after transferring the university of colorado in 2004, wright appeared in all 13 games as a sophomore and started the final three regular season contests. on the year, he recorded 23 tackles (17 solo), tying for second on the team in quarterback sacks with 4.5 and had six tackle for a loss. he also had six pressures, which was good for second best on the team. his first career sack came against washington state, and his first multi-sack game came against kansas. he set a season-high with five tackles against kansas state.