2023 USC Football Roster
Roster
Wright, Ceyair
Jersey Number 22
Ceyair Wright
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- High School:
- Loyola HS
Bio
CAREER: In his 2-year collegiate career, he has 30 tackles, 1 INT and 2 pass breakups while appearing in 16 games (with 11 starts).
2023: Wright will compete for playing time in the Trojan secondary as a redshirt sophomore in 2023.
2022: Wright recorded 28 tackles, 1 INT and 2 pass breakups while appearing in all 14 games this season and starting in 11 (all but Notre Dame, Pac-12 Championship versus Utah and the Cotton Bowl versus Tulane) as a redshirt freshman in 2022.
He had 2 tackles against Rice and Stanford and 1 tackle against Fresno State. He recorded 2 tackles and 1 INT against Oregon State and 2 tackles versus Arizona State.
He tallied 1 tackle against Washington State and Utah and 3 tackles and 1 pass breakup against Arizona. He notched 2 tackles against California, 4 tackles versus Colorado and 5 tackles against UCLA. He collected 2 tackles against Notre Dame and 1 tackle in the Pac-12 Championship game against Utah.
2021: Wright appeared in 2 games (San Jose State and Washington State) at cornerback and on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2021. Overall in 2021, he made 2 tackles (1 each against San Jose State and Washington State).
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2020 PrepStar Dream Team and Southern California News Group Fab 15 first team and 2021 MaxPreps All-State first team as a senior cornerback and wide receiver at Loyola High in Los Angeles (Calif.).
As a 2019 junior, he made the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Juniors first team and All-CIF Division 4, making 34 tackles, 4 deflections and an interception on defense, getting 10 catches for 88 yards (8.8 avg) on offense and returning 11 punts for 125 yards (11.4 avg) and having 10 kickoff returns for 154 yards (15.4 avg) with a TD. Current Trojans Sinjun Astani, Jac Casasante, Miller Moss and Jack Susnjar also prepped at Loyola.
He also was on Loyola’s baseball and track teams (with a best of 10.84 in the 100 meters and 21.74 in the 200) and ran on its 2019 state champion 1600-meter relay team.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Communication at USC. An actor and model since he was a youngster, he has appeared in movies, television shows (including “2 Broke Girls,” “Training Day,” “Life in Pieces”, “Instant Mom” and “Grown-ish”), commercials and music videos, and he played the son of LeBron James in the 2021 movie, “Space Jam: A New Legacy.” His father, Claudius Wright, was a cornerback at Arizona and then with the World League of American Football’s Amsterdam (1996) and London (1997) franchises. His uncle, Mazio Royster, lettered at tailback at USC in 1990 and 1991 (he led the Trojans in rushing in 1990 and then played in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1993-94). His cousin, Darick Holmes, was a running back at Portland State and then in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills (1995-98), Green Bay Packers (1998) and Indianapolis Colts (1999). Another cousin, Darnay Holmes, was a cornerback at UCLA (2017-19) who is now with the New York Giants.
2023: Wright will compete for playing time in the Trojan secondary as a redshirt sophomore in 2023.
2022: Wright recorded 28 tackles, 1 INT and 2 pass breakups while appearing in all 14 games this season and starting in 11 (all but Notre Dame, Pac-12 Championship versus Utah and the Cotton Bowl versus Tulane) as a redshirt freshman in 2022.
He had 2 tackles against Rice and Stanford and 1 tackle against Fresno State. He recorded 2 tackles and 1 INT against Oregon State and 2 tackles versus Arizona State.
He tallied 1 tackle against Washington State and Utah and 3 tackles and 1 pass breakup against Arizona. He notched 2 tackles against California, 4 tackles versus Colorado and 5 tackles against UCLA. He collected 2 tackles against Notre Dame and 1 tackle in the Pac-12 Championship game against Utah.
2021: Wright appeared in 2 games (San Jose State and Washington State) at cornerback and on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2021. Overall in 2021, he made 2 tackles (1 each against San Jose State and Washington State).
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2020 PrepStar Dream Team and Southern California News Group Fab 15 first team and 2021 MaxPreps All-State first team as a senior cornerback and wide receiver at Loyola High in Los Angeles (Calif.).
As a 2019 junior, he made the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Juniors first team and All-CIF Division 4, making 34 tackles, 4 deflections and an interception on defense, getting 10 catches for 88 yards (8.8 avg) on offense and returning 11 punts for 125 yards (11.4 avg) and having 10 kickoff returns for 154 yards (15.4 avg) with a TD. Current Trojans Sinjun Astani, Jac Casasante, Miller Moss and Jack Susnjar also prepped at Loyola.
He also was on Loyola’s baseball and track teams (with a best of 10.84 in the 100 meters and 21.74 in the 200) and ran on its 2019 state champion 1600-meter relay team.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Communication at USC. An actor and model since he was a youngster, he has appeared in movies, television shows (including “2 Broke Girls,” “Training Day,” “Life in Pieces”, “Instant Mom” and “Grown-ish”), commercials and music videos, and he played the son of LeBron James in the 2021 movie, “Space Jam: A New Legacy.” His father, Claudius Wright, was a cornerback at Arizona and then with the World League of American Football’s Amsterdam (1996) and London (1997) franchises. His uncle, Mazio Royster, lettered at tailback at USC in 1990 and 1991 (he led the Trojans in rushing in 1990 and then played in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1993-94). His cousin, Darick Holmes, was a running back at Portland State and then in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills (1995-98), Green Bay Packers (1998) and Indianapolis Colts (1999). Another cousin, Darnay Holmes, was a cornerback at UCLA (2017-19) who is now with the New York Giants.
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