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Football's Wright Named to Hornung Award Watch List

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville Sports Commission today named 44 multi-talented college football players to the 2019 Watch List for the Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse. That list includes Temple senior wide receiver/return specialist Isaiah Wright.

The Paul Hornung Award, now in its 10th season, is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football and is named after football legend and Louisville native Paul Hornung. Players on this year's Watch List accounted for 15,343 rushing yards, 18,538 receiving yards, 14,401 kickoff return yards, 2,897 punt return yards and 323 total tackles in 2018.