Should Titans Be Interested In Upcoming Supplemental Draft?

There is currently only one player of note in the upcoming NFL Supplemental Draft. Should the Tennessee Titans be interested?

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NASHVILLE — The NFL Supplemental Draft will return this season for the first time since 2019. At the same time, there won't be many players to choose from. However, there is one intriguing prospect that could interest the Tennessee Titans.

The draft will take place on July 11,  just 15 days before training camps around the league as scheduled to open, including the Titans, who report for camp on July 25. 

This draft is for players who were not eligible in time for April's draft but whose circumstances have since changed. Those players have petitioned and were accepted by the league for eligibility in this supplemental draft.

Former Purdue wide receiver Milton Wright, a four-star high school recruit out of Louisville, is 6-foot-3,  200 pounds, and possesses blazing speed but was academically ineligible to play for the Boilermakers this coming season after missing time last season with academic issues.  

For his career, Wright appeared in 27 games and collected 99 receptions for 1,325 yards and ten touchdowns during his three seasons in West Lafayette.    

In his final season at Purdue, Wright posted 57 receptions for 732 yards and seven touchdowns.   

Wright started five games in 2019 and six in 2020 before becoming a full-time starter in 2021. Academic issues cut short his 2021 season, forcing him to miss the team's Music City Bowl game against Tennessee at Nissan Stadium. 

Those academic issues cost him the entire 2022 campaign, and his attempts to regain eligibility failed, thus leading him to apply for the supplemental draft.   

Since 2011, former NFL wide receiver Josh Gordon, quarterback Terrelle Pryor, and current Arizona Cardinals safety Jalen Thompson, who the Cardinals used a fifth-round selection to acquire, have been players taken through the supplemental process. 

A combination of size, speed, and ball skills, Wright could be a player that might be of interest to the Titans, though they are low on available draft selections for the 2024 draft.   

The Titans do not own a third-round pick after using it to trade up in April's draft to select quarterback Will Levis, while their fifth and sixth-round picks were dealt away by former general manager Jon Robinson in the Dennis Daley and Ugo Amadi deals last season. 

While there is no indication the Titans are remotely interested in Wright, both general manager Ran Carthon and head coach Mike Vrabel have stated that the team was constantly looking for players to upgrade their roster, and considering that receiver is a perceived weakness of this team, looking into Wright seems obvious.  

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