Nahshon Wright Madden Career 2022-2026 - Peak 67 OVR

Nahshon Wright is a giant among cornerbacks, six-foot-four with an enormous wingspan, and Dallas took him in the third round in 2021 in a pick almost universally called a reach, passing on higher-rated defensive backs for the unusual frame. For three years the pick looked like the criticism, mostly special teams and thin defensive snaps.

The Madden card matched that quiet start. He opened at a 64 and climbed only to a 67, the grade of a developmental corner who could not crack the rotation, losing time to an ankle injury and never nailing down a role in Dallas. The number stayed low because the defensive production did, the length never quite translating into the coverage the draft slot had promised.

The story turned after Dallas traded him. He landed in Chicago and became a regular starter in 2025, finally cashing the length into real snaps, a second-act development that makes the original reach look a little better in hindsight. Wright is a reminder that a slow start is not always the end, and his modest Cowboys-era card is the honest read on a project who bloomed somewhere else.