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What's odd about Wright's "emergence" is not that he became any more effective touching the ball late in the year (his ypc against Cal and UCLA were 4.0 and 4.27, both below his yearlong average of 4.45), but that he got more touches, especially near the end zone.  The 23 touches against Cal and 15 touches against UCLA were the two most rushes he had all season (he dipped down to 8 touches against Maryland, but got 49 yards out of them for an above average ypc performance).  But putting the last three games together, he averaged 15.3 touches per game, compared to 11.25 touches per game overall (so he got about 4 more touches per game).  His ypc of 4.46 over the last three games almost perfectly matched his overall ypc (4.45).  His yards went up (68.3 ypg, compared to 50.1 ypg), but that came from the extra 4 carries he got per game.

The number that really stands out, though, is touchdowns.  In games 1-9 (Davis through Utah), he had two touchdowns, total.  In games 10-12 (Cal, UCLA, and Maryland), he had 9 touchdowns, and average of 3 a game.  Just to give you an idea, that was as many rushing touchdowns as Paul Perkins, the Pac-12 rushing leader, had all season.  His touchdown total was good for a tie for fourth among running backs in the conference, and he basically amassed that in only three games.

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What's odd about Wright's "emergence" is not that he became any more effective touching the ball late in the year (his ypc against Cal and UCLA were 4.0 and 4.27, both below his yearlong average of 4.45), but that he got more touches, especially near the end zone.  The 23 touches against Cal and 15 touches against UCLA were the two most rushes he had all season (he dipped down to 8 touches against Maryland, but got 49 yards out of them for an above average ypc performance).  But putting the last three games together, he averaged 15.3 touches per game, compared to 11.25 touches per game overall (so he got about 4 more touches per game).  His ypc of 4.46 over the last three games almost perfectly matched his overall ypc (4.45).  His yards went up (68.3 ypg, compared to 50.1 ypg), but that came from the extra 4 carries he got per game.

The number that really stands out, though, is touchdowns.  In games 1-9 (Davis through Utah), he had two touchdowns, total.  In games 10-12 (Cal, UCLA, and Maryland), he had 9 touchdowns, and average of 3 a game.  Just to give you an idea, that was as many rushing touchdowns as Paul Perkins, the Pac-12 rushing leader, had all season.  His touchdown total was good for a tie for fourth among running backs in the conference, and he basically amassed that in only three games.

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