Purdue football's SEC transfer haul continues with former Mississippi State cornerback
Purdue football's spring roster remake has leaned heavily on former Southeastern Conference players, and that continued Tuesday night.
Former Memphis and Mississippi State cornerback Traveon Wright committed to the Boilermakers. He became the eighth former SEC player to join the roster in the spring transfer portal window. Barry Odom previously added six former SEC players during the winter window.
Wright did not play during a redshirt freshman season at Memphis. He played in one game in his lone season with the Rebels and retains three years of eligibility.
The Georgia native was a three-star prospect in the 2023 class, ranked No. 1,714 overall in the 247Sports national composite.
Wright became the second defensive back transfer addition of the day, after former Memphis and Northwestern safety An'Darius Coffey. Purdue has added four players to the secondary though the portal this month.
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During the winter transfer portal, Purdue added cornerbacks Tony Grimes (North Carolina and UNLV), Ryan Turner (Boston College) and Chad Brown (Nevada) and safeties Richard Toney Jr. (TCU) and Crew Wakley (BYU).
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