Saint Francis University Athletics

Recruiting Areas: Pennsylvania Districts 1 and 3, New York, Texas

Brian Wright enters his 16th season as an assistant coach with the Red Flash in 2024, where he will continue to work with the receiving corps of the Red Flash.

In 2023, Saint Francis led the NEC with 27.2 points and 360.1 total yards of offense per game. Wright’s wide receiver group helped Saint Francis finish second in the NEC with 191.5 passing yards per game.
 
Dawson Snyder led the NEC with 43 receptions and 718 receiving yards. He finished 37th in the FCS with 16.7 yards per reception. Casey McKinney led the NEC with 20 receptions, 282 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns through the first four games before an injury ended his season.
 
Snyder was named First Team All-NEC for the first time in his career under Wright’s guidance.

In 2022, the Saint Francis offensive set a new program record with 54 total touchdowns, 30 passing touchdowns and 431 total points scored. Freshman Elijah Sarratt tied a single-season program record with 13 receiving touchdowns, while fellow freshman Makai Jackson was third with 85 catches, fourth with 991 receiving yards and sixth with nine touchdowns. 

Jackson was named Jerry Rice Award finalist, presented to the FCS National Freshman of the Year, and finished third in the voting. Both Jackson and Sarratt were named Stats Perform and HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-Americans and Jackson was also named NEC Offensive Rookie of the Year. Both players were selected to the All-NEC First Team.

During a historic freshman season, Jackson was also named FCS National Freshman of the Week on Sept. 19 and was a two-time NEC Offensive Player of the Week and four-time NEC Rookie of the Week. 

In 2021, Kahtero Summers earned HERO Sports Sophomore All-America and All-NEC Second Team honors. He caught a conference-high nine touchdowns and added a team-high 44 catches for 674 yards. Brandan Lisenby also ranked top-10 in the NEC with 36 catches and 471 receiving yards. Saint Francis wide receivers scored 14 touchdowns total during the 2021 season.

Wright's unit was one of the best in the NEC and the country in 2019 as Ra'Shaun Henry earned First Team All-NEC and ECAC honors and E.J. Jenkins earned Second Team All-NEC honors. Thanks to the play of the wide outs, Saint Francis had the number one ranked passing offense in the NEC (260.1 ypg).

Jenkins set the school record with 13 receiving TDs in a season, which also ranked tied-for-5^th in all of FCS. He caught a touchdown in 10 of 12 games. and currently ranks fifth among all SFU pass catchers in career receiving touchdowns with 14.

Henry became just the third SFU receiver to go over 1,000 yards in a season and led the NEC in receptions (90) and receiving yards (1,118) which ranked 5^th and 13^th in all of FCS, respectively. He averaged more than 10 catches and 150 receiving yards over the final five contests, scoring seven of his nine touchdowns in the stretch. Jenkins hauled in three touchdowns in a win over Wagner and Henry matched the feat with three in a win at Delaware State to tie the program record.

The Red Flash receivers helped the Saint Francis offense to average 21.9 points, 287.1 total yards, 185.6 passing yards and 101.5 rushing yards per game in 2016.  The receivers helped Bear Fenimore to throw for 1,893 yards and 14 touchdowns, while completing 159 passes, the fifth-most in a season in program history.

SFU’s offense had 38 plays of 20 or more yards, including 29 passes and nine rushes.

Junior Kamron Lewis had another strong season, with 65 catches for 909 yards and six touchdowns.  He led the NEC in receptions per game (6.5) and receiving yards per game (90.9).  Lewis ranked 14th in the FCS in receptions per game, 28th in receiving yards, 19th in receiving yards per game and 54th in touchdown receptions.  Lewis had three 100-yard games, with eight catches for 153 yards and a touchdown vs. Lock Haven, five receptions for 143 yards vs. Robert Morris and 15 catches for 202 yards and a touchdown at Bryant.  He also had 10 receptions for 195 yards and a touchdown in the win at No. 22 Liberty.
 
Graduate transfer Jorge Solano contributed 41 catches for 330 yards and three touchdowns.  Solano ranked ninth in the NEC with 3.7 receptions per game.  He had touchdown catches in each of the first two games, with one vs. Lock Haven and one vs. Wagner. Solano also had a touchdown grab at Bryant.  He had five games with five or more receptions.  Sophomore Cyrus Holder emerged as a deep threat with 11 catches for 283 yards and two touchdowns, while freshman Ra’Shaun Henry had 134 yards on 11 receptions and Junior Ajayi had six catches for 46 yards.

Wright’s 2016 receiving corps included one of the top performances by a receiver in SFU and NEC history as sophomore Kamron Lewis was named NEC Offensive Player of the Year and earned All-America honors from the Associated Press, College Sports Madness, HERO Sports and STATS FCS.
 
Lewis set SFU and NEC season records with 1,478 receiving yards.  He finished third in the FCS in receiving yards (123.2), ninth in yards per catch (19.7), 12th in receiving touchdowns (11), 20th in receptions per game (6.3) and 26th in all-purpose yards per game (132.5).  Lewis had eight 100 yard games, including six straight to end the season.  Lewis had at least one touchdown catch in eight games, including six in the final four games of the year.  He had five catches of 60 or more yards. Lewis is already fifth in program history in career receiving yards, with 1,585.
 
Junior Ajayi was second on the team with 22 catches for 239 yards and a score, while freshman Cyrus Holder emerged as a deep threat late last season with four catches for 175 yards and two scores, with a ridiculous 43.7 yards per catch.  In the slot, sophomore Jordan Millberry caught 12 passes for 84 yards and a score.

Wright coached a strong group of Saint Francis receivers in 2015.  The group helped the Red Flash offense to average 28.2 points per game, ranking second in the NEC and 49th in the FCS.  SFU averaged 203 passing yards per game.  Seven different receivers caught a pass from quarterback Zack Drayer.
 
Senior Terell Smith was one of the top breakout players this year for the Red Flash.  Smith caught 53 passes for 920 yards and eight touchdowns. Smith’s 920 yards are the second-most in a season at Saint Francis and eight touchdowns are tied for the third-most.  He earned First Team All-NEC honors after posting five 100-yard games after entering the year with only one previous 100-yard game in his career.  One of Smith’s top performances of the year came in a win vs. Sacred Heart.  Smith hauled in a 64-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter before scoring on a school-record 98-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.
 
Fellow senior and Maryland transfer Daniel Adams had 24 receptions for 383 yards and two touchdowns.  Adams made his biggest impact of the year in NEC play, with 284 yards coming against conference opponents.  Anthony Abeid contributed 24 catches for 300 yards, with his top performance of the season coming against SHU, when he had seven receptions for 103 yards.  Freshman Kamron Lewis added 11 catches for 107 yards, with a few solid performances in NEC play. 
 
Wright coached junior receiver Anthony Abeid to All-NEC Second Team honors in 2014. He caught seven touchdown passes in 2014, the most for a Red Flash receiver since Antoine Rivera caught that same amount in 2007. Abeid was a College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Honorable Mention for his eight catches for 189 yards and two touchdowns at Wagner, and he won NEC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his three catches for 86 yards and two touchdowns at No. 22 Sacred Heart. Abeid also threw a touchdown pass on the first play of the game on a reverse to give the Flash the early lead. His seven touchdown receptions tied him for fifth on the school's single-season list.
 
Terrell Smith’s three touchdowns were second on the team, and six other SFU receivers made touchdown receptions in 2014. Smith had touchdown receptions in three of four games, and his six-catch, 105-yard effort at No. 22 Sacred Heart helped the Flash to the upset win.
 
In the Red Flash’s rush-heavy offense in 2013, Wright still guided senior receiver Dane Domonkos to the most receptions (25) and yards (392) for a SFU pass catcher in two years. Ten different receivers made a grab during the course of the season, with the top four receivers combining for 62 receptions for 991 yards. Terell Smith made the longest grab of the season, a 72-yard touchdown pass from Max Ward on the Red Flash’s first play from scrimmage at No. 17 James Madison.
 
The Saint Francis receivers hauled in 111 passes for 1,414 yards in 2012 under the eye of Wright. The Red Flash also caught 14 touchdown passes for the second consecutive season as the team set a school record with 39 team touchdowns. A.J. Alexander hauled in five touchdown passes to lead the team.
 
Wright directed the Red Flash receiving corps to 1,928 yards receiving and 14 touchdowns in 2011. The Saint Francis receiving boasted three receivers with a 13-yards per catch average or better in 2011 including Alexander, who averaged 19.6-yards per catch. With Wright’s guidance, Alexander ranked up 490 total receiving yards and six touchdowns to lead all Red Flash receivers in 2011.
 
Under Wright in 2010, the receivers group posted 1,358 yards receiving and snagged 12 touchdown passes. Senior Omar Winston led the way of all receivers by recording 413 receiving yards and six touchdowns.
 
In 2009, with Wright’s guidance, senior receiver Antoine Rivera recovered from a serious knee injury to end up a Second-Team All-Northeast Conference performer. Rivera finished the season with 53 catches for 689 yards and four touchdowns. Rivera’s 4.82 receptions per game ranked tied for third in the conference, his 62.6 yards per game fourth, and his four touchdowns sixth.
 
Before coming to Saint Francis, Wright was active in coaching both Greater Johnstown and Central Cambria High Schools, working with quarterbacks and wide receivers. In 2007 and 2008, Wright helped the Central Cambria reach the District 6 championship game. Wright also helped the Red Devils to a pair of District 6 championships in 1995 and 1996.
 
In 2002, Wright guided the Greater Johnstown Trojans to the District 6 championship game. The Trojans went on to win the title in 2003 and compete in the state quarterfinals.
 
Prior to his coaching career, Wright played four seasons at Towson University as a wide receiver.