 2023.
The Showboats (then the Tampa Bay Bandits) drafted Wright in the 32nd round (257th pick) of the 2022 USFL Draft. He punted the ball 45 times for 2,176 yards (48.4 AVG), with a long of 76 yards, four from inside the 20-yard line, and 16 touchbacks in ten games for the Bandits in 2022.
Before Memphis, Wright signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2020 and was placed on the practice squad. After Jacksonville, he signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021 and was placed on the practice squad.
Collegiately, Wright played four seasons at Georgia State (2016-19) with 183 punts for 7,928 yards (43.3 AVG), a long of 71 yards, 56 from inside the 20-yard line, 14 touchbacks, 22 fair catches, converted 32 of 54 field goals (59.3%) with a long of 52 yards in 25 games for the Panthers. He was named First Team All-Sun Belt in 2018.
