'That’s how the team of D.J. and Scooby was born, and I love it because it’s ASU, U of A, offense, defense. ... It’s a great combination.'
Brendan Mau Cronkite News CHANDLER — About a year ago, Randi Carson, executive producer for GameTime on YurView, a Cox TV station that showcases the top high school football matchups in Arizona, wanted to add a former player to work as a sideline reporter on the network’s broadcasts.Carson looked around her office at posters of former Arizona high school football players and asked coworkers if any of them might still be around.
Foster, who went on to star at running back and wide receiver for Arizona State, remembered his conversation with Wright.Carson added,"That’s how the team of D.J. and Scooby was born, and I love it because it’s ASU, U of A, offense, defense. I love it. It’s a great combination." Wright, on the other hand, was an undersized linebacker from a smaller high school, Cardinal Newman in Sonoma County, California. As his Twitter handle — @TwoStarScoob — indicates, Wright was not a well-known prospect. He had to persistently send his film out to colleges, despite some impressive numbers in high school and an intense work ethic.
Wright and Foster played each other head-to-head twice for the Territorial Cup and split the games. In a 58-21 2013 victory for then-No. 13 ASU, Foster had 124 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Wright was waived by the Browns before playing a snap and signed with the Cardinals during the 2016-17 season. Foster played three games for the Patriots in 2016-17 and won a Super Bowl ring at the end of that season.
After the Cardinals, Wright would stay in Phoenix and play seven games for the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football in the league’s only season in 2019. He was added to the New England Patriots’ preseason roster later that year, but was cut before the season started. Wright has built a career for himself outside of football, too. He said he trains at martial arts every day and has done Muay Thai since he was 21 and jujitsu since he was 25. He revealed that he even has a WWE tryout at the end of this month, but said he had been planning to get his EMT certification soon so that he could graduate from the Fire Academy.
"And still being around football, even though I’m not on the field, I’m still a part of a team. Being here with the GameTime crew, it’s a family. We communicate weekly, and have those same relationships where you still feel that team team effort, that team camaraderie. So that’s what I appreciate."
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