"Wright pulled down the interception, his second against his former team, as he and Vikings receiver Jordan Addison crossed into the end zone, preventing Minnesota from scoring a touchdown before halftime to pull within one. The 6-foot-5 Wright has a six-inch height advantage on Addison and used his frame to go up and over the receiver, high point the ball and notch Chicago's 22nd takeaway."
"Wright spent the 2018 season playing junior college football under Beam before transferring to Oregon State. The cornerback found out about Beam's death from a former coach on Friday, two days after they had last talked. "He was watching over me," Wright said. "It's crazy. He called me the night before he passed and he told me that every game he watched, I just seemed to get a pick. So I just know he was behind me today.""
Nahshon Wright recorded his fourth interception of the season and helped the Chicago Bears secure a 19-17 victory at Minnesota while grieving the death of former college coach John Beam. Beam, the Laney College coach featured in Last Chance U, was shot and died on the Oakland campus where he worked on Nov. 13; a suspect has been arrested. Wright played under Beam in 2018 before transferring to Oregon State and learned of Beam's death two days after their last conversation. Wright used his 6-foot-5 frame to high-point Vikings receiver Jordan Addison, preventing a touchdown and producing Chicago's 22nd takeaway.
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