Jason Wright Named President of Washington Football Team, 1st Black NFL Team Pres

The Washington Soccer Crew has named Jason Wright as team president, the 1st Black group president in NFL history.

Yep, this is a massive offer.

The 38-12 months-aged put in 7 yrs as an NFL working back again as an undrafted no cost agent out of Northwestern in 2004.

He invested time with the Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals — racking up 1,214 overall yards and 5 TDs.

Through the 2011 NFL lockout, Wright determined to leave go again to college — and obtained his Masters Degree in Enterprise from the University of Chicago. He afterwards went on to come to be a lover for McKinsey & Co., a big consulting organization.

Wright spoke with ‘GMA’ about his new career — and explained why he is so fired up about the gig.

“The point that I materialize to be Black and the most skilled human being is a boost,” Wright said.

Wright states he is perfectly-mindful of the PR challenges the crew faces — from the group name controversy to the allegations of sexual harassment — and claims he appears to be like ahead to assisting the “tradition transformation.”

As for the new title of the staff, Wright claims he is not spilling the beans still. He just acquired employed!

Wright is Washington’s 2nd significant non-white employ the service of in the earlier number of months — right after naming Ron Rivera head coach.

Rivera replaced Jay Gruden. Wright normally takes above for Bruce Allen — both of those of whom ended up fired in 2019.

Wright later on tweeted, “So fired up to be a part of the motion that the Snyders and Coach Rivera have launched. Ready to dive in!”