"Nahshon Wright went up, all the way up, toward the heavens. His arms outstretched, the pass from Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy landed perfectly in the Chicago Bears cornerback's hands. Wright, 27, felt a wave of emotion wash over him. He fell to one knee at the back of the end zone. Teammates Jaquan Brisker and Kevin Byard III were among the first to reach him. They each put a hand on Wright's shoulder pads. They let him feel those emotions."
"Wright's former coach at Laney College, John Beam, died Friday after being shot a day earlier at the Oakland junior college's field house, where he was working as the school's athletic director. Today he was watching over me, Wright said after the Bears' 19-17 win over the Vikings. That's crazy. He called me the night before he passed and he told me every game he watched, I just seemed to get a pick. I just know he was behind me today."
Nahshon Wright intercepted a pass from Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy and fell to one knee, overcome with emotion. Teammates Jaquan Brisker and Kevin Byard III reached him and placed hands on his shoulder pads. Wright dedicated the interception to former Laney College coach John Beam, who died after being shot at the school's field house. Beam served as a father figure after the brothers' father, Jamal Wright, was killed in 2017. Wright and his brother Rejzohn played for Beam at Laney before transferring to Oregon State and reaching the NFL. The Bears won 19-17; Byard had another interception. Devin Duvernay's 56-yard kickoff return set up the game-winning field goal.
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