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Alex Wright

Cleveland Browns
Pos EDGE
Updated August 24, 2026

Model Score

72.1 MODEL
2022
65.6
2023
68.5
2025
72.1

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Season Stats · 14 games

5.543rd
Sacks
1471st
Pressures
387th
QB Hits
1215th
TFL
3759th
Tackles
130th
FF

Draft & College

Round 3, pick 78 · Cleveland Browns · 2022
UAB (Conference USA)
Taken
#78
where he actually went
Our college model
#334
among EDGE in our college data
In college · 2021 · 12 games
6.0 sacks, 8 TFL, 15 pressures, 45 tackles

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Comps

Overall match
size, testing and production, same career stage
Plays like
on-field production only

STM Take

87-spot career improvement from tier 8 (#132) rookie to tier 6 (#45) in year four shows steady developmental trajectory for a 78th overall pick. The UAB Group of Five origin plus the Browns' position-specific coaching with Myles Garrett opposite him gives him real developmental floor. The 2026 question is whether Wright crosses into tier 5 territory or whether the structural tier 6 finish becomes the stable late-prime baseline.

Wright came out of UAB as the Cleveland Browns' 3rd-round pick (78th overall) in 2022. He spent his first two seasons in rotational pass-rush roles behind Myles Garrett and Za'Darius Smith. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#132) rookie, tier 8 (#74) in 2023, and tier 6 (#45) in 2025, a steady developmental climb for a Day 2 pick.

Strengths

  • 87-spot four-year career improvement from tier 8 (#132) rookie to tier 6 (#45) in 2025 shows steady developmental trajectory.
  • Cleveland's opposite-side pressure from Myles Garrett creates the structural environment that captures rotational EDGE ceiling.

Concerns

  • Career STTM range capped at tier 6 (#45) flags the realistic ceiling at low-end starter or rotational depth.
  • Cleveland's broader defensive identity around Myles Garrett's primary pass-rush priority compresses Wright's snap-share dependency.

What to watch: Whether Wright crosses into tier 5 (top 40) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the developmental climb continues.

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