Rodney Wright Rodney Bernard Wright , Jr . ( born November 28 , 1979 in Bakersfield , California ) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League . He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft . He played college football at Fresno State . Wright has also been a member of the San Jose SaberCats , Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers . Early years . Wright attended Bakersfield High School , where he also lettered in basketball and baseball . He was a First - team All - Area selection by the " Bakersfield Californian " as a senior after scoring 14 touchdown s . He was also named the Southeast Yosemite League ' s Offensive Player of the Year and the Bakersfield Californian Player of the Year . He helped lead Kern County with 58 receptions for 883 yards and 14 touchdowns to help his team to an 11 - 1 record . Was a first team all area receiver as a junior and finished the season over a 1000 yards and 20 touchdowns at South Bakersfield High School . Wright played three sports throughout high school . Football , basketball and baseball . He won back - to - back valley championships with the South Bakersfield high school basketball team . The school he attended before transferring to Bakersfield High school his senior year . Wright ' s father says his sons best sport was baseball . As a freshman he started on the varsity baseball team and earned Southwest Yosemite league ' s Rookie of the Year and was considered one of the best young prospects in the area . College career . Wright attended Fresno State , where he was teammates with future first overall selection quarterback David Carr . During his four seasons at Fresno State , Wright was regarded as one of the most explosive players in the Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) . Along with playing wide receiver , he also returned kickoff s and punt s , and rushed the ball on sweeps and reverses . In 1998 as a true freshman , Wright played in four games , including a start on the road against Utah , in which he recorded six receptions for 116 yards , 19 . 3 yards per catch . He recorded three receptions for 68 yards and two touchdowns against BYU . He missed the final five games of the season due to an injury . As a sophomore , in 1999 , Wright was a First - team All - WAC selection , after recording 74 receptions for 1 , 062 yards , which both rank fourth - best in school history , and seven touchdowns , 11 carries for 70 yards . For most of the season he was nationally ranked in kickoff returns with 27 for 584 yards . He ranked 30th in the NCAA in all - purpose yards , with 135 . 33 , and receptions , with 5 . 67 , and 31st in receiving yards , with 83 . 92 , per game . He also recorded his season - long reception with an 83 - yard touchdown against SMU . He also had a career - high seven receptions for 156 yards against UTEP . He also had three 100 - yard games . As a junior in 2000 , recorded 38 receptions , second on the team , for 466 yards , with a season - long of 51 yards , and two touchdowns . Wright played in seven games , with six starts . He was forced too sit out from October 14 - November 11 with a strained calf . He ranked near the top of the WAC in receiving yards and receptions per game before the injury . He returned to play against SMU , however it was for just one play . However , he would return to full strength in time to play against San Jose State , recording three receptions for 92 yards , including a season - long 51 yard reception . He also had a solid performance in the Silicon Valley Football Classic recording five receptions for 77 yards . He also had a strong performance in Fresno States win over Cal , recording 13 receptions for 174 yards and both of Fresno State ' s touchdowns . As a senior in 2001 , Wright played in all 14 regular season games , starting 11 , and recording 104 receptions for 1 , 630 yards and 12 touchdowns . He became just the second receiver in school history to record 1 , 000 receiving yards in a season twice in their career , the other being Larry Willis whom achieved the feat in both 1983 and 1984 . Wright also set a school single - season records for most receptions and yards . He had five 100 - yard receiving games , including four in a row at one point . He was also a Second - team All - WAC selection . Wright had one of the best performances in bowl game history against Michigan State in the Silicon Valley Football Classic , in which he recorded 13 receptions for 299 yards and two touchdowns , including one of 79 yards . He scored a rushing touchdown against Tulsa , giving him a touchdown as , a receiver , rusher , on a blocked punt , and passed for a touchdown , in his career . He had one of the best single - game performances in school history against Boise State , recording 14 receptions for 179 yards and a touchdown . He recorded 182 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Oregon State . He also recorded two touchdowns against Rice and SMU . He returned a blocked punt for a touchdown against Utah State , the second one in his career . In his career , Wright started 19 of 38 career games he played in . He also ended his career as the schools career leader in receptions with 222 . He is also second on the school ' s career list in receiving yards . He also set school single - season records with 104 receptions and 1 , 630 yards as a senior . He is also one - of - two receivers in school history to record 1 , 000 receiving yards in a season twice . For his career , Wright has 222 receptions , 3 , 274 receiving yards , 23 receiving touchdowns , 42 carries for 245 rushing yards , and one rushing touchdown . He also recorded , for his career 40 kick returns for 863 yards . Professional career . Buffalo Bills . Wright was selected in the seventh round ( 250th overall ) of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills , using one of four seventh round draft choices they had that year . He spent most of the 2002 and 2003 seasons on the teams practice squad . San Jose SaberCats . After not being able to make it on a teams active roster in the National Football League , Wright signed with the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League on November 3 , 2004 . In 2005 , Wright played in 12 games as a rookie . He finished the season third on the team in receptions with 59 , receiving yards with 678 , touchdowns with eight , and all - purpose yards with 1 , 293 . He was also the team ' s second leading kickoff returner with 22 returns for 476 yards , along with two missed field goal attempts returned for 94 yards , including a 54 - yard touchdown return , the sixth missed field goal attempt return touchdown in franchise history . He finished second on the team with 48 . 5 tackles ( 42 solo ) along with two fumble recoveries . He was named the league ' s Ironman of the Week in back - to - back weeks ( Weeks 12 and 13 ) , becoming the first player in franchise history to win the award in consecutive weeks . He was also named the league ' s Ironman of the Month for April 2005 . He was also named the team Ironman " and " Rookie of the Year by his teammates . Wright made his AFL debut as a starting Offensive Specialist ( OS ) recording two rushing touchdowns on the road against the Tampa Bay Storm on January 30 . He recorded his first career touchdown reception and his first career fumble recovery against the Grand Rapids Rampage on March 18 . He started at WR / DB and played the entire second half recording a career - high two touchdown reception on the road against the Chicago Rush . He was named Ironman of the Game for the first time in his career after recording 227 all - purpose yards and 8 . 5 tackles against the Dallas Desperados . He was also the Ironman of the Game second consecutive week after recording his first career interception , pass break up and seven tackles and three receptions for 81 yards , including a career - long 45 - yard touchdown , and returned a missed field goal attempt 54 - yards for a touchdown , which was the franchise ' s first missed field goal attempt return touchdown since 2002 . He also had a career - high 10 receptions for 134 receiving yards and a touchdown and recorded 247 all - purpose yards against the Nashville Kats . He also made nine receptions , including one touchdown , in his first career playoff game , a road game against the Colorado Crush . In 2006 , Wright only played in two games . He was scheduled to be the starting Offensive Specialist but injured his foot early in the season opening game against the Utah Blaze . He was placed on Injured reserve on February 3 , and missed the next eight games . In week nine , he played for first time since opening night , playing against the Arizona Rattlers and recorded three kickoff returns for 51 yards , two receptions for 22 yards and 2 . 5 tackles with a pass broken up , before re - injuring his foot in the same game . He was placed back on injured reserve on April 6 , and missed rest of the season and the playoffs . In 2007 , Wright returned from an injury - shortened season , and had his best all - round season as a wide receiver and as a kick returner starting all 11 games he played in . He missed five games while on injured reserve with a hamstring injury . He finished as the team ' s third leading receiver with a career - high 98 receptions for 1 , 076 yards . He finished second in the league in kickoff return average with 23 . 2 and tied for fifth in kickoff return touchdowns , with three . He tied a team single - game record with two kickoff return touchdowns and became the first player to take consecutive kickoff returns back for touchdowns . He led the team with 1 , 794 all - purpose yards . He recorded his 150th career reception and passed 1 , 500 career receiving yards . Wright also had a career - high five rushing attempts for eight yards and two touchdowns , he caught seven passes for 53 yards and a touchdown and had 79 yards on three kickoff returns with two special teams tackles in his first game since April 2 , 2006 at the Los Angeles Avengers . He recorded a career - high 13 receptions for 119 yards and his 10th career touchdown reception on the road against Chicago . He returned a kickoff 54 - yards for his first career kickoff return touchdown and recorded a career - high 259 all - purpose yards on the road against the Georgia Force . He passed the 1 , 000 career receiving yard mark and recorded his 100th career reception while reaching the 2 , 000 career all - purpose yard mark against the Storm . He recorded 10 reception for 116 yards and a touchdown with two solo special teams tackles to earn Ironman of the Game against the Crush . He recorded 12 receptions for 130 yards , his fifth straight 100 - yard game , but was recorded just two kickoff returns after injuring his hamstring in New Orleans . He returned to the field and recorded nine receptions for 113 yards , his sixth straight 100 - yard game and eighth career , in Nashville . He reached the 1 , 500 career receiving yards mark against the Orlando Predators . He also recorded the 150th reception of his career against the Rattlers . He also tied a team record with two kickoff return touchdowns , and the first to return consecutive kickoff returns for touchdownss , while recording 203 all - purpose yards with one solo special teams tackle to earn Ironman of the Game on the road against the Las Vegas Gladiators . He was also a starter in all three playoff games . He was the league ' s playoff leader with 523 all - purpose yards . He recorded 145 yards on five kickoff returns and 227 all - purpose yards , the fourth highest team playoff total , against the Crush . He also had a playoff career single - game high and team ArenaBowl record 10 receptions in an ArenaBowl XXI win over the Columbus Destroyers . After the season , on November 16 , 2007 , he re - signed with the SaberCats . Wright entered the 2008 season ranked 10th in career receptions , receiving yards and touchdown receptions . He played in 13 games on the season and finished with career highs in receptions with 124 , receiving yards with 1 , 453 and receiving touchdowns with 24 , having played in only 13 games . He also carried the ball seven times for 13 yards and one touchdown . He also recorded three tackles , and 58 kick returns for 1 , 186 yards and one touchdown . Wright had a season - high 14 receptions for 165 yards , scored his only rushing touchdown of the season , a nine - yard carry , in Week 5 against the Kansas City Brigade . He also had a season - high four receiving touchdowns Week 11 against the Rattlers , and a season - high two carries for three yards against the Avengers in Week 14 . In the playoffs , he recorded 28 receptions for 330 yards and four touchdowns , while carrying the ball once for minus one yard . In the SaberCats ArenaBowl XXII loss to the Philadelphia Soul , he recorded a playoff single - game high 13 receptions for 144 yards and two touchdowns . Kansas City Chiefs . Wright signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on April 7 , 2009 . He was waived on September 5 and re - signed to the practice squad . San Francisco 49ers . Wright was signed by the San Francisco 49ers to their practice squad on December 1 , 2009 .